Pilots of No. 320 or 321 (Dutch) Squadron RAF walk to their Avro Anson Mark Is at Carew Cheriton, Pembrokeshire. Both Squadrons were formed on 1 June 1940 from members of the Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service who had escaped to the United Kingdom after the invasion of Holland. It was a British twin-engined, multi-role aircraft, mostly reconnaissance,that served with the Royal Air Force (RAF), Fleet Air Arm (FAA), Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and other air forces before, during, and after the Second World War.

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Size: 4512px × 3408px
Location: Carew Cheriton, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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