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Re: Anyone know of a derelict Anson anywhere in the world?

Posted by Steve Tournay on Sat Jun 22, 2002 03:25:40 PM

In reply top Re: Anyone know of a derelict Anson anywhere in the world? posted by Dan Jones on Sat Jun 22, 2002 12:28:56 PM


Hi guys--

Yes, the Nanton Lancaster Society museum collection does indeed include a number of Anson hulks. Last time I was there (the only time so far, actually, as I live a couple thousand miles east of there) they had two at the museum itself--one outside on display unrestored, and another undergoing restoration inside the Lanc hangar. These were both Mk.IIs. Nearby at museum curator Robert Evans' farm I saw and photographed about twenty other Anson skeletons that had been collected from surrounding farms over the past decade or two. Except for a Mk.V fuselage in a shed, these were also all early models--Mk.I or II, it being difficult to discern between those variants in the condition they were in at the time. Also at the farm were parts of Cranes, Bolingbrokes, Yales, a Lancaster and a T-33. Fascinating. I think I heard recently that one of the Anson frames had gone to another museum. The NLS website is quite good, with lots of detail on their collection.

Steve

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