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.

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Military operators

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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
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  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]
Flag of India.svg  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
Flag of Rhodesia (1968-1979).svg  Rhodesia
Royal Rhodesian Air Force
Saudi Arabia
Royal Saudi Air Force
South Africa
South African Air Force
Flag of Southern Rhodesia (1924-1964).svg  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]
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
Australia
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
Flag of India.svg  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]
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portuguese Timor
Transportes Aéreos de Timor operated two Anson Is. [21]
United Kingdom

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References

Citations

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  2. "Avro Anson Mk I (pre-WWII)". www.haf.gr. Hellenic Air Force. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
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  5. Sipos & Cooper 2020 , p. 37
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  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 33.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 48.
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  11. 1 2 Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 136.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 215.
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  14. 1 2 Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 86.
  15. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 45.
  16. 1 2 Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 56.
  17. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 108.
  18. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 228.
  19. Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 361.
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