Westland Lysander IIIa army cooperation/liaison high wing aircraft; bent seagull wing shape with trailing edges tapered forward equipped with trailing edge flaps and leading edge slats, which operated automatically; the wing is braced with two pairs of "V" struts; steel tube fuselage with aluminum panels on front half with fabric covered rear; aluminum cowling and aluminum covered fixed undercarriage and wheels; Medium Sea Gray and Dark Green upper camouflage pattern on upper surfaces, Matt Black underside, and Type C1 Fuselage Roundel: yellow, dull blue, white, and dull red, Dull Red Squadron Code "AC"; Bristol Mercury XX nine-cylinder engine. Created by Dane Penland Date Created 03/03/2006 Source Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, National Air and Space Museum Original Photography, NASM Acc. 2012-0026 Keywords Aircraft; Aviation; Military; Reconaissance; World War II Rights and Restrictions CC0
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