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List of Avro Anson operators

List of Avro Anson operators

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This List of Avro Anson operators is a list of users who flew and operated the Avro Anson.

Military operators

Military Anson operators
Afghanistan
Royal Afghan Air Force – 13 Anson 18 aircraft were delivered to the Royal Afghan Air Force from 1948 and retired by 1972
Australia
Royal Australian Air Force – 1,028 Ansons were operated by the Royal Australian Air Force, retired in 1955
Belgium
Belgian Air Force (15 x Anson I, 2 x Anson 12s operated from 1946 to 1954)
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Canadian Navy Ansons were retired in 1952
 Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakian Air Force three aircraft, in service from 1945 to 1948
Egypt
Egyptian Air Force
Estonia
Estonian Air Force
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Air Force
Finland
Finnish Air Force three Avro Anson Mk. Is purchased 1936 and used as training and liaison aircraft. One lost and another written-off in accidents, last flight in 1947.[1]
France
French Air Force and Aeronavale
Greece
Hellenic Royal Air Force: twelve Mk I Ansons were ordered in 1938 for the maritime patrol role. Five of these escaped to Egypt after the Battle of Greece and operated under British command until replaced by Blenheims in 1942.[2]
India
Royal Indian Air Force[3]
 India
Indian Air Force
Iran
Imperial Iranian Air Force
Iraq
Royal Iraqi Air Force[4]
Ireland
Irish Air Corps 9 Anson Mk1 delivered between 1937 and 1939 and used for training/maritime patrol/transport. 3 Anson 19s delivered in 1946 for training/transport. Mk1s retired by 1947, 19s by 1962.
Israel
Israeli Air Force
Netherlands
Royal Netherlands Air Force and Dutch Naval Aviation Service
New Zealand
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Norway
Royal Norwegian Air Force
Paraguay
Paraguayan Air Arm one Mk.V bought in Argentina in 1947.
Portugal
Portuguese Air Force
 Rhodesia
Royal Rhodesian Air Force
Saudi Arabia
Royal Saudi Air Force
South Africa
South African Air Force
 Southern Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesian Air Force
Syria
Syrian Air Force[5]
Turkey
Turkish Air Force
United Kingdom
Royal Air Force (Initial Establishment + Immediate Reserve)
Mark. 1 [6]
  • No. 1 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (1942–45) (65 Ansons)[7]
  • No. 2 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (1942–45) (47 Ansons)[7]
  • No. 3 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (1942–45) (66 Ansons)[7]
  • No. 4 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (1943–45) (51 Ansons)[7]
  • No. 6 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (1943–44) (72 Ansons)[7]
  • No. 7 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (1944–45) (61 Ansons)[7]
  • No. 8 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (1943–45) (28+13 Ansons)[7]
  • No. 9 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (1942–45) (80 Ansons)[7]
  • No. 10 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (1942–45) (57 Ansons)[7]
  • No. 1 Air Gunners School RAF (1943–44) (26+10 Ansons)[8]
  • No. 2 Air Gunners School RAF (1943–44) (26+10 Ansons)[8]
  • No. 3 Air Gunners School RAF (1943–45) (33 Ansons)[8]
  • No. 4 Air Gunners School RAF (1943–44) (23 Ansons)[8]
  • No. 7 Air Gunners School RAF (1944) (27+10 Ansons)[8]
  • No. 8 Air Gunners School RAF (1944) (28 Ansons)[8]
  • No. 9 Air Gunners School RAF (1941–42)[8]
  • No. 10 Air Gunners School RAF (1944–45) (17+8 Ansons)[8]
  • No. 11 Air Gunners School RAF (1943–44) (16+7 Ansons)[8]
  • No. 12 Air Gunners School RAF (1943–44) (16+7 Ansons)[9]
  • No. 13 Air Gunners School RAF (1943–45)[9]
  • No. 1 Air Navigation School RAF (1947–49) (16 Ansons)[9]
  • No. 2 Air Navigation School RAF (1947–49) (16 Ansons)[9]
  • No. 3 Air Navigation School RAF (1948) (12 Ansons)[9]
  • No. 5 Air Navigation School RAF (1945–47)[9]
  • No. 7 Air Navigation School RAF (1945–47)[9]
  • No. 10 Air Navigation School RAF (1945–48)[9]
  • Air Navigation & Bombing School RAF (1944–45) (31+15 Ansons)[9]
  • No. 1 Air Observer & Navigator School RAF (1939–41) (24 Ansons)[10]
  • No. 2 Air Observer & Navigator School RAF (1939–40) (12 Ansons)[10]
  • No. 3 Air Observer & Navigator School RAF (1939–40 & 1941) (12 Ansons)[10]
  • No. 4 Air Observer & Navigator School RAF (1939–41) (12 Ansons)[10]
  • No. 5 Air Observer & Navigator School RAF (1939–40) (12 Ansons)[10]
  • No. 6 Air Observer & Navigator School RAF (1939–42) (20 Ansons)[10]
  • No. 8 Air Observer & Navigator School RAF (1939) (12 Ansons)[10]
  • No. 9 Air Observer & Navigator School RAF (1939–40) (12 Ansons)[10]
  • No. 10 Air Observer & Navigator School RAF (1939) (12 Ansons)[10]
  • No. 11 Air Observer & Navigator School RAF (1939–41) (12 Ansons)[10]
  • No. 1 Air Observers School RAF (1941–42) (36+18 Ansons)[10]
  • No. 2 Air Observers School RAF (1941–42) (6 Ansons)[10]
  • No. 3 Air Observers School RAF (1941–42) (44+22 Ansons)[10]
  • No. 4 Air Observers School RAF (1941–43) (4+2 Ansons)[10]
  • No. 5 Air Observers School RAF (1941–44)[10]
  • No. 6 Air Observers School RAF (1942–43) (48 Ansons)[10]
  • No. 7 Air Observers School RAF (1943–44) (56+27 Ansons)[10]
  • No. 9 Air Observers School RAF (1941–42) (18+8 Ansons)[10]
  • No. 10 Air Observers School RAF (1941–42) (4+2 Ansons)[10]
  • No. 6 Service Flying Training School RAF (1939–40 & 1945–47) (108 Ansons)[11]
  • No. 12 Service Flying Training School RAF (1939–40) (63 Ansons)[11]
  • No. 3 Radio School RAF (1941–42)[12]
  • No. 10 Radio School RAF (1943–45) (14+4 Ansons)[12]
  • No. 11 Radio School RAF (1942–44)[12]
  • No. 12 Radio School RAF (1943–46) (42+21 Ansons)[12]
  • No. 14 Radio School RAF (1944–46) (shared aircraft with 12 RS)[12]
T Mark. 20
T Mark. 21
T Mark. 22
Fleet Air Arm[19]
Mark. I
Mark. II
Mark. V
Mark. C.X
Mark. C.XII
Mark. C.XIX
United States
50 Canadian built Ansons were delivered to the USAAF as the AT-20.
Yugoslavia
SFR Yugoslav Air Force

Civilian operators

Argentina
At least six examples on the register known, mostly ex-Canadian, often with multiple owners, and multiple (Argentine) registrations
  • LV-FBR, a new-build Avro 19Srs2, last recorded as damaged in an accident 14-10-1962
  • LV-AGJ & LV-AGN, both SAETA (Servicios Aéreos Explotacion Transporte Aéreo), & other operators
  • LV-ADI (unknown operator) briefly on the register, emergency landing 03/08/47 whilst on cargo flight, then passed on to FAP (Paraguay AF), wfu 1948
  • LV-AGI ZONDA (Zonas Oeste y Norte de Aerolineas Argentinas), later IFTA (Instituto Fototopográfico Argentino) & re-registered LV-FBU, noted as damaged in accidents dated 1952, 1959 & 1963
  • LV-GJA featured in an incident dated 19-03-1960, then to Brazil?
Australia
  • Woods Airways, WA (two surplus aircraft, 1948 to 1961)
  • Brain & Brown Airfreighters (one Anson until at least 1977)
  • East-West Airlines, one preserved (non-flying), at Tamworth Airport
Belgian Congo
three Belgium-registered ex RAF MkIs for Institut Geographique du Congo Belge
Brazil
at least nine ex-RCAF MkIIs,
Bahrain
Cuba
a total of ten Canadian-built built Ansons have appeared on the Cuban register, three of which were operated by ANSA-Aerolíneas del Norte S.A. from 1947 until the mid-1950s
 India
15 new-build aircraft; including 12 Mk18C for the new Directorate of Civil Aviation , and two Avro 19Srs2 for Bharat Airways, Calcutta (later merged into Indian Airlines)
Indonesia
Government of Indonesia chartered 2 Ansons during Indonesian National Revolution[20]
 Portuguese Timor
Transportes Aéreos de Timor operated two Anson Is.[21]
United Kingdom

References

Citations

  1. [1]
    Heinonen and Valtonen 2010, pp. 100–101.
  2. [2]
    "Avro Anson Mk I (pre-WWII)". www.haf.gr. Hellenic Air Force. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  3. [3]
    "No.1 Service Flying Training School (India)". Archived from the original on 3 August 2012.
  4. [4]
    Sipos & Cooper 2020, p. 32
  5. [5]
    Sipos & Cooper 2020, p. 37
  6. [6]
    Sturtivant 1987, p. 247.
  7. [7]
    Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 33.
  8. [8]
    Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 48.
  9. [9]
    Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 49.
  10. [10]
    Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 50.
  11. [11]
    Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 136.
  12. [12]
    Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 215.
  13. [13]
    Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 78.
  14. [14]
    Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 86.
  15. [15]
    Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 45.
  16. [16]
    Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 56.
  17. [17]
    Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 108.
  18. [18]
    Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 228.
  19. [19]
    Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 361.
  20. [20]
    "Indonesian aviation 1945–1950." Archived 14 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine adf-serials.com. Retrieved: 20 March 2021.
  21. [21]
    Archive 1982, p. 32
  22. [22]
    "G-AJFX, G-AKFL, G-AKFM – Registration History". CAA G-INFO. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  23. [23]
    "Avro Anson C.19". RAF Museum. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  24. [24]
    "G-AIPA, G-AMDA, G-AGWE – Registration History". CAA G-INFO. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  25. [25]
    "G-AKFM – Registration History". CAA G-INFO. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  26. [26]
    "G-AHXK/L/M – Registration History". CAA G-INFO. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  27. [27]
    "G-AHYN – Registration History". CAA G-INFO. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  28. [28]
    "G-ALIH – Registration History". CAA G-INFO. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  29. [29]
    "G-AIPA et al – Registration History". CAA G-INFO. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  30. [30]
    "G-AGUD – Registration History". CAA G-INFO. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

Bibliography

  • "Complete Civil Registers: 5: CR-T: Portuguese Timor". Archive. No. 2. Air-Britain. 1982. p. 32. ISSN 0262-4923.
  • Heinonen, T.; Valtonen, H. (2010). Albatrossista Pilatukseen – Suomen sotilaslentokoneet 1917–2010 (in Finnish). Tikkakoski: Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo. ISBN 978-952-99989-2-0.
  • Sipos, Milos; Cooper, Tom (2020). Wings of Iraq, Volume 1: The Iraqi Air Force, 1931-1970. Warwick, UK: Helion & Company Publishing. ISBN 978-1-913118-74-7.
  • Sturtivant, Ray (1987). The History of Britain's Military Training Aircraft. Sparkford, UK: Haynes Publishing Group. ISBN 0-85429-579-8.
  • Sturtivant, Ray; Ballance, Theo (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-223-8.
  • Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 978-0851-3036-59.
  • Thetford, Owen (1991). British Naval Aircraft since 1912. London, UK: Putnam Aeronautical Books, an imprint of Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-849-6.
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