Crew of 3.

It had a long operational career in two wars.

Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar?

Gary

If no other suggestions are received by lunch time  I will post one last clue.

This one was not selected to be difficult,  but from a random book page!

I think part of what makes this hard is that there are a *huge* number of low wing twin engined monoplanes that served in WWII.  Hard to sort through all looking for one with crew of 3 and both fixed and retractable gear.  The latter should be a small set, but hard to find that kind of info on 50-60 aircraft!  Maybe a country of origin or role(s) would help narrow it down?

Assuming WWII and one other conflict since not too many low wing monoplanes with twin engines (that I know of anyway) served in WWI.

There is the Fairey Hendon, but I can find no references to a retractable gear variant.

I've spent nearly an hour and come up empty handed :-(  Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree :-)

Gary

LOL :-)

Gary