The Probert Encyclopaedia of Aircraft

LYSANDER

The Westland Lysander was a British close co-operation aircraft of the Second World War. It was a high-wing monoplane with external bracing struts for the wings, and was powered by a Bristol radial engine. The aircraft was crewed by two men in an enclosed cabin; the pilot/observer and a gunner/photographer/bomber/wireless operator. The Lysander had a top speed of 230 mph and was armed with two forward facing machine-guns - one in each wheel fairing, operated by the pilot and a rear facing machine-gun operated by the gunner. Eight bombs could be carried in detachable wing racks.
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