Anson (Total: 4,817, Canadian: 3, Group 3)

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 10497, Mk. I

s/n 10497

as/n DJ131, reported delivered to RAF as a Mk

m/d 652A

A.V. Roe & Co Ltd.

10497

Ex RAF DJ131, reported delivered to RAF as a Mk. IV, but designated Mk. I in RCAF records, which show the aircraft fitted with Cheetah IV engines. To Eastern Air Command on 15 August 1942. To No. 6 Repair Depot on 21 February 1944 "for check-up prior to further allotment." Pending disposal with No. 1 Training Command from 15 June 1944. To No. 1 Air Command on 15 January 1945, still pending disposal. Had 1255:15 total time when struck off.
last update: 2024-December-25
   1942-April-27 Taken on Strength Canada Car & Foundry 2019-08-20
   1945-February-09 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 374

Anson 10498, Mk. I

s/n 10498

as/n DJ132

m/d 652A

A.V. Roe & Co Ltd.

10498

Ex RAF DJ132. reported delivered to RAF as a Mk. IV, but designated Mk. I in RCAF records. To Eastern Air Command on 31 August 1942. To No. 4 Repair Depot at Scoudouc, NB on 20 October 1941, following a Category B crash. To CC & F from 23 October 1942 to 7 January 1943, for repairs. Back to Eastern Air Command when completed. To No. 1 Training Command on 27 July 1943, for use at No. 1 Air Observer School at Malton, Ontario. To Central Aircraft in Crumlin, Ontario from 16 August to 29 September 1943. To storage with No. 1 Training Command when completed. Issued on 9 March 1944 to No. 31 Air Navigation School at Port Albert, Ontario. Pending disposal from 24 November 1944. To No. 1 Air Command on 15 January 1945, still pending disposal, stored at No. 4 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Brantford, Ontario. Had 632:10 total time when struck off.
last update: 2024-December-25
   1942-April-27 Taken on Strength Canada Car & Foundry 2019-08-20
1942-October-16 Accident: 31 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Names: Cobbledick | Mathews | Saunders | Shaw
   1946-August-16 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 374

Anson 10499, Mk. I / IV

s/n 10499

as/n DJ133

m/d 652A

A.V. Roe & Co Ltd.

10499

Ex RAF DJ133. reported delivered to RAF as a Mk. IV, but first designated Mk. I in RCAF records, with Cheetah IX engines. To Eastern Air Command on 1 October 1942. To No. 1 Training Command on 3 August 1943. To Central Aircraft at Crumlin, Ontario from 7 September to 28 October 1943, for conversion to Mk. IV. To No. 1 Air Observer School at Malton, Ontario when completed. Pending disposal from 12 October 1944, stored at No. 5 Service Flying Training School at Brantford, Ontario. To No. 1 Air Command on 15 January 1945, still pending disposal, stored at No. 4 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Brantford. Had 1518:20 total time, 699:55 since overhaul, when struck off. Sold to Aircraft Industries of Montreal.
last update: 2024-December-25
   1942-April-27 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
   1946-March-18 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 374