Avro Anson

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maritime patrol aircraft military aircraft trainer aircraft transport aircraft twin‑engine aircraft

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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Label Occurrences
Avro Anson canonical 10
Avro Anson (early variants) 1
Avro Anson (historical) 1

Statements (48)

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 RAF Coastal Command ⓘ
surface form: Coastal Command of the Royal Air Force
successor Airspeed Oxford ⓘ
Avro Athena ⓘ
usedBy Egyptian Air Force ⓘ
Irish Air Corps ⓘ
Afghan Air Force ⓘ
surface form: Royal Afghan Air Force

Indian Air Force ⓘ
surface form: Royal Indian Air Force

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

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

RAF Coastal Command → operatedAircraft → Avro Anson ⓘ
Avro → notableWork → Avro Anson ⓘ
No. 206 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Avro Anson ⓘ
No. 264 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Avro Anson ⓘ
A.V. Roe and Company → notableWork → Avro Anson ⓘ
No. 6 Squadron RAAF → aircraftOperated → Avro Anson ⓘ
No. 23 Squadron RAAF → equipment → Avro Anson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Anson (historical)
RAF Speke → stationedAircraftType → Avro Anson ⓘ
Roy Chadwick → notableWork → Avro Anson ⓘ
Roy Chadwick → designed → Avro Anson ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Kestrel V12 engine → usedIn → Avro Anson ⓘ
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Kestrel
this entity surface form: Avro Anson (early variants)
Bristol Mercury radial engine → poweredAircraft → Avro Anson ⓘ
subject surface form: Bristol Mercury
this entity surface form: Avro Anson (some variants)
No. 209 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Avro Anson ⓘ