AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1942

Aircraft hub · 1942 · Second World War

Avro York

A Lancaster in a lounge suit; Churchill’s wartime transport and a Berlin Airlift stalwart. The gazetteer currently lists it at 2 UK museums.

1942
First flight
258
Built
298 mph
Top speed
2
Museums

Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.

On charge

Where to see the Avro York in the UK

The gazetteer records 2 Avro York airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 2 UK collections, in 2 regions: East of England, Midlands & Lincolnshire.

MuseumCityRegionAirframes recorded
IWM DuxfordChecked 2026-10-08 Cambridge East of England Avro York C.1 G-ANTK
Royal Air Force Museum MidlandsChecked 2026-10-08 Shifnal Midlands & Lincolnshire Avro York C.1 TS798

3D model

The York C.1 in 3D

A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as G-ANTK, an Avro 685 York C.1 built at Yeadon in 1946 with four Rolls-Royce Merlins as MW232, flown by Nos. 242 and 511 Squadrons of RAF Transport Command and in the Berlin Airlift, then by Dan-Air London on freight work until 1964, used as a bunkhouse at Lasham, and restored by Dan-Air engineers and the Duxford Aviation Society, painted as it is shown at IWM Duxford in Dan-Air London colours: white upper and light grey lower fuselage divided by a red cheatline, a black anti-glare panel on the nose, ‘DAN-AIR LONDON’ titles and the flag-and-compass badge on the fuselage and the white central fin, black outer fins with red caps, ‘DAN’ and ‘AIR’ panels and ‘G-ANTK’, blue-grey wings with black de-icing boots and red tips, a red ‘G-ANTK’ under the port wing, and red spinners with grey three-blade propellers tipped in yellow; the cargo-door outlines are approximate and the cabin windows are shown as flat panels. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (1.6 MB) · Plate 104 in The Hangar

Computed from the survey

Collection context

Types you’ll see alongside

Avro Vulcan, BAC Strikemaster & Bulldog, BAC TSR.2, Blackburn Buccaneer, Bristol Blenheim.

Where the type is thickest

East of England has 1 collection recording the type.

Marks and variants recorded

Avro York C.1.

Type notes

The Avro York in brief

TypeAvro York
UK museums holding one2
Airframes recorded in this survey2

Serials are the gazetteer's survey snapshot of what each collection records on charge — restorations move between workshops and reserve hangars, so check the museum page for opening times and current display status before travelling. Every type across 119 museums is indexed in the Compendium.

Aircraft questions

Frequently asked

How many Avro York airframes are left in the UK?

The Aviation Gazetteer records 2 Avro York airframes in UK collections.

Which museum has the most Avro York airframes?

IWM Duxford has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.