Key Information
Reference code
DEAN 3/4/1
Title
Papers, 1919-1957, relating to Air Vice Marshal O G W G Lywood, including his draft autobiography
Date(s)
- 1919 - 1957 Feb 15 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Letter sent to Dean from AVM Oswyn George William Gifford Lywood and letter from Hilda Lywood, wife of from AVM Oswyn George William Gifford Lywood after Lywood's death; extract of a copy of Lywood's service record; obituary of Lywood from Flight, 15 Feb 1957; list of significant dates in Lywood's life; list of Air Ministry files containing information on Lywood; typescript text of speech by Lywood entitled 'Success to Newcastle on Tyne's future air policy' relating to the growing importance of aircraft in war and in civil aviation and promoting the creation of an aerodrome on the town moor outside the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne and its potential as a commercial flying centre; typescript autobiography by Lywood. 1 file