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Westland Lysander IIIa
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Westland Lysander IIIa

Westland Aircraft Limited · 1942 · Wings: aluminum, wood, fabric

From the collection of National Air and Space Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Westland Lysander IIIa army cooperation/liaison high wing aircraft; bent seagull wing shape with trailing edges tapered forward equipped with trailing edge flaps and leading edge slats, which operated automatically; the wing is braced with two pairs of "V" struts; steel tube fuselage with aluminum panels on front half with fabric covered rear; aluminum cowling and aluminum covered fixed undercarriage and wheels; Medium Sea Gray and Dark Green upper camouflage pattern on upper surfaces, Matt Black underside, and Type C1 Fuselage Roundel: yellow, dull blue, white, and dull red, Dull Red Squadron Code "AC"; Bristol Mercury XX nine-cylinder engine.

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Credit lineWestland Lysander IIIa. 1942. Westland Aircraft Limited. National Air and Space Museum, Donated by Dwight F. Brooks. CC0.

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