In service with LVA and NEIAF.
In service with LVA.
The first AVRO 504A, no RFC 733, landed on March 21, 1915 at St Kruis in Zeeland and was interned as LA-13.
The engine of this aircraft, one of 80 hp Gnome, was replaced in 1917 by a Thulin engine.
In 1918 the serial was changed to A-21. Later, when the aircraft was only used for ground training, the serial was changed in A-1.
The second AVRO, an AVRO 504B with serial number 1001 from RNAS, landed on March 24, 1915 near Kruiningen. This AVRO was also interned and registered with serial LA14.
Of this aircraft the engine was also replaced with a Thulin engine. In 1918 the serial was changed to A-22. Both aircraft were written off in 1919.
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In service with NEIAF.
Just after the First World War the Dutch East Indies bought several airplanes to set up the new Flight Division of the NEI Army. Besides a number of Airco DH-9s, a number AVRO 504Ks was bought.
The first two Avro 504 arrived in August 1919. In 1922, another twelve aircraft were delivered.
The AVRO 504K was used as training aircraft. Despite a number of accidents, the aircraft did very well.
In 1924 a start was made to built an improved version of the AVRO 504K, initially at Andir, later at Soekamiskin. These AL aircraft had a plywood fuselage and improved fuel tank. The prototype was the LA-1 (later serialled as AL-57).
Late twenties and early thirties was a replacement was necessary and one Fokker S. IV and one Morane-Saulnier AR-35-EP-2 were bought. The AVRO turned out to be at least as good as these both types. So most remaining units were given a facelift in 1931; an Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose engine was built in to replace the Clerget rotary engine. These were re-serialled "AM" with the original aircraftnumber. In 1938, the last Avro 504K went out of service.
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