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A selection
of pictures of aircraft seen at Croydon throughout it's
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AV Roe And Co Ltd |
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Avro was a British aircraft
manufacturer founded in 1910 whose designs include the Avro 504
used as a trainer in the First World War, the Avro Lancaster,
one of the pre-eminent bombers of the Second World War, and the
delta wing Avro Vulcan, a stalwart of the Cold War. Avro was
founded on the 1st of January 1910 by Alliott Verdon Roe at the
Brownsfield Mill on Great Ancoats Street in Manchester. The company
remained based primarily in Lancashire throughout its 53 years
of existence with key developmental and manufacturing sites in
Alexandra Park, Chadderton, Trafford Park and Woodford. |
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Avro 1 |
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(above) a Surrey Flying Services 'Avro1' |
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Avro AL1 |
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(below) a Surrey Flying Services 'Avro
AL1' about 1928 |
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Avro 504 |
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(above) Prince Albert and his flying
instructor Lt Alec Coryton in the 'Avro 504J' (C4451) |
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(below) AVRO 504K of SFS at Waddon Aerodrome
1920 |
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(below) Avro 504K. August 1922. |
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(above) Avro 504K. 1925 |
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(below) Avro 504K. 1931 |
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Avro 522 |
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(above) 'Avro 522'. G-EAPR. 1921. |
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Avro 534
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(below) Avro 534 Baby of Bert Hinkler |
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Avro 536 |
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(above) 'William Alfred Pask of Tailor,
Reepham, Norfolk and daughter Rosa' about to enjoy their ride
in an Avro 536, in the early 1920s: |
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(below) an 'Avro 536' of Surrey Flying Services. 1926 |
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Avro 545 |
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(below) Avro 545 and Vickers Vulcan |
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Avro 548 |
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(above) an 'Avro 548' of Surrey Flying
Services at Waddon Aerodrome early 1920's |
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Avro Clerget |
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(above and below) 'Surrey Flying Services' Avro Clerget aircraft
used for airial photography. |
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Avro 642 |
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(above
& below) 'Avro
642' of Commercial Air Hire Ltd. 1935. |
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Avro 652 |
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(below) 'Avro 652' |
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(above) Avro 652. 1938 |
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(above and below) Avro 652. Avalon. |
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Avro Anson |
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(above) August 1945. |
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(below) 1946 |
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(below) 1948. Anson bought by Rollasons and broken up. |
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(below) 1948. Four Anson's at Croydon. |
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(below) BEA.Anson. 1947 |
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(below) Anson. 1950 |
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(above
and below) converted
'Avro Anson's' at Croydon in the mid 1950's |
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(below) Anson. 1953 |
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Tw Anson's in 1953. (above) Canadian Air Service.
(below) Channel Air Services. |
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(above) an 'Avro Anson' of Airtaco at Croydon
1955. |
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(below) A typical day in the 'B Hangar' area.' outside,
a 'C47' and an 'Avro Anson' just inside. The 'C47' is undergoing
a port engine overhaul. |
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(below) Avro Anson (C19 Ser2) August 1959 |
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Avro 671 |
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(above) An RAF Avro 671 Rota at a Croydon Airshow |
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Avro Cierva |
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(below) G-ACWM. Avro Cierva C30A |
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Avro York |
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(below) Avro York. 1947 |
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