22 July
On This Day, 1940: On 22 July 1940, an RAF Blenheim used airborne interception radar to shoot down a Dornier Do 17…
Read the entry →Maritime Aircraft
Aircraft of the Royal Air Force classified as maritime aircraft — profiled in full.
Avro Anson
A. V. Roe and Company
Maritime AircraftThe Avro Anson, a monoplane with a fixed undercarriage, entered RAF service in 1936 for the roles of coastal reconnaissance and maritime patrol. It was the RAF's first all-metal, monoplane type. Although slow by modern standards, it performed much needed night time patrols during the inter-war period and early years of war. In 1939, the Anson was beginning to be employed as a trainer and for communication duties. It would carry out these roles for the next 30 years until 1954.
View aircraft → Entered service March 1936
Retired 1968
Max speed 188 mph (303 km/h)
Ceiling 19,000 ft (5,791 m)
Range 790 mi (1,271 km)