P9122 | American Air Museum in Britain

Westland Lysander Mk II, assigned to 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight, 333rd Service Group, 8th Air Force.

Service

333rd Service Group

Group
2031st Gunnery Flight

Misc
1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight

Flight
Activated on 1 February 1943 as 1st Provisional Gunnery Flight at Atcham as part of VIII Fighter Command's fighter training establishment. ...

Garth Clark

Military | Flight Officer | Pilot
23 June 1943, Lysander III P9496 was on an air test when engine failed. Glided back to Goxhill.
Augusto Govoni

Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
Nov 13 1943 on target towing mission, given orders to abandon the Lysander III AX358 when after 35 minutes it was discovered both the right bomb rack and the right landing gear were missing. Ac was flown to the coast and crashed after both of the crew...

Event	Location	Date
Crashed		12 March 1943
Forced Landing due to Engine Failure Otteringham Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Garth E Clark, 12-Mar-43 1GTF 333SrG 8AF
Crashed	Ryehill, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire HU12, UK	6 July 1943
Fire [Killed] due to Mechanical Failure Ryehill/W Cat 3 damage pilot Lt Augusto M Govoni, 6-Jul-43. 2031GF 8AF
Manufactured	Yeovil, Somerset, UK
Built at Westland.
Delivered	England, UK
Delivered to RAF MU.
Assigned
Assigned to 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight, 333rd Service Group, 8th Air Force.

Date	Contributor	Update
01 February 2016 20:15:21	Al_Skiff	Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, description, events, unit associations, person associations and media associations
Sources
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbaat.asp?theAT=lysander