| Another Lysander question:
It seems that these aircraft were withdrawn from the Artillery Spotting roles after the fall of France due the heavy casualities involved. In Normandy, the Auster was used in that role (flown by Artillery officers not the RAF) and the Americans used the Piper L4Cub, Stinson L19 Grasshopper etc. These types were even slower than the Lizzie and would have been even more vulnerable, but we had Air Superiority by then.
So how was artillery spotting carried out between 1940 and 1944, in North Africa for instance? Did they use aircraft, and if so what type? I believe that Tomahawks were used by Army Co-op units - was artillery spotting one of their roles? |