The following are units which operated the Westland Lysander. In some cases, the Lysander was used in a secondary role for communications and was not the main equipment of the squadron.
Military operators Australia Royal Australian Air Force No. 3 Squadron RAAF No. 451 Squadron RAAF
British India Royal Indian Air ForceThe Westland Lysander II in Indian Air Force Service No. 1 Squadron, Indian Air Force No. 2 Squadron, Indian Air Force No. 4 Squadron, Indian Air Force No. 104 (GR) Squadron, Indian Air Force No. 1 Air Gunnery School (India) No. 22 AACU
Burma Burma Volunteer Air Force
Canada Royal Canadian Air Force No. 2 Squadron RCAF No. 110 Squadron RCAF No. 111 Squadron RCAF No. 112 Squadron RCAF No. 118 Squadron RCAF No. 121 Squadron RCAF No. 122 Squadron RCAF No. 123 Squadron RCAF No. 400 Squadron RCAF No. 414 Squadron RCAF
Egypt Royal Egyptian Air Force No. 1 (Army Cooperation) Squadron - 19 Mark I and a Mark III. From 1940-1943, thereafter used for target towing.
Finland Finnish Air Force No. 12 Squadron, Finnish Air Force No. 14 Squadron, Finnish Air Force No. 16 Squadron, Finnish Air Force
Free France Free French Air Force
Ireland Irish Air Corps 6 supplied in 1939
Poland Polish Air Force in Great Britain No. 309 "Land of Czerwien" Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron
Portugal Portugal Air Force
South Africa South African Air Force
Turkey Turkish Air Force 36 Mark II supplied in 1939
United Kingdom Royal Air Force No. 2 Squadron RAF No. 4 Squadron RAF No. 6 Squadron RAF No. 13 Squadron RAF No. 16 Squadron RAF No. 20 Squadron RAF - No. 221 Group RAF, India, 1942Air Historical Branch, 'The Campaigns in the Far East,' Appendix 2, n.d. No. 24 Squadron RAF No. 26 Squadron RAF No. 28 Squadron RAF - No. 221 Group RAF, India, 1942Air Historical Branch, 'The Campaigns in the Far East,' Appendix 2, n.d. No. 81 Squadron RAF No. 116 Squadron RAF No. 135 Squadron RAF No. 138 Squadron RAF No. 148 Squadron RAF No. 161 Squadron RAF No. 173 Squadron RAF No. 208 Squadron RAF No. 225 Squadron RAF No. 231 Squadron RAF No. 237 Squadron RAF No. 239 Squadron RAF No. 241 Squadron RAF No. 267 Squadron RAF No. 268 Squadron RAF No. 275 Squadron RAF No. 276 Squadron RAF No. 277 Squadron RAF No. 278 Squadron RAF No. 280 Squadron RAF No. 285 Squadron RAF No. 286 Squadron RAF No. 287 Squadron RAF No. 288 Squadron RAF No. 289 Squadron RAF No. 309 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron No. 357 Squadron RAF - Special Duties No. 510 Squadron RAF No. 516 Squadron RAF No. 598 Squadron RAF No. 613 Squadron RAF - Auxiliary Air Force. 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. In August 1941 the squadron began re-equipping with the Curtiss Tomahawk. No. 614 Squadron RAF - Auxiliary Air Force equipped with Lysanders as main equipment. No. 679 Squadron RAF No. 695 Squadron RAF No. 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF No. 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF
Fleet Air Arm
United States United States Army Air Forces 330th Bomb Squadron 340th Bomb Squadron 2025th Gunnery Flight 2031st Gunnery Flight 496th Fighter Training Group
References Notes
Bibliography
Air Historical Branch, [https://www.raf.mod.uk/what-we-do/our-history/air-historical-branch/second-world-war-campaign-narratives/campaigns-in-the-far-east-vol-iii-india-command-sep-1939-nov-1945/ R.A.F. Narrative (First Draft), The Campaigns in the Far East, Volume III, India Command, September 1939 to November 1943, Appendix 2, 167. Hall, Alan W. Westland Lysander, Warpaint Series No.48. Luton, Bedfordshire, UK: Warpaint Books Ltd., 2005. Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth, 1918 -1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. .