Avro Anson C19-2 OO-DFA

Avro Anson C19-2 OO-DFA

An Avro 652A Anson C.19-2 with Congo and Sabena pedigree arrives in Belgium

On Friday November, 11th 2007, the Avro 652A Anson C.19-2 arrived in Beauvechain. On Monday December, 3rd the aircraft will be delivered at the Royal Army Museum depot in Vissenaken (Belgium).

This rare aircraft will be the second Anson preserved on the continent, the other one being in the Netherlands.

The Anson was used widely by the Belgian Air Force after World War II.

This particular aircraft has a rich career in Congo and Belgium with Sabena and various civil Belgian operators before to be exported in the UK in the years 1960's. The Anson was operated for transport and aerial photography purposes.

By chance, the administrative files of this aircraft are preserved by the Fonds National Alfred Renard.

The last owner was Retro Aviation in Coventry. The airframe will need restoration but spare parts were provided to have a complete airframe.

Avro 652A Anson C.19 OO-CFA, OO-DFA, OO-VIT,G-AYWA in short

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OO-CFA (1) AVRO XIX (652A) ANSON 2 1361-652A 66CB 22.08.1946 AIR CONGO/CFL, ALBERTVILLE

16.12.1946 DELIVERY

11.05.1949 SABENA CONGO

14.04.1950 Cancelled

844 14.06.1950 OO-DFA SABENA BRUXELLES

02.10.1953 COASTAL AIR TRANSPORT, PVBA. LE ZOUTE

09.05.1960 RADIE

844 09.05.1960 OO-VIT (2) VAN DER NOOT D’ASSCHE

......19.. PLOUVIER

......19.. MAES BELFOTOP

06.04.1971 RADIE

. ......1971 G-AYWA to Kemps Aero Service,

Later Air Atlantique and Retro Aviation

Source André Dillien registration lists :

CVG001 : Avro 652A Anson C.19 arrival in Belgium for Royal Army Museum

Avro 652A Anson C.19-2, OO-VIT			262 Hits
	Photographer:	Ken Elliott
	Location:	Portsmouth (EGHP), UK - England
	Date taken:	10th August 1963
	Information:	Ex OO-DFA, it became G-AYWA

Yves Duwelz 2010