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Hugh Verity
| Group Captain Hugh Verity DSO* DFC (deceased) Learning to fly in the Oxford University Air Squadron in 1938, Hugh Verity flew Beaufighters in Coastal Command and night fighter squadrons before volunteering to join 161 (Special Duties) Sqn. In 1943 he commanded this squadrons Lysander flight and became the Squadron Commander. On his 29 successful pick ups, of which 24 were in Lysanders, he brought back to England a total of 93 people from the meadows of occupied France, lit only by pocket torches. He died in 2001. |
Items Signed by Group Captain Hugh Verity DSO* DFC (deceased) |
  | Clipped Signature - Hugh Verity Price : £35.00 | Learning to fly in the Oxford University Air Squadron in 1938, Hugh Verity flew Beaufighters in Coastal Command and night fighter squadrons before volunteering to join 161 (Special Duties) Sqn. In 1943 he commanded this squadrons Lysander flight an...... | |
  | 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 Group Captain Hugh Verity 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) | |
 | Lysander Aircraft Art Prints by Robert Taylor and Steve Gibbs. Pack Price : £220.00 Saving : £90 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Stealth 1944 by Steve Gibbs. They Landed by Moonlight by Robert Taylor. |
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