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Re: Avro Anson Not if I can help it.
Andrew Chaplin (ab.chaplin@yourfinger.rogers.com) 2016/12/11 07:34

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Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
news:o2i9a8029fr@drn.newsguy.com:

> Developed from the Avro 652 airliner, the Anson, named after British
> Admiral George Anson, was[...]

... nicknamed "10,000 aircraft parts flying in close formation."

I think I collected that from Murray Peden's /A Thousand Shall Fall/.
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)

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