My Dear Departed Dad did his WOP/AG training in an Anson, and had nothing but praise and affection for the type,which was a "Jack Of All Trades " in WW 2; navigation trainer,gunnery trainer, anti-submarine patroller, mail and personnel carrier, etc etc ; one in which he flew even force-landed at Tiree following an engine failure (luckily just the one ) and the crew spent the next few days eating more eggs than they had during the rest of the war ! Later, he experienced radial engine failure in a B17 of 214 ( Bomber Support)Squadron from RAF Oulton, and was pleased that the type continued to fly happily on the other 3 !
He crashed (in an AVRO York ) at Dum Dum , India, in 1946 ,which ended his flying days (as a Flying Officer) and he retired from Strike Command in High Wycombe in 1984 as second-in-command of civilian Radio Officers.