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Registration: WJ561

Construction Number: Unknown

Model Avro Anson T.21

Operator: Royal Air Force

Airport: In Flight, International Airspace

Photographer: R.A.Scholefield Collection

Date Taken: 15/05/1952

Date Submitted: 20/03/2011

The last of 11,020 Ansons in flight over its Woodford birthplace. Flown by chief test pilot Jimmy Orrell, it was handed over by Sir Roy Dobson. Six Lancasters can be seen on the airfield awaiting overhaul before delivery to the Aeronavale.

Picture ID:1282000

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