Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian (AP) SQN242 Looking skyward a German sentry

Looking skyward a German sentry caught sight of parachutes floating down

both by friendly aircraft and by ships below

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but they remained generally undetected at their low altitude

American pilot Joe McCarthy had been forced to switch to the reserve aircraft due to technical difficulties and subsequently took off slightly later than his less fortunate comrades

Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian (AP) SQN242 Looking skyward a German sentryDHM1155AP. Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian. A Lysander of 161 Squadron from RAF Tempsford banks to port as it circles a field somewhere in France 1943. These missions only took place on or around the full moon period to pick up or drop off SOE agents with the help of the Resistance. 161 Squadron, the most secret of all RAF squadrons, had in its flight, Lysanders, Hudsons, and Halifaxes which carried out parachute operations. Two of 161s top pilots