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 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 ...

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.

2021年8月4日 · The Shuttleworth Collection’s Westland Lysander painted as a Lysander III SD (Special Duties) in overall black scheme, and carrying a long-range fuel tank, typical for its most famous role as a clandestine aircraft for infiltration and exfiltration of agents and supplies.

2025年2月6日 · The National Interest now looks at the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Westland Lysander spy plane of World War II. Built by the now-defunct Westland Aircraft, the Lysander made its maiden flight...

When Westland created its most famous aircraft, the immortal Lysander, in 1935, no one dreamed that this high-winged craft would fly into occupied territory, at night, on secret missions vital to the outcome of World War II.

The Lysander was designed in the mid-1930s as a two-seat army cooperation airplane, with its first flight in June 1936. Its wartime duties qualified it for inclusion as a combat type. Armament consisted of one 0.303 in Browning machine gun operated by the pilot, in each wheel spat, firing outside the propeller disc, and a free Browning in the ...

2023年4月11日 · The Westland Lysander was a British-built aircraft that played a crucial role in spotting and intelligence work during the Second World War, often taking part in daring operations in occupied France. The Lysander was first developed by the Westland Aircraft Company in the early 1930s in response to a specification from the British Air Ministry ...

2017年11月8日 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Westland Lysander Liaison / Army Cooperation Aircraft including pictures. The global defense reference actively compiled since 2003

2021年11月1日 · The Westland Lysander, named for a great, Spartan admiral who defeated the Athenians in the Hellespont (Dardanelles Strait) during the Peloponnesian War in 405 B.C., was introduced in 1938 as an army-cooperation and liaison aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF), with the stated purposes of photoreconnaissance and daylight observation/spotting ...