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He joined the Militia in Montréal in 1937, served as an aircraftsman until 1940, then headed to Saskatchewan for basic aviation training. A remarkable war contribution followed. He flew Hurricanes and Spitfires in the Major Operational Theaters, including the countries of Burma, China, India, Tunisia, Egypt, Malta, Italy, England, Belgium, Holland and Germany. He was awarded the DFC personally by King George VI. He also shared in the destruction of the world's first operational jet fighter, a German ME262, in 1944. Squadron Leader Everard was CO of 407 Squadron when he was shot down over Germany on Christmas day 1944. He was captured and remained a POW for the remaining six months of the war. Following the war, he returned to Canada and obtained his BA from the University of Toronto. His love for flying drew him back into the skies, this time as a jet test pilot with Canadair. Hedley logged hundreds of hours in various aircraft including the F-86 in Austria, Switzerland, Singapore and Malaysia. At the same time he flew Vampires in the RCAF Auxiliary from which he retired in 1964 as a Group Captain. During the 1960's Hedley transitioned to the sale of aircraft-principally the F-86-in Malaysia and Singapore. Thereafter, he was also involved in the DASH aircraft program through the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce. Sadly he passed away on February 19th, 1999 \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Signed by: \u003cbr\u003e Hedley Everard \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Limited Edition of 850 Prints \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Paper size 18 inches x 26 inches (45.7cm x 66cm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Military Aviation Art Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54135538942285,"sku":null,"price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/5449\/9149\/files\/2026NEWax0102.jpg?v=1781870266"},{"product_id":"lancaster-by-frank-wootton","title":"Lancaster by Frank Wootton.","description":"DHM5007. Lancaster by Frank Wootton. \u003cp\u003e Published to mark the 50th anniversary of the maiden flight of the Avro Lancaster on 9th January 1941. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne very rare print available only, number 770 of 850.  Good condition but has some surface scratches and one small dent on the image - not noticeable once framed. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Signed by Flight Lieutenant Bill Reid VC (deceased),\u003cbr\u003eWarrant Officer Norman Jackson VC (deceased),\u003cbr\u003eGroup Captain Leonard Cheshire VC OM DSO** DFC* (deceased),\u003cbr\u003eGroup Captain J B Tait DSO*** DFC* ADC (deceased),\u003cbr\u003eChief Test Pilot Alex Henshaw (deceased),\u003cbr\u003eand\u003cbr\u003e Flight Lieutenant Bill Townsend CGM DFM (deceased). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSigned limited edition of 850 prints.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Image size 24 inches x 17 inches (61cm x 43cm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Military Aviation Art Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54135965319501,"sku":null,"price":400.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/5449\/9149\/files\/2026NEWdhm5007.jpg?v=1781871959"},{"product_id":"raf-tornado-operation-desert-storm-1991-by-frank-wootton","title":"RAF Tornado- Operation Desert Storm 1991 by Frank Wootton.","description":"L32.  RAF Tornado- Operation Desert Storm 1991 by Frank Wootton. \u003cp\u003eat 2200 GMT on 16th January 1991 Tornados were launched from Dhahran, Bahrain and Tabuk on the RAFs first combat missions in Operation Desert Storm.  Each Tornado was loaded with two JP23s and all were bound for airfields in Iraq.  Taking the defences by complete surprise, the Tornados delivered their weapons over runways and taxiways, then made for home without loss, setting a standard of professionalism that was to be maintained throughout the campaign often in the face of far more serious opposition.  The air campaign in which the RAF were engaged was crucial to the Allies overall strategy to free Kuwait.  Indeed, it is not an exaggeration to say that for the first time in the history of warfare, air power was the determining factor in a major conflict, and that the visions of such men as Trenchard and Harris were at last demonstrated.  While the final conclusions must be left to history, the Gulf war remains - as General McPeak, the US Air Force Chief of Staff pointed out - the first time that a field army had been defeated by air power.  The plan for the Allied air campaign was divided into a succession of phases, beginning with the obtaining of air superiority and ending with the direct engagement of the enemy ground forces.  To carry out this plan the Allies had built up a formidable air power force.  By 16th January it numbered some 2430 aircraft based either within the Gulf region or close enough to project air power into it.  The RAF contribution was 135 aircraft: 18 Tornado F3 fighters, 46 TornadoGR1 and 1A attack and recce aircraft, 12 Jaguar fighter-bombers, 17 tabkers, 3 Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft, 31 Chinook and Puma support helicopters, one BAe 125 and 7 Hercules transport aircraft.  The strength of the Allied air forces continued to grow as the campaign progressed, and by the start of the land attack (G Day) it had reached 2790.  RAF reinforcements during this period included 12 Buccaneers and additional Tornado GR1s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLast print available of this sold out edition.  This ex-display print has some light marks on the image.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSigned by Air Marshal Sir William Wratten KBE, CB, AFC, FRAeS. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSigned limited edition of 850 prints. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Image size 17 inches x 24 inches (43cm x 61cm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Military Aviation Art Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54136093966669,"sku":null,"price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/5449\/9149\/files\/2026NEWli0032.jpg?v=1781873116"},{"product_id":"hawker-typhoon-squadron-by-frank-wootton","title":"Hawker Typhoon Squadron by Frank Wootton.","description":"L33.  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Strike Wing Attack - Beaufighter by Frank Wootton. \u003cp\u003eCoastal Command Strike Wings by Neil Wheeler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was not until ten years ago that the first detailed account appeared recording the achievements and sacrifices of the Beaufighter anti-shipping Strike Wings.  Surprisingly, these important and, as a whole, very successful activites seemed to have been forgotten in the years immediately after the war.  Until 1942 the attack of enemy shipping, particularly that to and from Dutch ports and North German and Scandinavian ports, ahd been carried out in the main by individual attacks by bomber aircraft, at times with considerable losses.  The concept of using a Wing of Beaufighters, with two squadrons to suppress enemy anti-aircraft fire and one with torpedoes to sink the ships in the convoy, gradually developed in 1942.  Unfortunately, the first strike on 20th November 1942 was disastrous, largely through failure to rendezvous with the fighter escort, the casualties were heavy and the results poor.  The Wing was not to operate again until 18th April 1943, and only after a thorough revision of tactics and much training.  That strike, which I led, was an unqualified success ans Strike Wings were, so to speak, born.  They continued with great success until the end of the war.  Initially, the casualties that were suffered were extremely high, particularly in 1943 before the Allies achieved overwhelming air supremacy.  But they continued to be high because most were due to the concentrated anti-aircraft fire from the ships in the convoys.  I understand that the casualties were about the same as Bomber Command.  However, the Strike Wings, as a considerably smaller force in comparison, inflicted far greater losses on the enemy relative to their own. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccount of the operation on 21st July 1944 - Philip Brett \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis was my second operational flight.  On my first I had had a three foot hole blown in my tailplane, teaching me that shipping strikes were indeed dangerous.  This time I was carrying my first live torpedo and I realised I now had to do in anger what I had done a hundred times in enjoyable practice runs.  I was expected to fly at a height of 150 feet and a speed of 180 knots, keeping straight and level until I was within about half a mile of an enemy ship, with cameras recording what I was actually doing when I made my drop.  To add to my nervousness we were told that the convoy consisted of nine merchantmen guarded by no less than 31 escort vessels.  Fear was forgotten in the concentration needed to fly very low across the North Sea in close squadron formation but it reasserted itself sharply enough immediately the ships appeared.  The convoy was as big as promised.  The anti-flak squadrons, 455 (Australian) 489 (New Zealand) and 404 (Canadian) began their climb.  Our leader, Squadron Leader Robin Burwell, held 144 back, aiming to brings us in to the ships just as the anti-flak aircraft completed their work.  On his order - Attack, Attack - we spread out as briefed, choosing individually the biggest targets we could find and setting our travelling light torpedo sights accordingly.  The other squadrons had caused havoc.  There was smoke everywhere on the sea and in the sky.  Explosions were occurring along the whole length of the convoy.  I came in like a good new boy, doing just what I had been told.  I was aware of a sort of sparkling curtain between me and my target and the pretty tracer curving gracefully towards us, but I was concerned only with speed and height and the need to wait until the ship grew large.  My torpedo gone, I could at last ram open the throttles and take violent evasive action as I climbed through the flak from my target and the surrounding escort vessels into the safer sky beyond.  As we circled the scene of the attack there were still bursts of heavy flak everywhere above the convoy.  Some of the aircraft seemed to be having a second go.  Many of the ships below were enveloped in smoke and steam and several were blazing - Bill Boorer, my navigator, thought our merchantman was one of them.  We set course for our base, Strubby, in Lincolnshire, and landed in the dark, unscathed.  At debriefing everyone told of the severe damage that had been inflicted but no-one could be really sure of who had done what.  The next day I heard that, from my aircraft cameras and all the other evidence, my torpedo had been assessed as a hit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLast two prints of this edition available - it is now sold out at the publisher.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSigned by Air Chief Marshal Sir Neil Wheeler GCB, CBE, DSO, DFC, AFC (deceased), \u003cbr\u003eGroup Captain A K Gatward DSO, DFC, AE, \u003cbr\u003eGroup Captain R E Paddy Burns CBE, DFC, \u003cbr\u003eWing Commander David L Cartridge DSO, DFC and Flying Officer Philip Brett DFC. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSigned limited edition of 850 prints. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Image size 17 inches x 24 inches (43cm x 61cm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Military Aviation Art Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54136094032205,"sku":null,"price":165.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/5449\/9149\/files\/2026NEWli0037.jpg?v=1781873109"},{"product_id":"rocket-firing-typhoons-at-the-falaise-gap-normandy-1944-by-frank-wootton","title":"Rocket Firing Typhoons at the Falaise Gap - Normandy 1944 by Frank Wootton.","description":"L41.  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