Built by A.V. Roe & Co at Newton Heath, Manchester and first flown in February 1939, crated and shipped to Melbourne. Operated by the RAAF's CFS and 8OTU during the war years, the Cadet was sold as surplus in 1945 becoming VH-AHI, changing hands several times and being used as a crop duster at various stages. In February 1961, by now VH-BJB, it was heavily damaged in a crash and rebuilt at Moorabbin, but crashed again just nine months later while crop spraying. In 1993 it was restored to flight, taking registration VH-RUO in 2000 and making its final flight to Point Cook for the museum in 2003

Sold in the US as N643AV in 1997.

Photographed probably when A6-17 was issued to Clyde Engineering for a major overhaul. It was returned to the CFS at Camden afterwards. A6-17 was sold at the end of World War II and became VH-AGH. It remains an active warbird in 2023. Photo from: Powerhouse Museum

A16-15 in the Clyde Engineering workshop after repairs following an accident. It was then dismantled, trucked to an RAAF base and returned to service. A6-15 crashed at Camden, NSW, on August 8, 1941. Photo from: Powerhouse Museum

VH-BJB fitted with a modified canopy from a Wackett trainer, the only Cadet to be so equipped. The aircraft was converted to a cropduster, without a canopy and crashed while spraying at Woorndoo, Victoria, on November 28, 1961. Restored to register as VH-RUO in 2000 and since sold to the RAAF Museum at Point Cook. Displayed in its original configuration and markings as A6-34. Photo from: State Library of Victoria.

Detail from same original as photo 304749. The Avro Cadets of Air Service Training have escorted the AW.28 Ensign prototype from Hamble to Coventry. G-ACNE is flanked by G-ACCL and by G-AEIR, which is a Type 643 Cadet II. Photo from: Central Press / Dan Shumaker collection

Formed at Hamble by John Siddeley in 1931, Air Service Training (AST) was the main civil operator of the Avro Cadet. G-ADCX was the last Type 631 plane, delivered in February 1935. Also seen are Type 631s G-ABWS / 1, G-ABXU / 2 and G-ADAV / 15; and Type 643 Cadet IIs G-ADTG / 18, G-ADTH / 19 and G-AEIR.

Withdrawn from use in 1961, VH-AGH became an exhibit in the museum Sid Marshall kept as part of his aircraft maintenance and joyflight business. It was restored and returned to the register in 2003. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia

Built at Woodford, Cheshire, in late 1938 for RAAF as A6-25. Sold postwar as VH-AEI, later VH-PRU. Bought by the Weeks Museum as N643AV and preserved in airworthy condition.

Became VH-AHM after World War II. RAAF photo. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia

A6-15 was rebuilt in 1940 by Clyde Engineering, a company better known for its railway locomotives. The aircraft overhaul plant was at Lidcombe, away from Clyde's main works at Granville. A6-15 crashed at Camden, NSW, on August 8, 1941.

A6-5 arrived in Australia in December 1935 as part of a shipment of six Cadets from an initial order for 12. Further orders increased this to 34. A6-5 was assembled at RAAF Laverton and delivered to nearby Point Cook. It served the RAAF until early 1945 when it was placed on the disposal list. Became VH-AEG in August 1945. Crashed near Kempsey, NSW, on January 11, 1952. Hangar 104 dates from World War I and is still in existence today. Photo from: State Library of Queensland

Crashed during spraying operations at Murwillumbah, NSW, on February 13, 1971. Powered by a 220hp Jacobs R-755 in place of the normal 150hp Genet Major. John Hopton photo.

Beautiful and rare: originally delivered to the RAAF in the second batch of Cadets during 1938-9. Initially served with 1FTS, Point Cook, but moved to Camden with CFS in 1941. Disposed of after the war, becoming VH-AGH on 16 July 1945

Over the Shoalhaven River with Ben Dannecker flying.

On display at RAAF Museum

Photo by Mike Madden.