Avro Anson

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The Avro Anson was a British twin‑engine, multi‑role aircraft widely used before and during World War II for maritime patrol, training, and transport duties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
trainer aircraft ⓘ
transport aircraft ⓘ
twin‑engine aircraft ⓘ
airframeMaterial wood and metal composite construction ⓘ
armament machine guns ⓘ
small bomb load ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 3 ⓘ
4 ⓘ
designation Avro 652A ⓘ
engineType radial piston engine ⓘ
enteredServiceWith No. 48 Squadron RAF ⓘ
firstFlight 1935-03-24 ⓘ
introduced 1936 ⓘ
landingGear retractable conventional landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Avro ⓘ
maxSpeed approximately 190 mph ⓘ
namedAfter Admiral George Anson ⓘ
notableUse British Commonwealth Air Training Plan ⓘ
numberBuilt over 11000 ⓘ
originatedAs civil Avro 652 design ⓘ
powerplant 2 × Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah radial engines ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ
productionPeriod 1935–1952 ⓘ
range approximately 660 miles ⓘ
retiredFromRAF 1968 ⓘ
role air ambulance ⓘ
bombing training ⓘ
gunnery training ⓘ
light transport ⓘ
maritime reconnaissance ⓘ
navigation training ⓘ
serviceBranch Coastal Command of the Royal Air Force ⓘ
linked to: RAF Coastal Command
successor Airspeed Oxford ⓘ
Avro Athena ⓘ
usedBy Egyptian Air Force ⓘ
Irish Air Corps ⓘ
Royal Afghan Air Force ⓘ
linked to: Afghan Air Force

Royal Indian Air Force ⓘ
linked to: Indian Air Force

Royal Netherlands Air Force ⓘ
South African Air Force ⓘ
usedInConflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
wingConfiguration low‑wing monoplane ⓘ

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Avro → notableWork → Avro Anson ⓘ
A.V. Roe and Company → notableWork → Avro Anson ⓘ
No. 23 Squadron RAAF → equipment → Avro Anson (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Avro Anson
RAF Speke → stationedAircraftType → Avro Anson ⓘ
Roy Chadwick → notableWork → Avro Anson ⓘ
Roy Chadwick → designed → Avro Anson ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Kestrel → usedIn → Avro Anson (early variants) ⓘ
subject linked to: Rolls-Royce Kestrel V12 engine
linked to: Avro Anson
Bristol Mercury → poweredAircraft → Avro Anson (some variants) ⓘ
subject linked to: Bristol Mercury radial engine
linked to: Avro Anson
No. 277 Squadron RAF → equipment → Avro Anson ⓘ
RNAS Stretton → hostedAircraftType → Avro Anson ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Kestrel → application → Avro Anson prototype ⓘ
subject linked to: Rolls-Royce Kestrel engine
linked to: Avro Anson
Bristol Mercury → usedOnAircraft → Avro Anson (early versions) ⓘ
linked to: Avro Anson
RAF Benson → aircraftOperated → Avro Anson (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Avro Anson
RAF Chivenor → basedAircraft → Avro Anson ⓘ
Avro 652A → militaryDesignation → Avro Anson ⓘ
Avro 652A → alsoKnownAs → Avro Anson ⓘ
Avro 652A → hasMilitaryVariant → Avro Anson I ⓘ
linked to: Avro Anson
No. 4 Group RAF → aircraftOperated → Avro Anson ⓘ
No. 19 Operational Training Unit RAF → aircraftUsed → Avro Anson ⓘ
Avro Ltd → notableWork → Avro Anson ⓘ
RAAF Museum → hasExhibit → Avro Anson ⓘ
No. 24 Squadron RAAF → aircraftOperated → Avro Anson ⓘ
subject linked to: 24SQN
Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah → application → Avro Anson (early variants) ⓘ
linked to: Avro Anson