Accident Westland Lysander Mk I TI436, Wednesday 22 November 1944
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Date:Wednesday 22 November 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic LYSA model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Westland Lysander Mk I
Owner/operator:148 Sqn RAF
Registration: TI436
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Araxos (?) -   Greece
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Yougoslavia
Narrative:
Air was assigned a spy dropping missing to Yugoslavia and was waiting for an escort to arrive when it was shot down by six USAAF P-51 Mustangs that mistook it for a He-126

Sources:

WarPaint Series n° 48

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-May-2011 14:12 ThW Added
23-Jan-2012 05:13 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ]
24-Dec-2019 07:59 kolibriforensics Updated [Narrative, ]

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