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Re: India Lizzie
Posted by Ron Henry on Thu Feb 21, 2002 09:37:15 AM
In reply top Re: India Lizzie posted by Paul McMillan on Thu Feb 21, 2002 08:05:48 AM
: Mike
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: I think TT is Target Tug.
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: T is Trainer. Can't think of any Lysander Trainers though.
: Could it be a Typo?
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: Jagan had a question regarding the Westland Lysander that
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: : was traded to India, and in return the National Aviation
: M
: : useum here in Ottawa received their B-24L.
: :
: : I am helping Jagan to dig up some history on this airfra
: me
: : , here is what I have so far...
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: : -> T Mk III V9418 RAF
: : -> 1581 RCAF TOS 1942/2/17
: : -> converted to TT Mk III 1942/12/21
: : -> RCAF SOS 1946/11/25
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: : Question #1: I only have the Warbirds Worldwide Directo
: ry
: : 1st edition and it doesn't have any Lysander info. Doe
: s
: : any of the later editions have any info?
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: : Question #2: What is the difference between a TT Mk III
: a
: : nd at T Mk III? Is there a T Mk III?
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: : I am going to contact the National Aviation Museum for i
: nf
: : ormation regarding the history of the airframe.
: :
: : Regards,
: :
: : Mike
TT is Target Tug. I, too, think TIII is a mistake. In the case of the Lysander, I didn't thimk there were any trainer variants.