Talk:Westland Lysander

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[edit] Total Lysander production

Hmm, my data says that around 1,650 were built including 225 in Canada, and that the numbers are a little unclear as a number of aircraft were cancelled.--MoRsE 01:58, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

• My data (Knightly, James. Westand Lysander. Redbourn, UK: Mushroom Model Publications, 2006. ISBN 83-917178-4-4., pages 110-112) says 1672 built for the RAF and 150 for foreign air forces (and those 150 do not include aircraft diverted from RAF stock)1672 plus 150 = 1822. Dirk P Broer 20:36, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External Link

Westland Lysander aircraft profile. Aircraft database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945

I do not know anything about this aircraft other than what I've been reading here. Here is a link that was included in the now deleted Lysander monoplane article, I will leave it to some more knowledgeable to determine veracity for inclusion. --Born2flie 09:28, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

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Plans were underway to produce "beach head defense" retrofits of the Lysander in order to bolster the bomber force that would be thrown at a Sea Lion type invasion force. These included the mounting of two hispano cannons or adding stub wings carrying 9kg bombs (increasing the overall bomblet load). This is the same project that lead to the Delanne.

Anyway, it is a very interesting note in the history of the Lysander that could be added.

S! --Avimimus (talk) 21:31, 18 December 2007 (UTC)