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	Avro Anson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Avro Anson was a twin-engine, multi-role aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and numerous other air forces during World War II and afterwards.
		The Anson was derived from the commercial 6-seat Avro 652 and the militarised version, which first flew on 24 March 1935, was built to Air Ministry Specification 18/35.
		In addition to training pilots for flying multi-engine bombers such as the Avro Lancaster, the Anson was used to train the other members of a bomber's air crew, such as navigator, wireless operator, bombardier and air-gunners.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Avro_Anson (629 words)

	Airifix 1/72 Avro Anson I
		The Avro 652 Anson was designed in 1933 as a civilian aircraft, but was militarised by the addition of a forward-firing gun in the lower port nose and an Armstrong Whitworth dorsal turret armed with a single Lewis gun.
		Ansons were also extensively used in a variety of aircrew training roles and for communication and liaison, both during, and after WW2.
		The Anson was extensively glazed, and the Airfix clear parts that compose over 50% of the area of the front fuselage are made from thick plastic.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/portland/971/Reviews/raf/anson.htm (1455 words)

	NLS - Avro Anson
		Avro Anson Mk II he Anson first flew in 1935 and went on to serve in a wide variety of roles during the Second World War.
		The Avro Anson MK I was to be the standard twin-engined trainer for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
		Anson II's were a familiar sight in the skies of southern Alberta during the war.
	www.lancastermuseum.ca /anson.html (455 words)

	Avro Anson 1 airplane pictures & aircraft photos - RAF Museums
		The Avro Anson was slow, cold and noisy and is the most famous British aircrew trainer of all time.
		The Anson I began life in the mid-1930s as a coastal reconnaissance aircraft.
		Ansons were also used extensively as light transport and communications aircraft.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk /avro-anson-1.htm (308 words)

	Anson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697–1762), English admiral, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe.
		George Anson (1797–1857), British soldier; Commander-in-Chief, India, during the Indian rebellion of 1857.
		The Avro Anson, a World War II reconnaissance and trainer aircraft of the Royal Air Force.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anson (140 words)

	Simnetwork Photo Gallery - Raf
		Avro Anson Mk II-316 viewsThe Anson first flew in 1935 and went on to serve in a wide variety of roles during the Second World War.
		AVRO 626-250 viewsThe Avro 626 was developed in 1930 from the Tutor with an optional third seat in a rear cockpit with provision for a gun ring.
		Avro Manchester-261 viewsThe Avro Manchester had a relatively brief service career, from November 1940 to June 1942, largely because of problems associated by the unreliability and eventual lack of power shown by the Rolls-Royce Vulture I engines with which it was fitted.
	www.simnetwork.com /gallery/thumbnails.php?album=2 (1091 words)

	Avro Anson Restoration - BC Aviation Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Avro Anson Mark II The museum’s example is a Mark II that was obtained from the Legion in Fort St. John, British Columbia.
		The Avro Anson was the most widely used aircraft in the history of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
		At the outbreak of World War II the Avro Anson was found to be obsolete in its primary role, but became popular as a trainer.
	www.bcam.net /ac_rest/anson.htm (430 words)

	CANADIAN WARPLANE HERITAGE
		By 1939 it was already obsolete, and the Lockheed Hudson superceded the Anson in the reconnaissance role.
		In Canada the Anson is best known for its employment in the BCATP as a multi-engined trainer.
		Ansons rendered excellent service to the RCAF until the last one left active service in 1954.
	www.warplane.com /pages/aircraft_anson.html (163 words)

	Avro Details, Meaning Avro Article and Explanation Guide
		Avro was a British aircraft manufacturer, well known for planes such as the Avro Lancaster which served in World War II.
		A twin turboprop airliner, the Avro 748, was developed during the 1950s and sold widely across the globe, powered by two Rolls Royce Dart engines.
		The Royal Flight of the United Kingdom bought a few and a variant with a rear-loading ramp and a "kneeling" main undercarriage was sold to the RAF and several members of The Commonwealth as the Andover, named after a town in Hampshire.
	www.e-paranoids.com /a/av/avro.html (676 words)

	Warbird Alley: Avro 652 Anson
		The Anson was woefully under-gunned for its task, as was embarrassingly demonstrated when one accidentally bombed a Royal Navy submarine (H.M.S. "Snapper") with 100-lb bombs that merely broke four light bulbs on the undersea craft.
		Thus, as quickly as possible, the Anson was replaced as a patrol craft by the Lockheed Hudson and reassigned as a training aircraft, a role for which it proved to be ideally suited, and in which it performed for nearly 3 decades.
		A bomber trainer version, Anson T.20, was developed for use in Southern Rhodesia, and a similar T.21 was produced, differing primarily in the removal of a transparent nose and bomb racks, while the final variant, the T.22, was built as a radio trainer.
	www.warbirdalley.com /anson.htm (681 words)

	Avro Anson C.19 airplane pictures & aircraft photos - RAF Museums
		Starting life in the RAF in 1936 as a Coastal Command reconnaissance and attack aircraft, the Anson was primarily used on light transport and training duties.
		The Anson was designed in May 1934 to fulfil a coastal reconnaissance requirement.
		Later Ansons, some with metal wing structure, were used as light transports and were in production up until 1947, by which time a total 11020 Ansons had been built in the UK and Canada.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk /avro-anson-c-19.htm (276 words)

	Avro Anson, North East Aircraft Museum, Britain
		The Anson at the North East Aircraft Museum is ex Strathallan, Kemps, Junex, Hewitts, WCS, 22 GCF, OCTU, 18 GCF, 2nd.
		The Avro Anson, was originally designed as a coastal reconnaissance aircraft, and was derived from a 6-seat passenger airliner, the Anson 652.
		Ansons (equipping 21 squadrons) and Sunderlands were the mainstay of Coastal Command at the start of the war.
	www.neam.co.uk /anson.html (706 words)

	WW2 Warbirds: the Avro Anson - Frans Bonné
		For it's time the Avro Anson was an advanced aircraft: it was the first monoplane with retractable gear in the RAF.
		Avro Anson Mk II Canadian built version of the Anso Mk I. It was powered by 2 × Jacobs L-6MB radial, rated at 330 hp (246 kW) each.
		Avro Anson Mk XI Based on the Anson Mk X, this version was meant as a transport of freight and/or as an air ambulance.
	www.xs4all.nl /~fbonne/warbirds/ww2htmls/avroanson.html (565 words)

	Avro Anson
		The Avro Anson, affectionately known as the "Annie" came into service with the RAF in 1934.
		The Anson was used as a 3 or 5 seat maritime patrol aircraft, aerial photography,,RAF transport, as a bomber and for training in the fields of navigation, gunnery, bombing and radio
		The first war time operation flights of 608 squadron from Thornaby was on the 21st September 1939 by Anson serial no. N5207 flown by squadron leader G Shaw with f/o Woolcock, W Op LAC Kelly and Cpl Knott as crew, on an anti- submarine patrol, in response to a false alarm.
	hammer.prohosting.com /~thornaby/anson.html (355 words)

	Lincoln Nitschke's Aviation Museum & Craft Shop
		The Anson is quite a historic aircraft - being the first plane to have a retractable undercarriage, which was manually operated and required 140 revolutions of a hand wheel to retract or lower, a task that the aircrew dreaded.
		The main restoration Anson in the museum - A4-Ax350, was first received by the RAAF on the 6th of February 1942, and on the 4th of September 1942 was transferred to Number 1 Air Observation School.
		To ensure the plane could not be flown in an un-airworthy state, the RAAF chopped off the wings in a position similar to where the wings finish on the Anson now, and the farmer would then hook the tail of the plane to his tractor and tow it back to the farm.
	www.freewebs.com /greenockaviationmuseum/anson.htm (537 words)

	Anson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		The Avro 652 monoplane airliner, built by the A V Roe company, entered Imperial Airways service in 1934 and it was from this design that the long-serving Anson was derived.
		The Anson Mark XIX was a passenger plane with totally reworked interior and came in 2 versions, with either wood or metal lifting surfaces.
		Our Anson, displayed in the RAF Museum, was recovered from a scrap yard after being dismembered (for ease of disposal), Above you can see the fuselage has been rebuilt and the wings and engines mounted on purpose built stands outside the museum entrance.
	www.maesartro.co.uk /anson.htm (1051 words)

	Avro Anson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		An Avro Anson of RHAF in Egypt, after its escape from Greece, following the German invasion of 1941.
		Avro Anson N61 of RHAF takes off for a mission from an airfield in Egypt, late 1941.
		In the cockpit of one of the Ansons, Sub-Lieutenant (RH Navy) Psalidas and P/O Aidonopoulos.
	koti.welho.com /msolanak/vint_anson.html (106 words)

	uboat.net - Fighting the U-boats - Aircraft
		The Anson became the standard twin-engined trainer, and its original role was forgotten.
		The Anson Mk.I was a low-wing monoplane with retractable landing gear, a first for the RAF --- in fact so new that crews all too often forgot to perform the necessary task of turning a crank 160 times to wind down the landing gear.
		The Anson was sturdy, reliable and pleasant to fly, and it was well-liked by its crews.
	uboat.net /allies/aircraft/anson.htm (545 words)

	:: Discovery Channel CA ::
		Although the Avro Anson was originally designed as a civilian aircraft, its debut in the mid-1930s came at a time when tensions were mounting in Europe.
		The Canadian-built Anson, known as the Anson V, was similar to its British-built predecessors with one notable exception.
		For the pilots that flew the Anson, the aircraft was known for its stability and reliability.
	www.exn.ca /flight/exhibit/aircraft.asp?aircraft=Avro+Anson+V&slide=8 (479 words)

	Royal Air Force Waddington Station Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		The Anson was a twin radial engined transport low wing monoplane with retractable undercarrriage and a series of porthole style cabin windows.
		It was derived from the Avro 652, a passenger plane, and was originaly called the 652A.
		The Anson was the first RAF monoplane in service under the expansion scheme, and also the first with retractable undercarriage, although this was not the most welcome type to the crews who were obliged to hand crank the retraction mechanism.
	www.raf.mod.uk /rafwaddington/anson.html (940 words)

	Avro Anson
		The Anson was the RAAF's first retractable undercarriage, low wing monoplane, and served in great numbers (1,028 aircraft) following 1935 orders, when the RAAF set out to modernise its equipment.
		It began to be replaced in the maritime role by the Lockheed Hudson from 1940.
		A number of Ansons continued to fly in civil roles with the Royal Flying Doctor Service, various regional operators, police, scientific research bodies, and private owners, including former Queensland Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, who used one for agricultural work.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-air-support/ww2-allied/avro-anson.htm (318 words)

	ANSON PROJECT
		The Anson was delivered to the Museum and now sits in the restoration area of the building.
		On 28 October 2003, the Anson restoration project was officially started with Colonel Morey and members of the Wing Museum Board gathering with project leader, Colin Ainsworth and his team for a group photo beside the skeleton of the aircraft.
		The Anson depicted in the painting is the same one being restored by Colin Ainsworth and his team.
	gmam.ednet.ns.ca /anson_proj.htm (318 words)

	Kiwi Aircraft Images : Avro 652A Anson
		The Avro 652 was a commercial aircraft designed and built for an Imperial airways requirement in 1933.
		Postwar, the Anson XII (with metal wings and tailplane) became the Anson XIX in civil guise for use as a small airliner aimed at feeder work.
		In addition two further Anson XII aircraft were operated by the RNZAF on behalf of the RAF.
	www.kiwiaircraftimages.com /anson.html (621 words)

	Avro Anson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Ansons were delivered from among the 4413 Ansons flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) during WW II.
		The Anson V, received by the RCN from RCAF post-war surpluses, featured a moulded plywood fuselage and in addition to meeting the RCN's training needs proved also to be a good utility aircraft.
		The Anson was retired from the RCN in April 1952.
	www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca /aircraft/specs/anson.htm (146 words)

	Avro Anson N4877, IWM, Coastal Command and Maritime Air Association.
		The Anson entered service with the RAF in 1936 and, on the outbreak of war, formed the backbone of Coastal Command.
		It was to mark this feat that the Imperial War Museum at Duxford decided to restore their Anson – N4877 – in the appearance and configuration of Plt Off Peter’s aircraft (N9732 MK-V).
		However, undoubtedly the greatest success was to reunite eleven Anson veterans with an aircraft type on which they had amassed a total of over 3000 hours.
	www.griffon.clara.net /ccmaa/ccmaa_anson_iwm.htm (624 words)

	RAF Little Rissington - Accidents and Incidents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Avro Anson L9164 of No.6 FTS, flown by Sgt Bruce Hancock, struck Heinkel He.111 (Werk Nummer 1408) near RAF Windrush.
		LAC Hugh died in the Anson; LAC Stugis and LAC Sutherland perished in the Oxford.
		Avro Anson N5285 of No. 6 FTS collided with Avro Anson N9737 of No.11 AONS ten miles north of Stow on the Wold.
	members.aol.com /airfields2000/crashes.htm (1467 words)

	Anson - Scale Models (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		According to Janes the Avro Anson evolved from the Avro 652 commercial monoplane (designed in 1933 for Imperial Airways) and entered service as a General Recconaissance monoplane.
		Anson I had a Vickers.303 in the nose and a manual turret with a Vickers K or a Lewis, internal stowage for 2x100lb bombs, external racks for 8x20lb bombs.
		Coupled with the Anson's slow speed maneuverability the two gunners could catch the German fighter pilots off guard and for a while they did has some success with several kills and probables.
	www.hobbytalk.org /Anson-1773258-303-a.html (1485 words)

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