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Lewis Hodges
| Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges KCB CBE DSO DFC* (deceased) Lewis Hodges flew with 49 Sqn from June 1940 until he was shot down over occupied France in Sept 1940 and taken prisoner by the Vichy French. He managed to escape and made his way back to England, rejoining 49 Sqn. He took part in the attacks against the German Channel dash operation in Feb 1942. In Nov of that year he joined 161 (Special Duties) Sqn, flying Halifaxes, Lysanders and Hudsons landing and parachuting agents into German occupied territory. Among the people he brought out of France were two future Presidents - Vincent Auriol and Francois Mitterand. He died 4th January 2007. |
Items Signed by Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges KCB CBE DSO DFC* (deceased) |
  | Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian (AP) Price : £145.00 | A Lysander of 161 Squadron from RAF Tempsford banks to port as it circles a field somewhere in France 1943. These missions only took place on or around the full moon period to pick up or drop off SOE agents with the help of the Resistance. 161 Squadr...... | |
| | Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian (B) Price : £110.00 | A Lysander of 161 Squadron from RAF Tempsford banks to port as it circles a field somewhere in France 1943. These missions only took place on or around the full moon period to pick up or drop off SOE agents with the help of the Resistance. 161 Squadr...... | |
| | Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian. (P) Price : £2200.00 | A Lysander of 161 Squadron from RAF Tempsford banks to port as it circles a field somewhere in France 1943. These missions only took place on or around the full moon period to pick up or drop off SOE agents with the help of the Resistance. 161 Squadr...... | |
  | Action This Day by Richard Taylor. (C) Price : £1095.00 | A cold winters morning, as dawn breaks over RAF Lissett, revealing that last nights biting wind has once again brought a covering of snow to the airfield. But, with conditions forecast to improve, tonights operation to bomb industrial targets in Ge...... | |
  | Loire Rendezvous by Philip West. Price : £145.00 | Lysanders of 161 Special Operations Squadron turn onto their final course to a clandestine landing field somewhere in central occupied France during a full moon period in 1943. Based at Tempsford, Bedfordshire and often operating from Tangmere to sho...... |
| | Loire Rendezvous by Philip West (AP) SOLD OUT | Lysanders of 161 Special Operations Squadron turn onto their final course to a clandestine landing field somewhere in central occupied France during a full moon period in 1943. Based at Tempsford, Bedfordshire and often operating from Tangmere to sho...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Alone at Dawn by Gerald Coulson (AP) Price : £280.00 | Heavily damaged by flak and with one engine out, a Lancaster slowly makes its way home far behind the main force....... | |
| | Alone at Dawn by Gerald Coulson (B) Price : £300.00 | Heavily damaged by flak and with one engine out, a Lancaster slowly makes its way home far behind the main force ...... | |
  | They Landed by Moonlight by Robert Taylor. Price : £210.00 | To fly a small aircraft at the dead of night, without radio communication or navigational assistance, deep into enemy-occupied territory, was an extremely perilous task. To then land on an unlit remote field, deliver secret agents, collect Resistanc...... | |
| | They Landed by Moonlight by Robert Taylor (AP) Price : £325.00 | To fly a small aircraft at the dead of night, without radio communication or navigational assistance, deep into enemy-occupied territory, was an extremely perilous task. To then land on an unlit remote field, deliver secret agents, collect Resistanc...... |
| | They Landed by Moonlight by Robert Taylor (B) SOLD OUT | To fly a small aircraft at the dead of night, without radio communication or navigational assistance, deep into enemy-occupied territory, was an extremely perilous task. To then land on an unlit remote field, deliver secret agents, collect Resistanc...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges KCB CBE DSO DFC* (deceased) |
| | Pack 516. Pack of two WW2 Lysander aircraft prints by Robert Taylor and Graeme Lothian. Pack Price : £280.00 Saving : £140 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : They Landed by Moonlight by Robert Taylor. Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian (B) | |
| | Pack 966. Pack of two Lysander Aircraft prints by Graeme Lothian and Philip West. Pack Price : £185.00 Saving : £105 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian. Loire Rendezvous by Philip West. |
