The Westland Lysander was a British army co-operation and liaison aircraft built by Westland Aircraft and used immediately before and during the Second World War. It was designed to Air Ministry Specification A.39/34 to replace the Hawker Hector, with high wings, a fixed landing gear carried on an inverted U-shaped tube and a Bristol Mercury radial engine. After the type became obsolete in the army co-operation role, its short-field performance suited it to clandestine missions that placed or collected agents from improvised airstrips behind enemy lines, particularly in occupied France with the help of the French Resistance. A total of 1,786 were built, including 225 under licence in Canada, and all British Lysanders were withdrawn from service in 1946.
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The Westland Lysander is a British army co-operation and liaison aircraft
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The Lysander was to be powered by a Bristol Mercury air-cooled radial engine
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All British Lysanders were withdrawn from service in 1946.
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The Westland Lysander is a British army co-operation and liaison aircraft produced by Westland Aircraft
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