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Description The Westland Lysander (nickname the "Lizzie") is a British army co-operation and liaison aircraft produced by Westland Aircraft used immediately before and during the Second World War. After becoming obsolete in the army co-operation role, the aircraft's exceptional short-field performance enabled clandestine missions using small, improvised airstrips behind enemy lines to place or recover agents, particularly in occupied France with the help of the French Resistance. British Army air co-operation aircraft were named after mythical or historical military leaders; in this case the Spartan admiral Lysander was chosen.
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Author Michael Gaylard from Horsham, UK
Camera location52° 05′ 53.33″ N, 0° 11′ 14.68″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Michael Gaylard at https://flickr.com/photos/16564965@N04/23540990238. It was reviewed on 4 March 2019 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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