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Avro Anson Mk I: Wingleader Photo Archive Number 25

Avro Anson Mk I: Wingleader Photo Archive Number 25

ISBN: 9781908757371

Author: Andrew Thomas & Simon W Parry

Publisher: Wingleader

Format: Paperback

Price: AUD $39.95
RRP: AUD $49.95

It has always been our intention to cover the ‘less glamorous’ types and they don’t come more ‘less glamorous’ than the good old Avro Anson!

The ‘Annie’ entered service with the RAF in spring 1936 as a Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft. By the outbreak of war however, it was pretty obsolete. With a maximum speed of just 188 mph, the odds of it surviving an encounter with German fighters were extremely small; and so the Anson was reassigned into the training role, where hundreds of them tootled up and down the country, with student pilots and navigators learning their trade inside.

The Air Transport Auxiliary also made great use of the Anson as a taxi to ferry its pilots to and from airfields as they delivered fighters and bombers to the RAF. By all accounts, it was a safe and easy aircraft to fly.

Although there were over 20 different Mks of Anson built, the vast majority were MkIs and so that is what this book concentrates on. It saw service worldwide so we have tried to include as many overseas operators as possible, especially as modellers now have the new Airfix kit to find colour schemes for.

‍This book contains approx 120 original wartime/pre-war photos and 6 in-depth colour profiles

Book Title: Avro Anson Mk I: Wingleader Photo Archive Number 25
Author: Andrew Thomas & Simon W Parry
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781908757371
About the Author: Simon W Parry is now one of Britain’s leading aviation historians, but his roots are in Surrey where he began his research into the battles and aircraft crashes in the county 30 years ago, a time it was possible to interview many witnesses to the events. His interest in the air war lead him to become a profession researcher at the National Archives, undertaking assignments for those not able to conduct their own investigations. Since the publication of his first book in 1987 he has focussed his attentions on the editing and production of over 40 aviation books for publishers. He is also one of Europe’s most experienced aviation archaeologists, contributing to several TV shows.
Publisher: Wingleader
Title Release: October 2023

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