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Registration: MW102

Construction Number: Unknown

Model Avro 685 York C(VIP)1

Operator: Royal Air Force

Airport: Manchester - Ringway (MAN / EGCC), UK - England

Photographer: R.A.Scholefield Collection

Date Taken: 08/1945

Date Submitted: 27/06/2011

Completed at Ringway in December 1943 as a VIP aircraft for use by Earl Mountbatten in India. Returned in 1945 for overhaul and painting white overall for coolness and added SEA roundels. Obtained from Avro over 50 years ago.

Picture ID:1298609

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