{"product_id":"avro-anson-mk-i-1","title":"Avro Anson Mk.I","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen it entered service with No.84 Squadron at RAF Manston in March\u003cbr\u003e1936, the Avro Anson became the first monoplane type to achieve squadron\u003cbr\u003eservice status and was also the first RAF aircraft to feature a retractable\u003cbr\u003eundercarriage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe RAF Anson Mk.I was equipped with a fixed forward firing .303 machine\u003cbr\u003egun operated by the pilot and a single Lewis gun mounted in the manually\u003cbr\u003etraversed dorsal turret. It could also be equipped with a modest bomb load,\u003cbr\u003esomething which was required by submarine hunting aircraft operated by\u003cbr\u003eCoastal Command.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite the fact that the RAF entered the Second World War with 26\u003cbr\u003esquadrons equipped with Avro Ansons, they were basically obsolete as a\u003cbr\u003efighting machine and were quickly withdrawn to secondary training roles, a\u003cbr\u003etask for which the ‘Faithfull Annie’ was particularly well suited. As part of the\u003cbr\u003eEmpire Air Training Scheme, many thousands of aircrew destined for service\u003cbr\u003ewith Bomber Command were trained both in the UK and overseas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHellenic Air Force\u003cbr\u003eN61, 13th Squadron Naval Cooperation, Hellenic Air Force. (Aircraft escaped\u003cbr\u003eto Egypt and subsequently served with the 13th Light Bomber Squadron).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Airfix","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46186307649619,"sku":"1609191","price":649.0,"currency_code":"NOK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2248\/1331\/files\/TERrdlpGTXhoWG0xd0tuNGdCVk5OUT09.jpg?v=1788855444","url":"https:\/\/eventyrhuset.no\/products\/avro-anson-mk-i-1","provider":"Eventyrhuset","version":"1.0","type":"link"}