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231 Sqn Lysander pics

Here are 3 pics of 231 Sqn Lysanders from Newtownards,the pics were given to my ATC Sqn by a local RAFA member unfortunatley without any details and he has since died.

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By: JDK - 4th August 2005 at 12:03

That is impossible! You can’t get an overdose from such a nice plane. :p

Hmmm. It IS one of my fave’s, but I’ve been working on this damned book rather a lot…

Great pics, which is the point.

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By: Stieglitz - 4th August 2005 at 11:56

Interesting.Yes, I’ve been looking at too many Lizzie pics lately!

That is impossible! You can’t get an overdose from such a nice plane. :p

Nice pics and many thanks for pointing at those details JDK.

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By: JDK - 3rd August 2005 at 11:15

Interesting.

Thanks for sharing. They look to be Lysander IIIA (Mercury, twin machine gun in observers cockpit) and with the late style aerials on the wings.

The second photos is intreaguing as it seems to show patching and repainting on the upper wing, as well as a gas detector patch on the horizontal tailplane; something that didn’t last much after 1940; and evidence is mixed for the positioning of the patch on Lysanders.

It also looks like the stub plane tips have been painted a lighter colour. I wonder what?

Yes, I’ve been looking at too many Lizzie pics lately!

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By: taylorman - 3rd August 2005 at 10:58

Awesome shots! Thanks for posting. :rolleyes:

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By: Steve Bond - 3rd August 2005 at 09:07

Superb, many thanks for sharing them. My coincidence, I have recently got in touch with another RAF man in Northern Ireland, whose first tour was on the Fairey Hendon! There can’t be too many people still around who can claim that.

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