Lysander Mk III aircraft in flight, 1940s

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Caption     Lysander Mk III aircraft in flight, 1940s ww2dbase
Date  1940
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 700 x 370 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed Alan Chanter says:
11 Aug 2016 05:26:58 AM

Between 1941 and 1944 the R.A.F. made 320 clandestine Lysander flights on behalf of S.O.E. of which 210 were successful, landing 440 passengers and evacuating 630, at a cost of only six pilots killed.

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