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Roderick Learoyd
| Wing Commander Roderick Learoyd VC (deceased) On the day that war was declared Rod Learoyd was on patrol flying Hampdens with 49 Sqn. Continually involved with low level bombing, on the night of 12th August 1940, he and four other aircraft attempted to breach the heavily defended Dortmund - Ems canal. Of the four other aircraft on the mission, two were destroyed and the other two were badly hit. Learoyd took his plane into the heavily defended target at only 150 feet, in full view of the searchlights, and with flak barrage all around. He managed to get his very badly damaged aircraft back to England, where he circled until daybreak when he finally landed the aircraft without inflicting more damage to it, or injuring any of his crew. For his supreme courage that night he was awarded the Victoria Cross. He later joined 44 Sqn with the first Lancasters, and then commanded 83 Sqn. He died 24th January 1996. |
Items Signed by Wing Commander Roderick Learoyd VC (deceased) |
| Clipped Signature - Roderick Learoyd VC. Price : £70.00 | Flying Hampden bombers with No.49 Sqn, on the night of 12th August 1940, he attacked with four other aircraft the heavily defended Dortmund-Ems canal. Two aircraft were destroyed and another two badly hit. Learoyd bravely attacked the target throu...... | |
| Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Price : £265.00 | On the evening of 17th August 1943, a total of 596 aircraft of RAF Bomber Command, spearheaded by the Pathfinder Force, set out on what called for, and what became, the most precise bombing raid of the war. Success was vital. The target was a secl...... | |
| Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. (AP) SOLD OUT | On the evening of 17th August 1943, a total of 596 aircraft of RAF Bomber Command, spearheaded by the Pathfinder Force, set out on what called for, and what became, the most precise bombing raid of the war. Success was vital. The target was a secl...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | On the evening of 17th August 1943, a total of 596 aircraft of RAF Bomber Command, spearheaded by the Pathfinder Force, set out on what called for, and what became, the most precise bombing raid of the war. Success was vital. The target was a secl...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Strike and Return by Robert Taylor (D) SOLD OUT | Winter in Northern Europe brings short days, long nights and, for the most part, appalling weather making navigation difficult and flying hazardous, even by todays electronically sophisticated standards. Throughout RAF Bomber Commands arduous six ye...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| High Cost by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | The crews of Bomber Command faced one of the most daunting tasks, calling for courage sustained night after night, in conditions of desperate danger and discomfort. They did not fail us and 55,573 paid the supreme sacrifice. In his new tribute to Th...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Day Duties for the Night Workers by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | With its mission completed, the mighty Lancaster slowly rolls to a halt on the lonely dispersal point, the roar of its four pulsating Merlin engines steadily slackens, replaced by an eerie silence, broken only by the snapping cracks of cooling metal...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Towards Night's Darkness by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | Sometimes it was five, every so often it might be six, occasionally it was three, but usually it was seven men who flew together as a crew with RAF Bomber Command. They formed the closest of bonds, forged through an anvil of freezing temperatures, ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Dambusters by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | SOLD OUT. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Early Morning Arrival by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | V-RA is seen on final approach to RAF Colerne early on the morning of 6 June 1944....... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Last Flight Home by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | SOLD OUT. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Wing Commander Roderick Learoyd VC (deceased) |
| RAF Lancaster Bomber Print Pack. Pack Price : £340.00 Saving : £315 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. One Hundred Up! by Simon Atack. Operation Manna by Ivan Berryman. | |
Robert Taylor Lancaster Print Pack. Pack Price : £400.00 Saving : £235 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Duel in the Dark by Robert Taylor. | ||
Avro Lancaster Print Pack by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £330.00 Saving : £165 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Avro Lancaster B.1 by Ivan Berryman. (D) | ||
Lancaster Aircraft Aviation Print Pack by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £300.00 Saving : £135 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Chadwick's Masterpiece by Ivan Berryman. | ||
WW2 Lancaster Bomber Prints by Robert Taylor and Gerald Coulson. Pack Price : £350.00 Saving : £150 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Outbound Lancaster by Gerald Coulson. (C) |
Pilot and Aircrew Signed Lancaster Prints by Robert Taylor and Simon Smith. Pack Price : £325.00 Saving : £250 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. The Shining Sword by Simon Smith. | ||
Aircrew Signed Avro Lancaster Prints by Robert Taylor and Gerald Coulson. Pack Price : £320.00 Saving : £325 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Summer Harvest by Gerald Coulson. (B) | ||
Signed Lancaster Bomber Art Prints by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £300.00 Saving : £150 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Gunner's Moon by Ivan Berryman. (C) | ||
Crew Signed Avro Lancaster Aviation Prints by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £320.00 Saving : £170 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Nursing Her Home by Ivan Berryman. (B) | ||
Signed Avro Lancaster Bomber Aviation Art Prints by Robert Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £400.00 Saving : £175 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Home at Dawn by Nicolas Trudgian. |
Classic Lancaster Bomber Prints by Nicolas Trudgian and Robert Taylor. Pack Price : £370.00 Saving : £295 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Bomber Force by Nicolas Trudgian. | ||
Crew Signed Avro Lancaster WW2 Bomber Prints by Robert Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £300.00 Saving : £160 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Mynarskis Lanc by Nicolas Trudgian. | ||
WW2 Lancaster Bomber Prints by Nicolas Trudgian and Robert Taylor. Pack Price : £320.00 Saving : £225 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Moonlight Hunter by Nicolas Trudgian. |
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