This List of Avro Anson operators is a list of users who flew and operated the Avro Anson.
Military operators
Afghanistan Royal Afghan Air Force – 13 Anson 18 aircraft were delivered to the Royal Afghan Air Force from 1948 and retired by 1972 Australia Royal Australian Air Force – 1,028 Ansons were operated by the Royal Australian Air Force, retired in 1955 Belgium Belgian Air Force (15 x Anson I, 2 x Anson 12s operated from 1946 to 1954) Canada Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Canadian Navy Ansons were retired in 1952 Czechoslovakian Air Force three aircraft, in service from 1945 to 1948 Egypt Egyptian Air Force Estonia Estonian Air Force Ethiopia Ethiopian Air Force Finland Finnish Air Force three Avro Anson Mk. Is purchased 1936 and used as training and liaison aircraft. One lost and another written-off in accidents, last flight in 1947. France French Air Force and Aeronavale Greece Hellenic Royal Air Force: twelve Mk I Ansons were ordered in 1938 for the maritime patrol role. Five of these escaped to Egypt after the Battle of Greece and operated under British command until replaced by Blenheims in 1942. India Royal Indian Air Force Indian Air Force Iran Imperial Iranian Air Force Iraq Royal Iraqi Air Force Ireland Irish Air Corps 9 Anson Mk1 delivered between 1937 and 1939 and used for training/maritime patrol/transport. 3 Anson 19s delivered in 1946 for training/transport. Mk1s retired by 1947, 19s by 1962. Israel Israeli Air Force Netherlands Royal Netherlands Air Force and Dutch Naval Aviation Service New Zealand Royal New Zealand Air Force Norway Royal Norwegian Air Force Paraguay Paraguayan Air Arm one Mk.V bought in Argentina in 1947. Portugal Portuguese Air Force Royal Rhodesian Air Force Saudi Arabia Royal Saudi Air Force South Africa South African Air Force Southern Rhodesian Air Force Syria Syrian Air Force Turkey Turkish Air Force United Kingdom Royal Air Force (Initial Establishment + Immediate Reserve)
T Mark. 20
T Mark. 21
T Mark. 22
Fleet Air Arm
Mark. I
Mark. II
745 Naval Air Squadron
Mark. V
743 Naval Air Squadron
Mark. C.X
701 Naval Air Squadron
Mark. C.XII
Mark. C.XIX
'X' Flight of 781 Naval Air Squadron
United States 50 Canadian built Ansons were delivered to the USAAF as the AT-20. Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslav Air Force
Civilian operators
Argentina At least one, LV-FBR, in use in 1960
Australia
Woods Airways, WA (two surplus aircraft, 1948 to 1961) Brain & Brown Airfreighters (one Anson until at least 1977) East-West Airlines, one preserved (non-flying), at Tamworth Airport Brazil Companhia Meridional de Transportes (three Avro Anson Mk. IIs operated between 1945 and 1946) Bahrain Gulf Aviation Cuba three Canadian-built Ansons were transported to Cuba, operated by ANSA-Aerolíneas del Norte S.A., a regional airline from 1947 until the mid-1950s Directorate of Civil Aviation Indonesia Government of Indonesia chartered 2 Ansons during Indonesian National Revolution Transportes Aéreos de Timor operated two Anson Is. United Kingdom Blue Line Airways (1946–49) British European Airways (1947–50) Imperial Airways (1935–) Finglands Airways (1949–52) Ministry of Civil Aviation (1948–54) Railway Air Services (1945–47) Sivewright Airways (1946–48) Starways (1950) Transair (1950–52) Wiltshire School of Flying (1954)