The Type 652A Anson was produced in more numbers
than any other Avro Type. This page just summarises the production totals for each variant
and production totals for the various manufacturers. For full production details of each variant, follow the links below.
Four passenger light transport. Two 270 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah V powerplants.
Type
652 Mk.II
Variant for Egyptian Government, almost Identical to Anson I. Two 310 h.p. Armstrong
Siddeley Cheetah IX powerplants.
Type 652A Anson Mk.I
Coastal patrol or trainer derivative of Type 652 to Specification 18/35 to meet the requirements of OR.23 for
a General Coastal Reconnaissance Aircraft and manufactured under Specifications 16/37 & 34/37. Two 350 h.p. Armstrong
Siddeley Cheetah IX or 395 h.p. XIX powerplants.
Type 652A Anson Mk.II
Initial Canadian production. As Mk.I trainer with two 330 h.p. Jacobs L-6MB R-915 powerplants.
Type
652A Anson Mk.III
Canadian conversion of British built Anson Mk.I's fitted with two 330 h.p. Jacobs
L-6MB R-915 powerplants.
Type 652A Anson Mk.IV
Canadian conversion of British built
Anson Mk.I's and Canadian Mk.III's fitted with two 300 h.p. Wright Whirlwind R-760-E1
powerplants.
Type 652A Anson Mk.V
Canadian built navigation trainer fitted with a new fuselage of Vidal moulded plywood. Two 450 h.p. Pratt & Whitney
Wasp Junior R-985-AN12B powerplants.
Type 652A Anson Mk.VA
Early
Mk.V aircraft built using Mk.II components.
Type 652A Anson Mk.VP
Mk.V
modified for photgraphic reconnaissance.
Type 652A Anson Mk.VT
Mk.V
fitted with a target towing winch.
Type 652A Anson Mk.VI
Bombing and gunnery
training variant of Mk.V.
Type 652A Anson Mk.X
Military transport. Mk.I with strengthened
floor.
Type
652A Anson Mk.XI
Navigation trainer and light
transport to meet the requirements of OR.141 & OR.143. New fuselage structure with raised roof and new, square, windows.
Two 395 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah XIX powerplants.
Type 652A Anson Mk.XII
As
Mk.XI fitted with two 420 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah XV powerplants and Rotol constant speed propellors.
Type
652A Anson Mk.18
General purpose variant of Avro 19 with Two 420 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah XVII
powerplants.
Type
652A Anson Mk.18C
Civil aircrew training variant of Anson Mk.18 with Two 420 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley
Cheetah XV powerplants.
Type 652A Avro 19
(Also
known as the Avro XIX, carrying on the pre-war civil naming series ending at the Type 642 Avro Eighteen): 9 seat civil transport
variant of Mk.XII featuring oval windows, to satisfy the Brabazon feeder liner specification of 1944. Series 1 aircraft
featured wooden wings, those of the Series 2 were metal. Two 420 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah XV powerplants.
Type
652A Anson Mk.XIX
(Later C.Mk.19) RAF communications and transport version of the Avro 19.
Type
652A Anson T.20
General purpose trainer version of the C.Mk.19 Srs.2 for Southern Rhodesia to Specification
T.24/46 to meet the requirements of
OR.212.
Type
652A Anson T.21
Navigational trainer version of the C.Mk.19 Srs.2 to Specification T.25/46 to meet
the requirements of OR.212.
Type 652A Anson C.21
RAF communications and transport aircraft, conversion of T.21.
Type
652A Anson T.22
Radio trainer version of the C.Mk.19 Srs.2 to Specification T.26/46 to meet the requirements
of OR.224.
Federal
AT-20
Designation of the Anson Mk.II in USAAF service.
Proposed
Variants
Type
652A Anson
Convertible civil/military variant for the SAAF to Specification
33/35.
Type
652A Anson
Trainer variant of the Type 652A to Specification 3/36.
Type
652A Anson Mk.VII
Reserved for Canadian variant. Not used.
Type 652A Anson Mk.VIII
Reserved for Canadian variant. Not used.
Type 652A Anson Mk.IX
Reserved
for Canadian variant. Not used.
Type 652A Anson Mk XIII
Turreted
gunnery trainer powered by two Cheetah XI or XIX powerplants.
Type 652A Anson Mk XIV
Turreted gunnery trainer powered by two Cheetah XV powerplants.
Type 652A Anson Mk XV
Navigation trainer.
Type 652A Anson Mk XVI
Bombing
trainer.
Type
652A Anson
Flying classroom to meet the requirements of Specification
T.3/49.
The table below is taken directly from the Avro Anson
summary [15], with the exception of the indicated ammendment to 7799/14 and the addition of this authors Comments and Correlation.
Works Order
Customer and Remarks
Where Built
Qty
Mark
Authors Comments and Correlation
1
3&4
10
11
12
18
18C
19
20
21
22
4233
Prototype
N.H.
1
1
K4771 to contract 352855/34.
4825
RAF
N.H.
162
162
K6152 - K6211, K6224 - K6325 to contract
421119/35.
5213
RAF
N.H.
78
78
K8742 - K8791, K8813 - K8839 and K8845 to
contract 497338/36.
5214
RAF
N.H.
35
35
K8703 - K8737 to contract 497339/36.
5445
Australia
N.H.
38
38
C/n's 967-978, 1008-1028 and 1053-1057.
5662
RAF
N.H.
28
28
L7046 - L7073 to contract 633200/37.
5883
RAF
N.H.
88
88
L7903 - L7912, L7923 through N1339 to
contract 690658/37.
6057
Australia
N.H.
10
10
C/ns 1079-1088.
17734
Finland
N.H.
3
3
C/ns 939-941.
18513
Estonia
N.H.
1
1
C/n 951.
18532
Ireland
N.H.
2
2
C/ns 980-981.
19266
Ireland
N.H.
2
2
C/ns
1033-1034.
20717
Greece
N.H.
12
12
12 aircraft diverted from batches N5130 -
N5178 and N5182 - N5220.
21766
Turkey
N.H.
6
6
C/ns
1127-1132.
6080
RAF
N.H.
1332
1332
500 a/c (N4856 through N5385) and 350 a/c
(N9526 through N9999)
to contract 766119/38, 200 a/c
(R3303 through R3351) to contract
B12565/39, 300 a/c (R9567 through
R9969) to contract B32842/39,
less 18 diverted to Greece and
Turkey.
7600
RAF
N.H.
950
1000
W1505 through W2665 to contract B61695/39.
Y
50
7799
RAF
N.H.
750
750
4400 a/c to contract
B137211/40:
AW443 through AX656 - 750 delivered
as Mk.I.
DG689 through DJ700 - 700 delivered
as Mk.I.
EF805 through EG704 - 600 a/c
delivered as Mk.I
LS978 through LV332 - 750 delivered
as Mk.I.
MG102 through MH237 - 799 delivered
as Mk.I, one a/c as Mk.XII.
NK139 through NL251 -
800 delivered as 592 Mk.Is, 103
Mk.Xs,
90 Mk.XIs and 15 Mk.XII.
223 a/c in the AWxxx and DGxxx
range, intended as Mk.IV,
were completed as Mk.I.
7799/9
RAF
N.H.
39
700
Y
661
7799/14
RAF
Y
432
168*
223
103
90
16
7799/46
RAF
Y
750
750
7796/55
RAF
Y
800
800
7796/70
RAF
Y
800
800
8824
RAF & MCA. Of the 24 Mk.19 a/c,
11 were built to Washington
Standard. The 13 M.I a/c
fitted
with Bristol Turrets
Y
267
13
230
24
PH528 through PH845, PH858, PH859, PH861
- PH865: to contract
Acft/307, delivered as 248 Mk.XII
and 19 Mk.XIX.
(Mk.19 PH860 to c/n 1285 for Misr
per W.O.9239).
9169
RAF. 59 of these had M.W., of
which 13 were built at Yeadon.
C/ns 1285 (ex PH860), 1327 - 1329 (Ex TX246,
TX248, TX249)
= 4
aircraft. See Note 2.
9247
Emperor of Ethiopia
Y
2
2
C/ns 1273, 1274. (Ex VL358, VL359)
9249
RAF (Incl Rhodesia) - M.W.
C
93
84
9
VM307 through VM418 (84 Mk.19, 9 Mk.20) to
contract Acft/5680.
9262
Railway Air Services
Y
14
14
C/ns 1275 - 1278 (Ex VL360 - VL263),
1317 - 1326 (Ex TX240 - TX245,
TX247, TX250 - TX252).
9294
MCA
Y
5
5
C/ns 1286, 1287
(Ex TX201, TX202), 1330, 1331 (Ex TX236,
TX255),
1332 (new)
9295
Originally for Iraq, diverted to
C
27
29
VP509 - VP5110, VP512 - VP538 to contract
Acft/6103.
RAF. M.W.
Y
2
VP511 diverted as c/n 1509 to Afghanistan.
Sales 5000
RAF (Incl Rhodesia) - M.W.
C
90
48
30
12
VS491 through VS603 to contract 6/Acft/811.
Sales 5001
Prototypes - M.W.
C
2
1
1
VM305, VM306 to contract 6/Acft/923
Sales 5002
RAF - M.W.
C
80
67
13
VV239 through VV370 to contract 6/Acft/1019.
Sales 5004
RAF (Incl Rhodesia) - M.W.
C
92
2
90
VV866 through VV999 to contract 6Acft/1396.
Sales 5005
MCS Insecticide a/c - M.W.
C
2
2
C/ns 1423, 1424
Sales 5007
RAF - M.W.
C
20
20
WB446 - WB465 to contract 6/Acft/2473.
35771
Smith & Sons - M.W.
Y
1
1
C/n 1333
35662
Irish Dept. of Defence - M.W.
Y
3
3
C/ns 1313 - 1315.
35815
Belgium
Y
1
1
C/n 1312.
35815/6
Belgium
Y
2
2
C/ns 1357, 1358
36420
Hunting Air Travel
Y
3
3
C/ns 1351 - 1353.
36421
Westminster Airways
Y
1
1
C/n 1360.
36425
Sivwright Airways
Y
1
1
C/n 1359.
36743
Sivwright Airways - M.W.
C
1
1
C/n 1376.
36537
Belgium
C
1
1
C/n 1363.
36532
Belgian Congo Airways - M.W.
C
2
2
C/ns 1361, 1362.
36570
Short & Harland
C
1
1
C/n 1364.
36463
Hunting Air Travel - M.W.
C
1
1
C/n 1375.
Sales 101
Indian Air Survey - M.W.
C
1
1
C/n 1377.
Sales 103
Bharat Airways. 1 was originally
Canadian Demonstrator - M.W.
C
2
2
C/ns 1383, 1384.
Sales 105
Royal Afghan AF - M.W.
C
13
13
C/ns 1465 - 1476, 1509.
Sales 108
India. Civilian aircrew trainer
M.W.
C
12
12
C/ns 1477 - 1488.
50056
Argentine, private. Cheetah 17
engines. M.W.
C
1
1
C/n 1507.
(none)
Avro Staff machine. G-AGPG
Y
1
1
C/n 1212
11494
RAF
C
25
17
8
WD402 through WD436 to contract 6/Acft/3634.
13450
RAF
C
28
28
WJ509 through WJ561 to contract 6/Acft/5932.
8138
6779
223
103
90
246
13
12
326
60
252
34
* The Avro document gives 3968 for W.O.7799/14 Mk.I,
which is actually the sum of all the Mk.I a/c to the various subsections of W.O.7799; it has been corrected here to give
the required W.O.7799/14 total.
Abbreviations used
in table:
N.H. - Newton Heath Y - Yeadon C - Chadderton M.W. - Metal Wing and Tailplane
Presumably the Avro table gives produced Marks as ordered as opposed to as produced. The
Avro table and the tables produced on this site give very similar results, the differences being explained by aircraft being
produced to a different Mark than originally ordered.
Notes
The disposition
of Mk.I range DG689-DJ700 between Newton Heath and Yeadon has been deduced from the MAP production records over the relevant
period, showing 39 aircraft produced at Yeadon, the remaining 661 therefore coming from Newton Heath.
The normal understanding is that a total of 11020 Ansons of all marks were produced, this figure presumably coming
from Avro's Anson summary [15], reproduced here in the Anson Work Orders table. This same document, under W.O.9239, gives a total of 5 new Anson Mk.XIX being supplied to Misrair of Egypt, but only
the four indicated aircraft have been reliably identified. A memo located in AVIA 49/229, dated December 1945, indicates that
this fifth aircraft is Mk.XII PH806, supplied to Misrair under contract Acft/5616 (though this contract was apparently dated
16 January 1946). Sturtivant has this as SU-ADJ, delivered sometime in late 1945 [1]. If PH806 is indeed the fifth aircraft,
then it has already been accounted for under W.O.8824. Accordingly this author is forced to conclude, unless further evidence
comes to light, that the Avro account is incorrect and the final total should be 11019.
Conversions
are from from Mark to Mark and do not include civil conversions from military.
Includes first prototype
K4771.
Production References
Anson File (The),
Ray Sturtivant (Air-Britain Publications, 1988)
Avro Aircraft Since 1908, A.J. Jackson (Putnam,
1965)
Avro Anson Marks I, III, IV & X, Alan W. Hall & Eric Taylor (Almark Publications, 1972)
Air
Britain RAF Aircraft Register Series, Various Volumes (Air-Britain Publications)
The British Roundel,
Various Issues (Roundel Research Publications)
