Anson (Total: 4,817, Canadian: 1, Group 1)

Avro Anson

Avro Anson Mk. V
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Museum's Anson Mk. V was built by MacDonald Brothers in Winnipeg in 1944. It flew with No. 7 Photographic Wing and No. 414 Squadron in Ottawa on photo survey work until the late 1940s. In 1956, it was purchased by INCO and used for mineral surveying until 1980, when it was donated to the Museum. The exterior is painted in the yellow colour common to all BCATP trainers and is in its same wartime RCAF markings.

The Avro Anson was known by a number of nicknames including "Faithful Annie" or "Flying Greenhouse". It was the first aircraft to be flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force to have a retractable undercarriage, which was a comparative novelty in 1936. In 1940, a Canadian government owned company, Federal Aircraft Limited, was created in Montreal to manufacture the Anson for Canadian use. Nearly 3,000 Anson aircraft were produced and, in the early days of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), the Anson was the standard trainer for many pilots, observers (navigators), wireless operators and bomb aimers. More than 20,000 aircrew received training on the Anson. In Canadian service, the aircraft was substantially re-designed with the substitution of North American engines and many other airframe and equipment changes. Harold Skaarup web pages

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

YouTube Avro Anson History

YouTube Avro Anson Construction

Anson 10257, Mk. IV

s/n 10257

as/n R9816

m/d 652A

A.V. Roe & Co Ltd.

10257

Ex RAF R9816. Mk 1 Operated by Test & Development Establishment at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario. Initially operated by this unit with RAF serial marked. Converted to prototype Mk. IV with Wright R975-E3 engines, probably received RCAF serial at this time. To No. 3 Training Command on 9 April 1942. To storage on 30 June 1942. Loaned to USAAF Material Division at Dayton, Ohio from 21 July 1942. Back to No. 3 Training Command on 16 November 1942. To No. 1 Training Command from 27 April 1943. To Central Aircraft in Crumlin, Ontario from 9 June to 30 September 1943. Back to No. 1 Training Command when completed. Pending disposal from 19 December 1944, when it had 734:40 total time, 651:15 since overhaul. To No. 1 Air Command on 15 January 1945, still pending disposal. By this date stored by No. 6 Repair Depot at No. 4 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit.
last update: 2024-December-25
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