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Old 10-31-2008, 05:27 PM   #1
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Please help identify this aircraft

This is a photo of my grandfather standing in front of an aircraft he worked on in the RAF. Can anybody identify it and date it please.

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Old 10-31-2008, 05:29 PM   #2
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Old 10-31-2008, 08:35 PM   #3
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Bingo! Avro Anson
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Old 11-01-2008, 04:46 AM   #4
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Avro Anson

Thanks ever so much! I never would have identified it myself.

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Old 11-02-2008, 06:22 AM   #5
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YF code would fit with 280 Squadron Anson I Feb 1942 - Oct 1943
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Old 11-02-2008, 07:04 AM   #6
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just a tip steph
if you resize your pics to around 600-700pixels across they fit the posts much better
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Old 11-02-2008, 11:28 AM   #7
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It's true Trackie, very true.... Done...
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