Model 685, York, MW232

Information from Johan Visschedijk

Avro 685 York C.Mk.I MW232, built at Manchester 1945 to Specification C.I/42 under contract No. 2429/C4A. To RAF 242 Squadron, coded KY-M, on January 7, 1946. Civil conversion in 1954, registered as G-ANTK to Dan-Air on July 23, 1954. Stored at Lasham April 1964, permanently withdrawn from use on October 27, 1964. Reportedly used as bunkhouse by Lasham scouts. Acquired by the Imperial War Museum at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, on May 23, 1986. Presently on display in Dan-Air markings.

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