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Aircraft · United Kingdom · 1938-1945

Westland Lysander

army co-operation / clandestine transport

Slow and ungainly as an army-cooperation aircraft, the high-winged 'Lizzie' found its real vocation flying Special Operations Executive agents and Resistance couriers into and out of small, unlit fields in occupied France under cover of darkness, thanks to its remarkably short take-off and landing run.

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crew1-2
top speed341 km/h
range966 km
produced1,786

Western Europe, Mediterranean and North Africa

c/n Y1536 Built in Canada for the RCAF with the serial 2355, although also allocated British military serial V9552. Now owned and operated by the Shuttleworth Collection, she has been fitted with a ladder and replica lon
c/n Y1536 Built in Canada for the RCAF with the serial 2355, although also allocated British military serial V9552. Now owned and operated by the Shuttleworth Collection, she has been fitted with a ladder and replica lonAlan Wilson from Peterborough, Cambs, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Westland Lysander in the National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Washington DC. The Lysander was a British army co-operation and liaison aircraft produced by Westland Aircraft. It was used during the
Westland Lysander in the National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Washington DC. The Lysander was a British army co-operation and liaison aircraft produced by Westland Aircraft. It was used during the Ad Meskens, zie ook:vliegtuigen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum's Westland Lysander Mark III flying at the 2010 Brantford Airshow in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum's Westland Lysander Mark III flying at the 2010 Brantford Airshow in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.Hpulley4 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source