Anson (Total: 4,817, Canadian: 50, Group 50)

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

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YouTube Avro Anson History

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Anson Mk. II serial FP949

s/n FP949

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 949

Anson Mk. II serial FP950

s/n FP950

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 950

Known Units:

With No. 7 Service Flying Training School at Fort McLeod, Alberta in fall of 1943.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-August-24 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1943-March-23 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Laubman
   1946-August-16 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 566

Anson Mk. II serial FP951

s/n FP951

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 951

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-August-24 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1943-February-20 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mollard | Turner
   1947-January-15 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 566

Anson Mk. II serial FP952

s/n FP952

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 952

Known Units:

With No. 7 Service Flying Training School at Fort MacLeod, Alberta when it received Category C2 damage on 4 January 1944(?). Student pilot made a forced landing, with gear up, 76 miles north-east of the main aerodrome.
last update: 2025-February-05
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 566

Anson Mk. II serial FP953

s/n FP953

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 953

Known Units:

With No. 7 Service Flying Training School at Fort McLeod, Alberta in 1943.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-August-24 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1944-May-22 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cooper | Maxwell | Park
   1946-November-12 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 566

Anson Mk. II serial FP954

s/n FP954

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 954

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-August-24 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1944-October-11 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Brooks Names: Maclean
   1945-February-22 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 566

Anson Mk. II serial FP955

s/n FP955

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 955

Known Units:

With No. 7 Service Flying Training School at Fort McLeod, Alberta in fall of 1943.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-August-24 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1946-November-12 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 566

Anson Mk. II serial FP956

Anson Mk. II serial FP957

s/n FP957

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 957

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-August-31 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1943-November-22 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Burke
   1946-November-12 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 566

Anson Mk. II serial FP958

s/n FP958

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 958

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-August-31 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1945-May-14 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 566

Anson Mk. II serial FP959

s/n FP959

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 959

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-August-31 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1945-March-09 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 566

Anson Mk. II serial FP960

s/n FP960

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 960

Known Units:

With No. 7 Service Flying Training School at Fort McLeod, Alberta in fall of 1943.
last update: 2025-February-05
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 566

Anson Mk. II serial FP961

s/n FP961

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 961

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-August-31 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1946-August-17 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 566

Anson Mk. II serial FP962

s/n FP962

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 962

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 566

Anson Mk. II serial FP963

s/n FP963

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 963

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-August-31 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1943-August-07 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Mudlake Field Names: Follett | Johnstone
   1947-July-21 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 566

Anson Mk. II serial FP964

s/n FP964

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 964

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-August-31 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1946-August-16 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 566

Anson Mk. II serial FP965

s/n FP965

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 965

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-August-31 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1946-August-22 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 566

Anson Mk. II serial FP966

s/n FP966

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 966

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-07 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1943-April-28 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: O'Connell | Thompson | Tunstall
   1947-January-15 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 566

Anson Mk. II serial FP967

s/n FP967

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 967

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-07 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1943-June-26 Accident: 15 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Campbell | Robertson
   1946-August-17 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 566

Anson Mk. II serial FP969

s/n FP969

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 969

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-07 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1946-August-22 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 566

Anson Mk. II serial FP970

s/n FP970

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 970

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-07 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1947-January-08 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 566

Anson Mk. II serial FP971

s/n FP971

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 971

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-07 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1942-December-16 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Campbell | Clatworthy | Evancio | Hearn
   1947-January-27 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 566

Anson Mk. II serial FP972

s/n FP972

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 972

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-07 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1945-May-14 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP973

s/n FP973

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 973

Known Units:

With No. 7 Service Flying Training School at Fort McLeod, Alberta in fall of 1943.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-07 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1947-January-15 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP974

s/n FP974

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 974

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-14 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1945-February-13 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP975

s/n FP975

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 975

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-14 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1947-April-08 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP976

s/n FP976

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 976

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-14 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1942-November-04 Accident: 124 Ferry Squadron Loc: Armstrong Airport Names: Ashby | Pratt
   1946-August-22 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP977

s/n FP977

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 977

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP978

s/n FP978

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 978

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-14 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1944-December-05 Accident: 15 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: McCallum
   1946-August-21 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP979

s/n FP979

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 979

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-14 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1943-March-11 Accident: 15 Service Flying Training School Loc: Woodhouse R1 Names: Heath | Wells
   1947-January-27 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP980

s/n FP980

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 980

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP981

s/n FP981

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 981

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-21 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1946-August-21 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP982

s/n FP982

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 982

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-21 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1946-August-20 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP983

s/n FP983

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 983

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-21 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1943-April-28 Accident: 15 Service Flying Training School Loc: Stavely Alberta Names: Ewing | Tocchini
   1945-March-09 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP984

s/n FP984

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 984

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-21 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1944-January-10 Accident: 15 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bryers | Holder | Livingstone
   1945-January-27 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP985

s/n FP985

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 985

Anson Mk. II serial FP986

s/n FP986

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 986

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP987

s/n FP987

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 987

Anson Mk. II serial FP988

s/n FP988

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 988

Known Units: ;33

With No. 33 Service Flying Training School at Carberry, Manitoba when it crashed at Crawford Park, Manitoba (just south of Riding Mountain National Park) on 13 September 1944. At least one fatality.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-29 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1944-September-13 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Names: Naylor
   1944-October-10 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP989

s/n FP989

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 989

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP990

s/n FP990

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 990

Anson Mk. II serial FP991

s/n FP991

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 991

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-18 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1946-August-20 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP992

s/n FP992

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 992

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-18 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1946-August-22 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP993

s/n FP993

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 993

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-18 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1946-August-20 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP994

s/n FP994

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 994

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-September-18 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1946-August-21 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP995

s/n FP995

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 995

Known Units:

Delivered from No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba to Neepawa, Manitoba for storage on 4 December 1944.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-October-12 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1943-October-28 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Dunseith ND Names: Atkins | Nunn
   1945-March-10 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP996

s/n FP996

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 996

Known Units:

To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-October-12 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1943-June-19 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brydon
   1946-August-16 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567

Anson Mk. II serial FP997

s/n FP997

m/d 652A

Manufactured in Canada

de Havilland Canada

FP 997

Known Units:

Placed in storage at No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 8 December 1944.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-October-12 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1946-August-19 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 567