The Westland Lysander is a British army co-operation and liaison aircraft produced by Westland Aircraft that was used immediately before and during the Second World War.

The Lysander was originally designed for Army Co-operation duties including artillery spotting and reconnaissance. However, its lasting fame is not in this role, but as a Special Duties aircraft ferrying Allied agents in and out of enemy occupied Europe.

The Westland Lysander was designed in the mid 1930s in response to an RAF requirement for a new army co-operation aircraft. Although it looked rather ungainly, this high-winged monoplane powered by a Bristol Mercury radial engine had some advanced features for the time, including slats and flaps that deployed and retracted automatically to ...

Lysander was a British army co-operation and liaison aircraft of World War II. It achieved fame through its ability to operate from short stretches of unprepared airstrip and its clandestine missions to plant or retrieve agents behind enemy lines, particularly in Nazi-occupied France. raf, reconnaissance, uk.

2020年8月29日 · On 27 th January 1946 a former No. 161 Squadron RAF (Special Duties) Lysander, V9614 aircraft was formally presented to France by the British Government to commemorate the important wartime role of the incredibly brave British & French agents and Resistance members who fought in the clandestine war from within Occupied France.

2021年8月4日 · By the outbreak of war in September 1939, the Lysander Mark II equipped four RAF squadrons, but over France and Belgium, the Luftwaffe’s fighters slaughtered them. Of 175 sent into action, 88 were shot down; another 30 were destroyed on the ground.

2017年4月18日 · On a moonlit night in July 1944, an RAF Westland Lysander IIIA comes in low over a field of lavender in the South of France, to land on the makeshift grass airstrip beyond. On board are three passengers, who disembark down the Lysander’s fixed ladder, while three others get in for the trip back out to its forward operating base in the ...

One Mk II supplied ex-RAF as pattern aircraft and first of 75 built at Malton flown on August 16, 1939. Deliveries began September 1939 and used by three RCAF squadrons. Six transferred to RAF, and one converted to prototype target tug, with electric winch in rear cockpit.

The RAF Lysander III was fitted with a long-range fuel tank and a side ladder, and used to transport Allied agents into enemy occupied territory. The CMF gathered parts to assemble one of these very rare airplanes from 7 different locations, ranging from Texas to Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Vancouver Island.

2005年7月26日 · This modification of the Lysander army co-operation aircraft was either intended to repel a German invasion by strafing beaches and striking at surface vessels, or a trainer for RAF gunners. First flying in July of 1941, it was found to be very manoeverable but was never produced in quantity.