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Westland Lysander Manual Edward Wake-Walker

Westland Lysander Manual By Edward Wake-Walker

Westland Lysander Manual by Edward Wake-Walker


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The Westland Lysander won lasting fame during the Second World War as the rugged little aircraft that flew British secret agents and French Resistance workers in an out of Occupied France by night, right under the noses of the Germans.

Westland Lysander Manual Summary

Westland Lysander Manual: 1936-44 (all marks) by Edward Wake-Walker

The Westland Lysander won lasting fame during the Second World War as the rugged little aircraft that flew British secret agents and French Resistance workers in an out of Occupied France by night, right under the noses of the Germans. The exploits of its RAF crews and the agents they carried have become the stuff of legend. Author Edward Wake-Walker has been given privileged access to the world famous Shuttleworth Collection's airworthy Lysander, V9367, to give readers rare insights into the operation and maintenance of this unique aircraft.

About Edward Wake-Walker

Edward Wake-Walker worked for 28 years with the RNLI, the final 16 as PR Director. He is the author of A House For Spies: SIS Operations into Occupied France from a Sussex Farmhouse (Robert Hale, 2011), The Lifeboat Story (2007), Lost Photographs of the RNLI (2004), and Gold Medal Rescues (1992). He lives in Dorset.

Table of Contents

Latest classic aircraft to receive the Haynes Manuals treatment Published with the full cooperation of the Shuttleworth Collection Rare and previously unseen photographs of the Shuttleworth Lysander undergoing major overhaul Insights into flying and maintaining the Lysander in wartime and today RAF Lysanders flew the famous secret agent 'taxi service' to Occupied France in WW2 The Shuttleworth Lysander is one of only a handful still flying worldwide

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GOR012890357
9780857333957
085733395X
Westland Lysander Manual: 1936-44 (all marks) by Edward Wake-Walker
Used - Good
Hardback
Haynes Publishing Group
20141028
160
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