Warplanes of the UK: Avro Anson
Avro Anson
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Avro Anson Mk. XI (Serial No. N4877), Reg. No. G-AMDA, Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire.
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(Tim Felce Photo)
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(John5199 Photo)
Avro Anson XIX, painted to represent Anson C.19 (Serial No. TX176), a 1946-built aircraft that flew from RAF Coningsby from 1957 to 1964, Reg. No. G-AHKX, The Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
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(Tony Hisgett Photo)
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(Rob Mitchell Photos)
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(Classic Air Force Photo)
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(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo)
Avro Anson Mk. T.21 (Serial No. WD413), Reg. No. G-VROE, Classic Air Force, St. Mawgan, Newquay. Airworthy.
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(Panhard Photo)
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(Alan Wilson Photo)
Avro Anson Mk. I (Serial No. W2068), Reg. No. VH-ASM,. Built 1941 and delivered to 4 Service Flying Training School at Geraldton, shown here mounted on a Queen Mary trailer, Royal Air Force Museum London, Hendon.
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Avro Anson Mk. C.19 (Serial No. TX214), Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, Shifnal, Shropshire.
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(Ken Fielding Photo)
Avro Anson Mk. C.19 (Serial No. TX219), Reg. No. G-AWRS, North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.
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(Ronnie Macdonald Photo)
Avro Anson Mk. C.19 (Serial No. VL348), Reg. G-AVV, Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Airfield, Nottinghamshire.
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Avro Anson Mk. C.19 (Serial No. VL349), Reg. No. N5054, Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton, Suffolk.
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Avro Anson Mk. C.19 (Serial No. VM360), Reg. No. G-APHV, National Museum of Flight, East Fortune, Scotland.
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(Richard Goring Photo)
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(Ken Fielding Photo)
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Avro Anson Mk. 19, c/n 1212, Reg. No. G-AGPG, (EKCO), cockpit section being restored, slated for display in the Avro Heritage Centre, Woodford. At least 8,138 aircraft were built in Britain, with a further 2,882 in Canada.
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(Craig Sunter Photo)
Avro Anson Mk. T.21 (Serial No. VV901), Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, Yorkshire.
Avro Anson C.19 (Serial No. TX226), built in 1946 and currently undergoing a major restoration. Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre, Scotland. Anson TX226 was among a batch ordered by the RAF in Jan 1945. The type operated from Montrose with RAF Coastal Command's 269 Squadron, usually on anti-submarine patrols over the North Sea during the Second World War.