SECRET AGENT OPERATION - LYSANDER SPY PLANE ARRIVES IN FRANCE
Mat Irvine discusses: Back in June, I gave details of the Airfix resin-moulded range of ruined buildings, aimed mainly at military diorama builders. The example I highlighted was the ruined workshop, and I hinted that the figures in the scene - French resistance fighters, with a Citroen Traction Avant - were waiting for a spy drop from a Lysander delivery plane. Box back includes Humbrol paint details plus aircraft details in four languages. World War II spy plane Well, since then the drop appears to have happened, so here is an extension to that article. It revolves around the British Westland Lysander high-wing monoplane, a mainstay of RAF undercover work during World War II. The Lysander was ideal for the task, as it could fly in what we might today call ‘stealth mode’, and could land on unprepared surfaces in the dead of night. Built-up model and instruction sheet. Secret operations The original Airfix 1:72 scale Lysander was one of the company’s first aircraft kits...