Oswyn George William Gifford Lywood
(1895-1957), Air Vice-MarshalSitter in 4 portraits
Oswyn George William Gifford Lywood
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, February 1945
NPG x186070
Oswyn George William Gifford Lywood
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1941
NPG x23588
Oswyn George William Gifford Lywood
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, February 1945
NPG x187036
Oswyn George William Gifford Lywood
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, February 1945
NPG x187037
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Martin Bodman
18 November 2020, 14:40
Gifford Lywood was a group captain and deputy dire tor of signals at the Air Ministry in 1940.
He opposed R V Jones who had identified the Knickebein or crooked leg beam used to navigate German bombers onto British cities.