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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.. After becoming obsolete in the army co-operation role, the aircraft's short-field performance enabled clandestine missions using small, improvised airstrips behind enemy lines to place or recover agents, particularly in ...
A Lysander of 277 Squadron operating from RAF Hawkinge The squadron formed at Stapleford Tawney on 22 December 1941 equipped with the Westland Lysander and Supermarine Walrus . Boulton Paul Defiants and Supermarine Spitfires were then supplied for spotting downed aircrew in the English Channel .
From 2 April 1940, Westland Lysanders served alongside the squadron's Hectors. The Hectors and Lysanders were used to dive-bomb German positions and drop supplies to friendly troops near Calais during the late May 1940 Dunkirk evacuation .
No. 161 Squadron Lysander at Tangmere 1943 The squadron was formed at RAF Newmarket on 15 February 1942 from 138 Squadron ’s Lysander flight and a flight of Whitleys and Wellingtons. [ 2 ] These were combined with pilots and aircraft from the King’s Flight to create the second SD squadron. [ 3 ]
Preserved Westland Lysander III wearing the markings of No. 225 Squadron in 1968. This aircraft had served the squadron in 1940. On 11 October 1939 the squadron was reformed at Odiham, equipped with Westland Lysanders, from No. 614A Squadron which had been formed on 3 October 1939 from 'B' Flight 614 Squadron. [1]
Westland Lysander II/III/IIIA Fairey Battle Miles Master Miles Martinet de Havilland Dominie I: 1 September 1945: RAF Aldergrove: No. 2 Armament Practice Camp: No. 16 Group Armament Practice Camp: RAF Thorney Island: 5 November 1941: Westland Lysander III/IIIA Miles Martinet: 1 September 1945: RAF Bradwell Bay: Absorbed by the Armament Practice ...
No. 20 Squadron is the Royal Air Force's Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) for ground-based Tactical Air Command and Control, and Air Battle Management. It is part of the RAF's Air Surveillance and Control System (ASACS) and is based at RAF Boulmer.
Crews of 400 Squadron run to their Westland Lysander aircraft during an exercise at RAF Odiham, England, 1941. The squadron was formed as No. 10 Army Co-Operation Squadron at Toronto, Ontario on 5 October 1932, when it flew from the Trethewey Farm Airfield (De Lesseps Field) from 1934 to 1939. On 15 November 1937, it was renumbered No. 110 ...