Check out the upper photo on Page 201 of “the book” Vol I.
It shows S/Ldr Hinko Soic standing alongside MH592 in early 1945 – Aboukir filter, six exhaust stubs and a three-bladed prop.
(I’ll let Mark12 upload the image from his collection)
It is now displayed in Belgrade as “JK808” with a Vokes filter but still retains the six exhaust stubs.
Short Scion G-ADDT at Westwood Heath
Fascinating – thank you!
The comment about the Short Scion was very interesting as this photo shows the aircraft that was being used, G-ADDT, when Tom Campbell-Black’s “Circus” visited Coventry (Westwood Heath).
It’s an Avro 504N or ‘Lynx Avro’ as they were often known at the time.
They were the main RAF elementary trainer until 1933, then a number were sold to operators such as National Aviation Days.
Basically the airframe is a WW1 Avro 504K, updated by replacing the rotary engine with the Armstrong Siddeley Lynx radial. The rather strange-looking cantilever undercarriage was I believe devised to allow the same pick-up points to be used on the fuselage, as the earlier models.
You might also be interested in this thread which appeared recently on the Forum….
Indeed it was an Avro 504N – thanks for the link to the other thread, fascinating stuff, the comment about the Short Scion being used for joyriding made me dig this shot out – taken at the same event at Westwood Heath.
Not first solo – but first flight
This was my Dad’s first flight – National Aviation Day Displays, Westwood Heath, Coventry, I think it was 1937. He went on to fly Lancasters with No. 626 Sqdn.
Love those colour shots.
VVO seems to have that sinking feeling !
At the risk of hijacking the thread, I’ve dug out some more Anson photos:
G-AGPG seen at the Hatfield Families’ Day, 4 July 1970
WD413/G-BFIR seen at Old Warden in August 1983. Now with Air Atlantique as G-VROE
I’ll see if I have any more …
Does anyone have any images of these aircraft that they would care to post?
Here’s a few:
G-AWML – with “Biafra – Save the Children” titles – at Baginton, 31 August 1968
G-AVVO, Halfpenny Green, 21 April 1968
G-AVVR, Halfpenny Green, 21 April 1968
and another one just for fun! This was taken at Strathallan, it is ex G-APHV and now under restoration at East Fortune.
http://www.apss.org.uk/projects/NMS_projects/anson/index.htm
Thanks for the comments on the book, all very well made and to the point. I agree that the cover price is high – it shocked me when we finally worked out the costings – but it is what it is. The black and white edition will soon be available and that brings the price down significantly.
Incidentally, the Second Edition, published in 1986, was priced at £14.95 – which equates to £33.34 in today’s money. It had only 216 pages and was all black and white (much lower quality than today’s digital printing.)
As this is a self-published book we opted for digital printing using print on demand as none of us want a couple of thousand books this size turning up on our doorstep from China!
Postage is a pain but the only option as courier companies expect to pick up in office hours from commercial premises … and the book weighs in at 2.4kg which is why the postage is so high.
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