WESTLAND LYSANDER IN WORLDWIDE SERVICE WINGLEADER PHOTO ARCHIVE 32

Description: WESTLAND LYSANDER IN WORLDWIDE SERVICE WINGLEADER PHOTO ARCHIVE 32by Andrew Thomas, 72 pages The Westland Lysander was one of those mid-1930s aircraft designs that represented a major step forward at the time from the biplane era, but then was immediately outdated by the rapid technological advances that came with the Second World War. By 1930s standards, the ‘Lizzie’ was very advanced, with its short take off and landing ability, leading edge slats and heavy duty undercarriage, it was ahead of its time. Unfortunately, by 1940, it was clearly vulnerable to any fighter attack and the Army Co-operation role was being polarised between fast fighters like the Mustang and ultra-slow spotting aircraft like the Auster.Of course, the Lysander did eventually find its purpose as a very capable Special Duties aircraft ferrying SOE agents between England and France as well as in Italy and the Far East.This book has been a bit of a team effort with author Andy Thomas supplying RARE photos from his remarkable collection and then the Wingleader team digging further into the technical aspects of the Lysander. We’ve all enjoyed the process as we didn’t realise how little we knew about the aircraft until we started digging. We hope you’ll enjoy what we discovered! ‍This book contains approx 120 original wartime/post-war photos and 6 in-depth colour profiles. All books are entirely in English unless noted otherwise. Winner pays $5.50 shipping within the US. I combine purchases and the rate goes way down after the first book purchased. International orders billed at cost. I will ship anywhere in the world. If you have any questions about payment options please contact me. I SHIP ANYWHERE ON THIS PLANET.Be assured, though I may not always have the lowest price, you will not get any cheap bookclub editions from me on ebay. I've been selling books for many many years and I can spot cheap bookclubs a mile away. Hand me a book and I'll tell you straight off if it's a bookclub edition. Sometimes it can be hard for most booksellers to know if it's a bookclub, like university press books. They don't normally put the price on the jacket for the publisher's edition, but most of them do use full or partial cloth binding, whereas the bookclub edition will be simply cheap board covers. Though let's face it, most of the publisher's editions these days aren't all that great in quality either, the bookclubs are even worse! Please look at my ebay store where many similar titles are available.

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