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    Airframe Family: Avro 685 York
    Latest Model:York C.I
    Last Military Serial:MW232 RAF
    Last Civil Registration:G-ANTK
    Compressed ID:Avro York C.I sn MW232 RAF cr G-ANT...
    Latest Owner or Location:Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire / Cambs, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as a York C.I.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n MW232.

    7 January 1946

    Transferred to RAF 242 Squadron.

    May 1950

    Transferred to RAF Wroughton.

    16 July 1954

    To Dan-Air services with new c/r G-ANTK (AVRO 685 YORK C1, MW232).

    Circa 1963


    Photographer: Mike Smyth
    Notes: Manchester Airport (Ringway). Nightly freight service Renfrew - Manchester - Heathrow on behalf of British European Airways

    April 1964

    Withdrawn from use and stored at Lasham.

    To Lasham Scouts.
    Donated to Lasham Scouts as a bunkhouse.

    23 May 1986

    To Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire/Cambs, England.
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    Markings Applied: Dan Air
    In Dan Air colours.

    27 September 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Imperial War Museum Duxford, UK
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