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Series Photo Archive 25
Publisher/Brand Wingleader
Author Andrew Thomas, Simon Perry
Format a4l
No. Pages 72
Version Soft cover
Language English
Category Books on aviation
Subcategory WW2 UK » WW2 UK Aircraft
Availability In stock
This product was added to our database on Monday 27 November 2023.
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product | Publisher/Brand | Series/scale | Price € | ||
Avro Lancaster MkI/III Early Production | Wingleader | Photo Archive 5 | € 21.97 | ||
Consolidated Liberator GR Variants in RAF Coastal Command and RCAF Service | Wingleader | Photo Archive 30 | € 21.97 | ||
De Havilland Vampire in RAF and Overseas Service | Wingleader | Photo Archive 8 | € 21.97 | ||
Douglas Boston / Havoc in RAF Service North-West Europe | Wingleader | Photo Archive 28 | € 21.97 | ||
Handley Page Halifax Early Merlin Engined Variants | Wingleader | Photo Archive 27 | € 21.97 | ||
Heinkel HeIII Units in the Battle of Britain and Blitz | Wingleader | Photo Archive 13 | € 21.97 | ||
Messerschmitt Bf 109E Units in the Battle of Britain Part 1 (JG2. JG3, JG26) | Wingleader | Photo Archive 2 | € 21.97 | ||
Short Stirling MK I/III IN RAF Service | Wingleader | Photo Archive 7 | € 21.97 | ||
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX in RAF Service, North West Europe and the Med. | Wingleader | Photo Archive 20 | € 21.97 | ||
Westland Lysander in Worldwide serviceExpected | Wingleader | Photo Archive 32 | € 21.97 |
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