{"id":9745263,"date":"2026-08-05T18:04:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/westland-lysander-soe-moon-squadrons\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T18:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:05:22","slug":"westland-lysander-soe-escuadrones-lunares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/es\/westland-lysander-soe-moon-squadrons\/","title":{"rendered":"El viaje nocturno de la RAF a la Francia ocupada."},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n<p>En ciertas noches de luna llena durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en lo profundo de la Francia ocupada por los nazis, un pu\u00f1ado de miembros de la Resistencia se reun\u00edan en un campo remoto y colocaban tres peque\u00f1as antorchas en forma de L. Minutos despu\u00e9s, un \u00fanico avi\u00f3n negro emerg\u00eda de la oscuridad, aterrizaba en la hierba, intercambiaba su carga humana en menos de tres minutos y desaparec\u00eda de nuevo en la noche.<\/p>\r\n<p>Ese avi\u00f3n era el Westland Lysander, una m\u00e1quina desgarbada y de alas altas que hab\u00eda fracasado en la tarea para la que fue dise\u00f1ada, y que luego encontr\u00f3 una extraordinaria segunda vida como taxi secreto de la RAF para esp\u00edas.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;margin:24px 0\">\r\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:18px\">Datos r\u00e1pidos<\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px;line-height:1.8\">\r\n<li><strong>Aeronave:<\/strong> Westland Lysander (variante de misiones especiales), Real Fuerza A\u00e9rea<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> Aterrizaje y rescate de agentes secretos en la Europa ocupada por los nazis durante la noche.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Operador:<\/strong> Escuadr\u00f3n n.\u00ba 161 (Misiones Especiales) de la RAF, con base en Tempsford y base avanzada en Tangmere.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Caracter\u00edstica clave:<\/strong> Rendimiento extraordinario en campo corto: podr\u00eda aterrizar en tan solo 150 yardas.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Motor:<\/strong> un \u00fanico motor radial Bristol Mercury; pod\u00eda volar a una velocidad tan baja como 55 mph sin entrar en p\u00e9rdida.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Modificaciones:<\/strong> Se retiraron los ca\u00f1ones, se a\u00f1adi\u00f3 un tanque de combustible ventral de largo alcance y una escalera fija para un abordaje r\u00e1pido; pintado de negro.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Operaciones:<\/strong> Solo se puede volar en torno a la luna llena, guiado por una estela de antorchas de mano.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Registro:<\/strong> Los Lysanders transportaron a 101 agentes a la Europa ocupada y rescataron a 128 de ella.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Un hacker del ej\u00e9rcito que encontr\u00f3 una vocaci\u00f3n secreta<\/h2>\r\n<p>El Lysander entr\u00f3 en servicio en 1938 como avi\u00f3n de cooperaci\u00f3n con el ej\u00e9rcito, destinado al reconocimiento y la localizaci\u00f3n de objetivos de artiller\u00eda. En ese papel, frente a los cazas modernos, era extremadamente vulnerable. Pero pose\u00eda una cualidad m\u00e1gica que lo har\u00eda insustituible: pod\u00eda volar a una velocidad asombrosa y aterrizar pr\u00e1cticamente en cualquier lugar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201cLas alas estaban equipadas con slats autom\u00e1ticos que se desprend\u00edan del borde de ataque a medida que la velocidad disminu\u00eda hasta alcanzar la velocidad de p\u00e9rdida. Por lo tanto, el vuelo a baja velocidad se simplificaba enormemente, y era posible aterrizar un Lysander, si no como en un ascensor, al menos como en una escalera mec\u00e1nica.\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Capit\u00e1n de grupo Hugh Verity<\/strong> \u2014 Escuadr\u00f3n 161 (Misiones Especiales), en sus memorias \u201cAterrizamos a la luz de la luna\u201d<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1164297649  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/westland-lysander-duxford.jpg\" alt=\"Un ejemplar de Westland Lysander conservado en Duxford.\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">El ala alta reforzada y el robusto tren de aterrizaje carenado del Lysander le permit\u00edan operar desde pistas peque\u00f1as e irregulares. Foto: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mjMWcuDyXeo\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic;text-align:center\">El Lysander de la Colecci\u00f3n Shuttleworth, pintado con el esquema de colores negro para funciones especiales, se exhibe en Old Warden.<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Los escuadrones lunares<\/h2>\r\n<p>Cuando Winston Churchill fund\u00f3 el Special Operations Executive en 1940 y le orden\u00f3 \u201cincendiar Europa\u201d, alguien ten\u00eda que transportar a sus agentes a trav\u00e9s del Canal de la Mancha. Esa tarea recay\u00f3 en dos escuadrones de misiones especiales con base en la RAF Tempsford. El Escuadr\u00f3n n.\u00ba 161 se encarg\u00f3 de los Lysander, volando desde una casa de avanzada en Tangmere, en la costa sur, para llegar al interior de Francia.<\/p>\r\n<p>Los aviones fueron despojados de sus armas, equipados con un enorme tanque de combustible ventral que les proporcionaba una autonom\u00eda de m\u00e1s de 1100 millas (1777 km) y con una escalera externa fija \u2014con los pelda\u00f1os superiores pintados de amarillo\u2014 para que un agente pudiera subir a bordo en segundos. Solo volaban durante el \u201cper\u00edodo lunar\u201d, la semana anterior y posterior a la luna llena, cuando hab\u00eda la luz suficiente para navegar y aterrizar sin luces.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201cDespu\u00e9s de que el Lysander aterrizara y girara prepar\u00e1ndose para despegar contra el viento, la carga deb\u00eda cambiarse en menos de tres minutos.\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Capit\u00e1n de grupo Hugh Verity<\/strong> \u2014 Escuadr\u00f3n 161 (Misiones Especiales)<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kLuk4o1BRM8\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic;text-align:center\">El Westland Lysander en vuelo: el &quot;taxi esp\u00eda&quot; de la guerra clandestina de la RAF.<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Senderos de llamaradas, antorchas y navegaci\u00f3n a estima<\/h2>\r\n<p>No ten\u00eda nada de alta tecnolog\u00eda. Los pilotos navegaban a estima, sosteniendo mapas de tiras recortadas a mano y buscando r\u00edos, costas y bosques a la luz de la luna. La BBC transmitir\u00eda una frase codificada:\u201c<em>Le castor foulera la neige deux fois<\/em>,\u201d, el castor pisar\u00e1 la nieve dos veces, para avisar a la Resistencia de que se avecinaba una huida.<\/p>\r\n<p>En tierra, los agentes marcaron una trayectoria de bengalas con forma de L invertida, de apenas 150 yardas de largo, usando linternas de bolsillo o luces de bicicleta. A medida que el Lysander se acercaba, enviaban una letra acordada en c\u00f3digo Morse; solo cuando el piloto respond\u00eda se encend\u00edan las dem\u00e1s luces. Era espionaje llevado a cabo con linternas y cron\u00f3metros.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=536974318  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/westland-lysander-hendon.jpg\" alt=\"Un Westland Lysander conservado en el Museo de la RAF.\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Un Lysander conservado con los distintivos de la RAF. Trece se perdieron en misiones especiales y seis pilotos fallecieron. Foto: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A los pasajeros los llamaban \u201cJoes\u201d.\u201d<\/h2>\r\n<p>Los pilotos llamaban a todos sus agentes \u201cJoes\u201d, tanto hombres como mujeres. Algunos se convirtieron en leyendas. Violette Szabo, de ascendencia franco-inglesa, fue transportada a Francia y de regreso en un Lysander del Escuadr\u00f3n Luna en la primavera de 1944; capturada poco despu\u00e9s, fue ejecutada en Ravensbr\u00fcck y condecorada p\u00f3stumamente con la Cruz de Jorge. En noviembre de 1943, un avi\u00f3n del Escuadr\u00f3n Luna transport\u00f3 a un agente con nombre en clave \u201cMorland\u201d \u2014un joven Fran\u00e7ois Mitterrand, futuro presidente de Francia\u2014 para mantener conversaciones en Londres antes de devolverlo al combate.<\/p>\r\n<p>Esos eran los riesgos humanos de cada aterrizaje de tres minutos: un mensajero, un saboteador, un operador de radio, un futuro jefe de Estado, todos huyendo de un campo enemigo en la parte trasera de un avi\u00f3n de reconocimiento militar reconvertido.<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">El costo y el legado<\/h2>\r\n<p>Era un trabajo sumamente peligroso. Entre 1940 y 1944, los Escuadrones Lunares perdieron trece Lysanders en 279 misiones de rescate, y seis pilotos murieron: algunos fueron derribados sobre los campos, otros fueron v\u00edctimas de las inclemencias del tiempo o de traiciones. El punto \u00e1lgido se alcanz\u00f3 en 1943, con 125 aterrizajes en Francia en un solo a\u00f1o. En total, los peque\u00f1os Lysanders transportaron a 101 agentes y rescataron a 128.<\/p>\r\n<p>El Escuadr\u00f3n n.\u00ba 161 se disolvi\u00f3 en 1945, y los Lysander dejaron de prestar servicio en la RAF al a\u00f1o siguiente. Pero el recuerdo perdura, al igual que al menos un avi\u00f3n. La Colecci\u00f3n Shuttleworth conserva un Lysander en condiciones de vuelo, pintado con el esquema de camuflaje negro de &quot;Misiones Especiales&quot;, que lleva el n\u00famero de serie de un avi\u00f3n pilotado por un piloto real del Escuadr\u00f3n 161: un fantasma a la luz de la luna que a\u00fan surca los cielos ingleses.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7agx0S_XxKs\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic;text-align:center\">Una mirada de cerca al interior del Westland Lysander en Shuttleworth.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;color:#555;margin-top:20px\">Fuentes: John T. 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