This List of Avro Anson operators is a list of users who flew and operated the Avro Anson.
Military 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 Czechoslovak 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.Heinonen and Valtonen 2010, pp. 100–101. France Free French Air Force and Aeronavale the Groupe 'Artois' in Equatorial Africa (AEF) received eight Mk. I in May 1943 and a further nine in December 1944. 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. India Royal Indian Air Force Indian Air Force Iran Imperial Iranian Air Force Iraq Royal Iraqi Air Force 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 Royal Rhodesian Air Force Saudi Arabia Royal Saudi Air Force South Africa South African Air Force Southern Rhodesian Air Force Syria Syrian Air Force Turkey Turkish Air Force United Kingdom Royal Air Force (Initial Establishment + Immediate Reserve)
Mark. X: 24, 147 & 353 Squadron's RAF
C Mark. 11: No. 58 Squadron RAF (1946-47)
Mark. XII: 31, 116, 147, 167 & 187 Squadron's RAF
C Mark. 19: 8, 31, 58, 81, 116, 173, 187 & 527 Squadron's RAF
T Mark. 20:
T Mark. 21:
T Mark. 22:
Fleet Air Arm
Mark. I:
Mark. II: 745 Naval Air Squadron (1943-45) Mark. V: 743 Naval Air Squadron (1949) Mark. C.X: 701 Naval Air Squadron (1945) Mark. C.XII:
Mark. C.XIX: 'X' Flight of 781 Naval Air Squadron (1946-47)
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 LV-FBR, a new-build Avro 19Srs2, last recorded as damaged in an accident 14-10-1962 LV-AGJ & LV-AGN, both SAETA (Servicios Aéreos Explotacion Transporte Aéreo), & other operators LV-ADI (unknown operator) briefly on the register, emergency landing 03/08/47 whilst on cargo flight, then passed on to FAP (Paraguay AF), wfu 1948 LV-AGI ZONDA (Zonas Oeste y Norte de Aerolineas Argentinas), later IFTA (Instituto Fototopográfico Argentino) & re-registered LV-FBU, noted as damaged in accidents dated 1952, 1959 & 1963 LV-GJA featured in an incident dated 19-03-1960, then to Brazil? Australia Woods Airways, WA (two surplus aircraft, 1948 to 1961) Brain & Brown Airfreighters (one Anson until at least 1977) East-West Airlines, one preserved (non-flying), at Tamworth Airport Belgian Congo three Belgium-registered ex RAF MkIs for Institut Geographique du Congo Belge Brazil at least nine ex-RCAF MkIIs, LATB Linha Aérea Transcontinental Brasileira - five aircraft, Companhia Meridional de Transportes - three aircraft operated between 1945 and 1946 Bahrain Gulf Aviation Cuba a total of ten Canadian-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 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"Indonesian aviation 1945–1950." adf-serials.com. Retrieved: 20 March 2021. Transportes Aéreos de Timor operated two Anson Is.Archive 1982, p. 32 United Kingdom Blue Line Airways (Nottingham) - three MkIs (1946–50) British European Airways 13-16 aircraft inherited from Railway Air Services & others, rapidly phased out (1947–50) British Midland / Derby Airways three (1955–65) Finglands Airways (Manchester) one MkI (1949–53) Hunting-Clan Air Transport Three Avro C19 Srs1 (1946–48) Imperial Airways - launch customer, two Avro 652 (1935–1939, both impressed into Fleet Air Arm 1941) Ministry of Civil Aviation (1948–54) Railway Air Services 14 aircraft (1945–47), most subsequently absorbed into British European Airways fleet Sivewright Airways (1946–51) Starways one Mk1 (1950) Transair (UK) up to 10 airworthy examples, plus five more used for spares, (1950–52) Wiltshire School of Flying (1954)
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