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Yangtse Incident by Timothy OBrien.
HMS Amethyst about to return fire while a Sunderland of 88 Squadron makes a hurried departure, 23rd of April 1949. |
| | Item Code : TO0001 | Yangtse Incident by Timothy OBrien. - Editions Available | |
| | DESCRIPTION | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | PRICE | PURCHASING | PACKS | | Open edition print. | Image size 14.5 inches x 9.5 inches (37cm x 23cm) | none | £4 Off!
 | Now : £18.00 | | | | Richard Todd signature edition of 200 prints. | Image size 14.5 inches x 9.5 inches (37cm x 23cm) |
Todd, Richard | | Captain Richard Todd OBE (deceased) |
| Later a world famous actor - with a key role as Major John Howard in the D-Day film The Longest Day - Richard Todd jumped into Normandy with 7th Para at 0040 hours on June 6th 1944. Their immediate task was to support the holding of Pegasus Bridge against fierce German counterattacks. Originally commissioned into the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, he was seconded to The Parachute Regiment in 1943. In Normandy he transferred to 6th Airborne HO on D-Day +5 and stayed with them until September |
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Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! | Image size 14.5 inches x 9.5 inches (37cm x 23cm) |
Redman, DonNO
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| | Don Redman was a signalman on HMS Amethyst at the time of the famed Yangtse Incident. He was on the bridge of the ship when a Chinese shell burst, killing nearly everyone on the bridge. Don was himself seriously wounded, and his life was saved by an RAF doctor (Michael Fearnley) who was flown in aboard a Sunderland flying boat. We know Don Redman died sometime between the years 2000 and 2011. |
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French, JackNO
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| | Jack French DSM (deceased) |
| Jack French was telegraphist on HMS Amethyst during the famous Yangtse Incident. The ship spent many days under intense fire from the Chinese as it navigated out of the river. Jack French was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for devotion to duty. He died on 4th May 2011. |
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Moreby, GerryNO
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| | Gerry Moreby part of the crew of a Sunderland flying boat that went to aid HMS Amethyst during the famed Yangtse Incident of 1949. In 1949, No.88 Sunderland Squadron was stationed at Kai Tak, Hong Kong. We were mainly occupied with the transport of mail and freight between Japan, Singapore and Borneo. Sunderlands were particularly useful where there were no adequate airfields. On the afternoon of 20th April we heard that HMS Amethyst had been fired on by Chinese Communists guns on the Yangt |
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+ Artist : Timothy OBrien | £15 Off!
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