Corgi RAF Westland Lysander Mk. II Reconnaissance Aircraft

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RAF Westland Lysander Mk. II Reconnaissance Aircraft - No.13 Squadron, 1939 (1:72 Scale)

Corgi RAF Westland Lysander Mk. II Reconnaissance Aircraft - No.13 Squadron, 1939

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Corgi AA36805 RAF Westland Lysander Mk. II Reconnaissance Aircraft - No.13 Squadron, 1939 (1:72 Scale) "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
- British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, commenting on the British airmen in the Battle of Britain

The Lysander is a two-seat reconnaissance and artillery spotting monoplane defined by Specification A 39/34 in response to Operational Requirement OR. 18. Three squadrons of Mk. Is and three of Mk. Us equipped during 1938/39 moved to France with BEF in 1939; about 50 Westland Lysanders were shot down and 30 destroyed on the ground in May 1940.

Three squadrons of Mk. Is and three of Mk. Us equipped during 1938/39 moved to France with BEF in 1939; about 50 Westland Lysanders were shot down and 30 destroyed on the ground in May 1940.

This particular 1:72 scale replica of a Lysander was attached to No.13 Squadron in 1939. Sold Out!

Dimensions:
Wingspan: 8-1/4-inches
Length: 5-1/4-inches

Release Date: May 2007

Historical Account: "At the Outbreak" - By the autumn of 1939, No.13 Squadron was equipped with Lysanders and operated in France until May 1940, when the group changed role and theater. The following year was spent on anti-submarine and anti-invasion patrols before Blenheims arrived, and the squadron returned to army cooperation duties.