AVRO 621 TUTOR
- The Chadwick-designed Avro
621, flown in 1929, provided the RAF with a replacement for the Avro 504N
basic trainer, leading to production of 381 Tutors and 15 Avro 646 Sea
Tutors. Some 200, plus five Sea Tutors, still on RAF strength when WWII
began, and extensively used initially in training role, later as station
hacks, etc. At least one each used in Hong Kong and Singapore. Three civil
Tutors also impressed, 1940/41. Six Tutors acquired 1931 by RCAF, flown
until 1943. Danish Navy had five (three-locally-built) at time of German
occupation, but stored without use. Survivors of 29 Tutors bought by Greek
Air Force survived until 1941. SAAF still flying many Tutors in 1939,
of some 60 acquired, primarily from local production. Standard Tutor powered
by 240 hp Lynx IVC.
