Ping the historic aircraftisti

My dad was an aerial photographer back in WW2 in the Fleet Air Arm and flew
in Avro Ansons. For Xmas my eldest lad has decided to build a model of the
Anson for him. So what I want to know is what sort of paint scheme did the
FAA Ansons have? I've tried Googling but my mojo isn't particular strong
tonight.

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Malc

Rusted and ropy.
Dog-eared old copy.
Vintage and classic,
or just plain Jurassic:
all words to describe me.

 

Ask the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton.

 

Yes I read that one too. But I can guarantee that it won't be in the
library and it'll cost a fortune to buy.

 

That did occur to me on the commute into work.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/0851302327/ref=sr_1_olp_1?ie=UT
F8&s=gateway&qid=1260353812&sr=8-1

You're not wrong there!

 

I'd suggest you try the rec.models.scale newsgroup, there's some very
knowledgeable and helpful people on such subjects around there.

 

Blow me with a big blowy thing! £292 and that's the cheapest.

 

Your local library will have a networked borrowing service from
interlibraries type of thing. Simply request it and if it's available,
you'll get it.

 

There are quite a few video clips on youtube. Would these help?

eg.


and



Tim

 

Coo they were quick. Emailed this ack emma and got the reply with a
jpg attachment at 4pm. What helpful people

 

According to "British Aircraft of World War II" (ISBN 1-85152-668-4) you
have the choice of;

Mk I with 220 Sqdn pre-war all over silver
Mk I with 206 Sqdn olive & brown upper and sky (duck-egg) blue under
surfaces.

No other colour illustrations are in this book for the Anson.

 

According to the FAA Museum at Yeovilton

"Although the FAA used the Anson, it was painted in RAF colours. The
attached file shows the markings in black and white – obviously we
have no contemporary colour photos – with notes that the camouflage is
dark green and dark earth, with yellow under-surfaces and a yellow
band.

The useful book is ‘British Aviation Colours of World War Two’, Vol 3
in the RAF Museum series. "

 

There's one at Duxford.

http://www.baesystemseducationprogramme.com/heritageresource/duxford3/im
ages/hangerMain/AVRO%20ANSON.jpg

 

Yes I expect so. They sent me a B&W piccy. I doubt if there are many
colour pictures of wartime Ansons.

 

There was a war on, the shed got bombed and the only picture they had
fell down behind the filing cabinet from where it was stolen by a jerry
spy posing as a scouser.

 

Obviously (sic) colour didn't exist until 1960. I'm surprised that
someone working for a museum is so ignorant of the truth.

 

*Someone's* in for a surprise

 

It did? Oh well all the 1940s film in colour must be re-touched then.

 

<holds head in hands>
I give up.

 

Should I have formatted my comment thus;

<piss take> It did? Oh well all the 1940s film in colour must be
re-touched then. </piss take>

to make it easier?