D-Day Albemarle - T-shirt Colour:Dark Grey The Anson entered service with

The Anson entered service with the RAF in 1936

The aircraft entered service in 1966 and was finally retired by NASA in 1999

The aircraft was operated by the RNZAF right up to 1967

This aircraft first flew from Boscombe Down in 1954

formed in 1909 by Frederick Handley Page

D-Day Albemarle - T-shirt Colour:Dark Grey The Anson entered service withArmstrong Whitworth Albemarle The Allied Expeditionary Air Force was formed to control the tactical air power of the Allied Air Forces during Operation Overlord. It was also a component of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force commanded by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. On June 6th 1944 over 12,000 allied aircraft flew 14,674 sorties.