Warplanes of the UK: Westland Lysander

Westland Lysander

(RAF Photo)

Westland Lysander formation, breaking off.

(RAF Photo)

Westland Lysander formation.

(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo)

Westland Lysander Mk. III (Serial No. V9367), ex-RCAF (Serial No. 1582), Reg. No. G-AZWT, painted in the markings of a Polish Aqn (Serial No. V9441), ca 1999,  The Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire. Airworthy.

(Tim Felce Photos)

(Paul Maritz Photo)

(Alan Wilson Photo)

Westland Lysander Mk. III (Serial No. V9367), Reg. No. G-AZWT, The Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire. Airworthy.  V9367 is painted in the all black colour scheme of the clandestine SOE aircraft of 1942 and is marked MA-B (of No. 161 Squadron RAF) the aircraft flown by Pilot Officer Peter Vaughan-Fowler, DSO, DFC and bar, AFC.

Westland Lysander Mk. IIIA (Serial No. V9312), painted in No. 225 Sqn colours, Reg. No. G-CCON, Aircraft Restoration Co, Duxford, Cambridgeshire.  Airworthy.

(Roland Turner Photos)

(Alan Wilson Photo)

Westland Lysander Mk. III (Serial No. R1925),  LX-L, 225 Squadron, Royal Air Force Museum London, Hendon.

(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo)

(Paul Photo)

(Jim, IWM Duxford Photo)

Westland Lysander Mk. III (Serial No. V9300) painted as (Serial No. V9673), Reg. No. G-LIZY, 141 Squadron, Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire.

Westland Lysander Mk. III (Serial No. R9125), at the Royal Air Force Museum London, following extensive restoration at RAF Cosford. This is the only surviving Special Duties variant of this type.  It is painted in No. 161 Squadron Special Operations colours, reflecting its service towards the end of the Second World War.

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