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 Avro Anson in flight photo Oren Rozen | |
.jpg) Two Ansons collided in mid flight and landed in paddock | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Type | Avro Anson |
| Role | Twin engine maritime patrol and trainers |
| Manufacturer | Avro |
| Produced | 1930s - 1952 UK (8,138); Canada (2,882) |
| Number built | 11,020 |
| Primary users | RAF; Fleet Air Arm; RCAF; RAAF |
| In service | 1935 |
| Out of service | late 1990s. |
Contents
Remarks
General characteristics
- Crew: Three or four
- Length: 12.88 m
- Wingspan: 17.22 m
- Height: 3.00 m
- Empty weight: 2,500 kg
- Max takeoff weight: 3,900 kg
- Powerplant: 2 x Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah radial engines, 350 hp each
- Maximum speed: 392 km/hr
- Range: 1,271 km
- Service ceiling: 5,791 m
- Armament
- Guns: 1 x 7.7mm machine gun in front fuselage, 1 x 7.7mm Vickers machine gun in dorsal turret.
- Bombs: 163 kg
Crew members
No. 4 Service Flying Training School Geraldton
- Clifford Stanley Douglas 11 Mar - 26 Jun 1941