Surviving Lysander's

has the sabena example not flown yet? it was supposed to be available last season but no news?

Thanks everyone and thanks James for what sounds like a definitive answer…

I’ve been asked to find a mounting for a Lewis gun for a Lysander. Does anyone know if any of the survivors have one at all? I am told it is the same as that used in the Fairey Battle.

None of the complete survivors have the early Vickers K or single Browning gun mounting fitted, nor even the later twin Browning mount.

I have a selection of wartime manual shots and a couple of diagrams in my Lysander book in the armament section, but not themselves enough for the construction of a replica.

Blimey – that’s loads. At least 4 in the UK – that’s good going.

There is a worthy selection of surviving Lysanders globally, with several very well restored and reasonably accurately configured examples in several countries. More flyers, which various valiant groups are working on, would be nice.

I’d caution excitement over Lysanders not on display – as a ‘Meccano’ type aircraft, a good deal of cross-kitting of previous restorations has left several serial numbers (beloved of ‘listers’) as identities without anything like enough to make a complete machine.

Again, there’s a slightly out of date list of survivors in my book.

http://mmpbooks.biz/mmp/books.php?book_id=84

Regards,

Can anyone say how many Lysanders survive? Static and flying…

Hi Elliott – A Good start maybe?

Even better place to start and from not that long ago!;) http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=104380&highlight=westland+lysander

I am 99% certain that none of the survivors have the rear cockpit gun mount. The one most likely to have it would have been R9125 at Hendon, as one of the most original, but she has the rear cockpit as it was fitted out for SD use which had the gun removed to make room for a bench seat for the “Joes”.

Blimey – that’s loads. At least 4 in the UK – that’s good going.

I’ve been asked to find a mounting for a Lewis gun for a Lysander. Does anyone know if any of the survivors have one at all? I am told it is the same as that used in the Fairey Battle.

I’d be surprised if a spare mounting turned up – I would have thought it would be easier to get one made from new….

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

2341 (CANADA/Surrey, private, Ed Zalesky, stored?)
2344 (CANADA/Surrey, private, Ed Zalesky, stored?)
2381 (CANADA/Surrey, private, Ed Zalesky, stored?)

Hi
Not sure where they are now, as Ed Zalesky went in 2009, presumably the collection of a/c was sold ?
cheers
Jerry

http://www.canadianflight.org/content/ed-zaleski

Hi Elliott – A Good start maybe?

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Hi
Yep:rolleyes:
Maybe you could export a few UK examples to Canada we don’t have enough yet to equip a squadron to defend our nothern territories .:rolleyes:
It would be nice to have one per province.:D
cheers
Jerry

From my notes:
Some of these are probably a bit out of date, and I’ve doubtless missed a few:

R9125 (UK/Hendon-RAFM)
V9300/1558/”V9673″/G-LIZY (UK/Duxford-IWM)
V9312 (UK/Duxford-Aircraft Restoration Company)
V9415/1589 (INDIA/Palam-IAFM)
V9546/OO-SOT/”2442″ (BELGUIM /Brussels-R. Army & Mil. Hist. Mus)
V9552/1582/G-AZWT/‘V9367’ (UK/Old Warden, Shuttleworth Collection)
2341 (CANADA/Surrey, private, Ed Zalesky, stored?)
2344 (CANADA/Surrey, private, Ed Zalesky, stored?)
2346/N7791(USA/Washington DC/NASM Udvar-Hazy Centre)
2349 (CANADA/Langley-Canadian Museum of Flight)
2363 (CANADA/Hamilton-Canadian Warplane Heritage)
2364 (CANADA/Hamilton-Canadian Warplane Heritage, spares)
2365/”416”/C-FVZZ (CANADA/Gatineau-Vintage Wings of Canada)
2367 (CANADA/Assiniboia?-private-Jim Whereat?)
2374/‘R9003’ (CANADA/Ottawa-Canada Aviation Museum)
2375 (CANADA/Brandon-Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum)
2376 (CANADA/Langley?-Canadian Museum of Flight?)
2381 (CANADA/Surrey, private, Ed Zalesky, stored?)
???? (USA/Hoenwald-Bristol Heritage Collection)
1244/”V9545″ (USA-Florida Aviation Museum?)
????/2404 (UK/?-private, Peter Dimond?, Stored?)
???? (PORTUGAL/Alverca-Museo Do Ar, project)

Edit: Beat me to it! Interesting to note some differences here: my list was compiled ages ago and is probably quite outdates. Some of them may not even still exist. I reckon the true total is about 15-20.

I think this list is relatively complete, as far as complete or nearly complete airframes is concerned though locations or ownership of a couple may have changed.

V9552 / G-AZWT Shuttleworth
R9125 RAFM
V9300 IWM
V9132 ARCO, UK
2363 / C-GCWL CWH Canada
1206 / C-FVZZ Vintage Wings Canada
2349 CMF Canada
‘R9003’ (composite) NAM, Canada
2346 ‘N7791’ NASM USA
1244 ‘V9281’ FoF USA
1589 IAFM India
V9546 / OO-SOT Sabena Old Timers Belgium
2375 Musee d l’Air , France

3 in Belgium, I believe. One almost airworthy, one static and a frame of one in the BAHAAT collection.
The airworthy one is OO-SOT, the BAHAAT is RCAF n°2364, owned by Eric Vormezeele.

Hi Elliott – A Good start maybe?

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