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    Airframe Family: Westland Lysander
    Latest Model:Lysander IIIA
    Last Military Serial:2346 RCAF
    Construction Number:1185
    Last Civil Registration:N7791
    Compressed ID:Westland Lysander IIIA sn 2346 RCAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Lysander IIIA.
    Built by Canadian Westland.

    24 June 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 2346.

    1945

    To Ernie Simmons, Tillsonburg, ON.
    Open storage on farm with large collection of aircraft.

    25 January 1947

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.

    1969

    To F. D. Emmorey, Montreal, QC.
    Restoration project.

    Circa 1971

    To Dolph Overton, Kenley, NC.
    Stored.

    1973

    To Dwight Brooks, Los Angeles, CA with new c/r N7791.

    From 1973 to 1974

    Restored.
    Rebuilt at Van Nuys CA, using parts from RCAF 2366.

    1974

    Markings Applied: AC-B
    Painted/marked as 138 Squadron (Special Duties), RAF Tempsford.

    3 July 1974

    First post-restoration Flight.

    30 December 1977

    To National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC keeping c/r N7791.
    Aircraft remained with Mr. Brooks.

    17 March 1978

    Loaned to United States Air Force Museum, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    Mr. Brooks flew the plane here for display prior being sent to NASM.
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    18 March 1982

    Civil registration, N7791, cancelled.

    28 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Air Force Museum

    1997

    Returned from loan to National Air and Space Museum, Silver Hill, MD.
    Stored.

    2005

    To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, VA.
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    16 September 2011


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    16 September 2011


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    15 May 2018


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: at Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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