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Moonlight by Gerald Coulson. Flying secret agents in and out of occupied France, transporting arms and radio equipment to the Resistance, and collecting downed airmen from behind enemy lines, was one of the most hazardous flying operations of World War II. These cloak and dagger sorties, always conducted at night by the light of the moon, required a cool head and inordinate flying and navigational skills – a duty performed courageously by the pilots of RAF Special Duty Squadrons. Due to their clandestine nature, the true magnitude of their operations only became fully appreciated when the war was over. Item Code : DHM2594 Moonlight by Gerald Coulson. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 350 prints. Full Item Details Print paper size 19 inches x 16 inches (48cm x 41cm) Arkell, Peter + Artist : Gerald Coulson £10 Off! Now : £90.00 ARTIST PROOF Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Full Item Details Print paper size 19 inches x 16 inches (48cm x 41cm) Arkell, Peter + Artist : Gerald Coulson £25 Off! Now : £110.00 SAVE MONEY WITH OUR DISCOUNT PRINT PACKS! Buy With : Only the Brave by Philip West. for £155 - Save £70 Buy With : Stealth 1944 by Steve Gibbs. for £105 - Save £31 Buy With : Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian (B) for £175 - Save £65 Buy With : Stealth 1944 by Steve Gibbs. for £105 - Save £31

Only the Brave by Philip West. A Lysander prepares to leave its base on yet another dangerous and secret mission to drop agents into occupied France during WWII. Agents and Pilots alike, took great personal risk during these operations. Pilots having to navigate by map, timing and sight, find and land in fields in the dead of night. Agents having to slip away into the countryside, constantly aware that the enemy could discover them at any moment. They were the bravest of the brave. Item Code : DHM1602 Only the Brave by Philip West. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 100 prints. Full Item Details Paper size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm) Large, R G Bob + Artist : Philip West £10 Off! Now : £115.00 ARTIST PROOF Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Full Item Details Image size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm) Anderson, Murray Large, R G Bob + Artist : Philip West £150.00 SAVE MONEY WITH OUR DISCOUNT PRINT PACKS! Buy With : Moonlight by Gerald Coulson. for £155 - Save £70 Buy With : Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian (B) for £185 - Save £80 Buy With : Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian (AP) for £220 - Save £80

Stealth 1944 by Steve Gibbs. Little attention is given to the role played by agents and resistance workers in the success of the D-Day landings. Inspired by the stories of one such agent, this picture depicts him being lifted from a field near Paris in May 1944 and returned to England. The Lysander will fly at tree-top level all the way home and eventually land at Tempsford in Bedfordshire, England. After a thorough briefing the Lysander will return to occupied France to co-ordinate sabotage against the transport network and disruption of communications to hamper the enemy efforts to bring reinforcements against the landing grounds and beaches. Item Code : DHM2545 Stealth 1944 by Steve Gibbs. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Limited edition of 500 prints. Full Item Details Image size 11 inches x 16 inches (28cm x 41cm) Artist : Steve Gibbs £36.00 SAVE MONEY WITH OUR DISCOUNT PRINT PACKS! Buy With : They Landed by Moonlight by Robert Taylor. for £220 - Save £16 Buy With : Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian. for £105 - Save £31 Buy With : Moonlight by Gerald Coulson. for £105 - Save £31 Buy With : Moonlight by Gerald Coulson. for £105 - Save £31

Loire Rendezvous by Philip West. 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 shorten the flight, the pilots flew a dead reckoning course to their first turning point, usually on the River Loire, using rudimentary navigating equipment. The moonlit town of Blois is easily distinguishable by its chateau, churches and bridge with the Forest of Chambord beyond. The agents in the rear cockpit prepare themselves by torchlight for the forthcoming landing. Item Code : DHM2201 Loire Rendezvous by Philip West. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 250 prints. Full Item Details Paper size 28 inches x 20 inches (71cm x 51cm) Hodges, Lewis Anderson, Murray Large, R G Bob Arkell, Peter + Artist : Philip West £25 Off! Now : £125.00 ARTIST PROOF Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Full Item Details Paper size 28 inches x 20 inches (71cm x 51cm) Hodges, Lewis Anderson, Murray Large, R G Bob Arkell, Peter Maurik, E H Van Wake, Nancy Millar, George Thomas, J A Tommy Dunstan, Donald + Artist : Philip West SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE SAVE MONEY WITH OUR DISCOUNT PRINT PACKS! Buy With : Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian (B) for £210 - Save £80 Buy With : Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian. for £185 - Save £65

They Landed by Moonlight by Robert Taylor. 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 Resistance leaders, or downed airmen and fly them home without attracting the attentions of enemy night fighters, was appallingly risky work. Yet throughout World War II the prime function of the pilots of the RAFs Special Duties Squadrons was to fly time and again into occupied France, in utmost secrecy, under the cover of darkness. It was acutely dangerous work requiring inordinate flying and navigational skills, and supreme courage. Most suited to these clandestine operations was the rugged Westland Lysander, operations being conducted, weather permitting, during the moons fullest phase. Guided only by torch light, the pilot made a hazardous night landing into an isolated field at a pre-arranged time, trusting that agents on the ground had che......... More Text... Item Code : RT0310 They Landed by Moonlight by Robert Taylor. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 750 prints. Full Item Details Paper size 31 inches x 24 inches (79cm x 61cm) Anderson, Murray Cammaerts, Francis Hodges, Lewis Ratcliff, Len Verity, Hugh + Artist : Robert Taylor £200.00 ARTIST PROOF Limited edition of artist proofs. Full Item Details Paper size 31 inches x 24 inches (79cm x 61cm) Anderson, Murray Cammaerts, Francis Hodges, Lewis Ratcliff, Len Verity, Hugh + Artist : Robert Taylor £325.00 PRINT Limited edition of 25 remarques. Full Item Details Paper size 31 inches x 24 inches (79cm x 61cm) Anderson, Murray Cammaerts, Francis Hodges, Lewis Ratcliff, Len Verity, Hugh + Artist : Robert Taylor SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE SAVE MONEY WITH OUR DISCOUNT PRINT PACKS! Buy With : Stealth 1944 by Steve Gibbs. for £220 - Save £16 Buy With : Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian (AP) for £280 - Save £70

A Westland Lysander by Gleed. Item Code : VAR0323 A Westland Lysander by Gleed. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Open edition print. Full Item Details Image size 18 inches x 14 inches (46cm x 36cm) none £38.00

Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian. 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 Squadron, the most secret of all RAF squadrons, had in its flight, Lysanders, Hudsons, and Halifaxes which carried out parachute operations. Two of 161s top pilots Hugh Verity and Lewis Hodges both received the DSO & bar and DFC & bar, and from France the Legion dHonneur and the Croix de Guerre. Item Code : DHM1155 Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Full Item Details Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm) Artist : Graeme Lothian Half Price! Now : £50.00 ARTIST PROOF Limited edition of 50 artist proofs, signed by Sir Lewis Hodges. Full Item Details Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm) Hodges, Lewis + Artist : Graeme Lothian £150.00 PRINT Limited edition of 250 prints, signed by Sir Lewis Hodges, DOS, DFC, Legion d Honneur and Croix de Guerre. Full Item Details Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm) Hodges, Lewis + Artist : Graeme Lothian £15 Off! Now : £125.00 GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm) Artist : Graeme Lothian (on separate certificate) £90 Off! Now : £370.00 ORIGINAL PAINTING Original painting by Graeme Lothian. Full Item Details Size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm) Hodges, Lewis + Artist : Graeme Lothian £500 Off! Now : £2000.00 SAVE MONEY WITH OUR DISCOUNT PRINT PACKS! Buy With : Stealth 1944 by Steve Gibbs. for £105 - Save £31 Buy With : Loire Rendezvous by Philip West. for £185 - Save £65 Buy With : Only the Brave by Philip West. (AP) for £220 - Save £80 Buy With : They Landed by Moonlight by Robert Taylor. for £280 - Save £70