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

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
Anson Mk. II serial FP948
s/n FP948
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 948
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-April-07 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Borraivman | Cronin | Martin | See
1943-May-14 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hall
1944-July-09 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Stubbins
1944-August-17 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Granum Airport Names: Brown | Sessions
1946-August-22 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP949
s/n FP949
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 949
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1942-October-08 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hill
1942-December-04 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Maguire
1943-October-13 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mckenzie
1946-August-20 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP950
s/n FP950
m/d 652A

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
1943-March-23 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Laubman
1946-August-16 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP951
s/n FP951
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 951
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-February-20 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mollard | Turner
1947-January-15 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP952
s/n FP952
m/d 652A

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
1943-January-04 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Anderson | Fox
1943-October-26 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Natal Names: Hillard | McLeod | Wise
1946-August-20 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP953
s/n FP953
m/d 652A

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
1944-May-22 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cooper | Maxwell | Park
1946-November-12 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP954
s/n FP954
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 954
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1944-October-11 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Brooks Names: Maclean
1945-February-22 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP955
s/n FP955
m/d 652A

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
1946-November-12 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP956
s/n FP956
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 956
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-June-17 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Currie | Flamank | Hansman | Harvey | Mackenzie | Mcnab
1943-December-09 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: R1 Aerodrome Names: McCarthy
1944-February-23 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bull | MacDonald
1946-October-01 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP957
s/n FP957
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 957
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-November-22 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Burke
1946-November-12 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP958
s/n FP958
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 958
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1945-May-14 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP959
s/n FP959
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 959
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1945-March-09 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP960
s/n FP960
m/d 652A

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
1943-January-03 Accident: 15 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cowin
1944-July-31 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Kennedy | Tosland
1946-August-16 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP961
s/n FP961
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 961
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1946-August-17 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP962
s/n FP962
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 962
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1944-April-17 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hall
1944-April-19 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cook
1945-March-09 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP963
s/n FP963
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 963
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-August-07 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Mudlake Field Names: Follett | Johnstone
1947-July-21 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP964
s/n FP964
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 964
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1946-August-16 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP965
s/n FP965
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 965
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1946-August-22 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP966
s/n FP966
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 966
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-April-28 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: O'Connell | Thompson | Tunstall
1947-January-15 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP967
s/n FP967
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 967
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-June-26 Accident: 15 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Campbell | Robertson
1946-August-17 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP968
s/n FP968
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 968
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1942-November-07 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ghellman | Judd
1942-December-09 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Parrott | Rutherford
1943-August-20 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gordon | Hadden
1943-October-15 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Baker
1943-October-27 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Campbell
1944-April-02 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Granum Airport Names: Thomson
1944-September-16 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Local Flying Area Names: Scott | Veilleux
1944-September-16 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Local Flying Area Names: Scott | Veilleux
1946-October-01 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP969
s/n FP969
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 969
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1946-August-22 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP970
s/n FP970
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 970
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1947-January-08 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP971
s/n FP971
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 971
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1942-December-16 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Campbell | Clatworthy | Evancio | Hearn
1947-January-27 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP972
s/n FP972
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 972
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1945-May-14 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP973
s/n FP973
m/d 652A

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
1947-January-15 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP974
s/n FP974
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 974
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1945-February-13 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP975
s/n FP975
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 975
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1947-April-08 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP976
s/n FP976
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 976
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1942-November-04 Accident: 124 Ferry Squadron Loc: Armstrong Airport Names: Ashby | Pratt
1946-August-22 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP977
s/n FP977
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 977
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1944-February-07 Accident: 15 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cummings | Stech
1944-May-19 Accident: 15 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Heasman | Mcneil
1947-July-21 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP978
s/n FP978
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 978
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1944-December-05 Accident: 15 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: McCallum
1946-August-21 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP979
s/n FP979
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 979
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-March-11 Accident: 15 Service Flying Training School Loc: Woodhouse R1 Names: Heath | Wells
1947-January-27 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP980
s/n FP980
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 980
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1944-April-17 Accident: 15 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Lupton
1944-November-17 Accident: 15 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gamble
1945-February-22 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP981
s/n FP981
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 981
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1946-August-21 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP982
s/n FP982
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 982
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1946-August-20 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP983
s/n FP983
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 983
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-April-28 Accident: 15 Service Flying Training School Loc: Stavely Alberta Names: Ewing | Tocchini
1945-March-09 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP984
s/n FP984
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 984
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1944-January-10 Accident: 15 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bryers | Holder | Livingstone
1945-January-27 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP985
s/n FP985
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 985
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-May-20 Accident: 15 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Kogler | Powers
1943-November-03 Accident: 15 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Buckley
1944-May-22 Accident: 15 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Flatman | Milne | Sproule
1944-September-21 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP986
s/n FP986
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 986
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1942-December-04 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Harte-lovelace
1943-August-06 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brook
1946-August-19 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP987
s/n FP987
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 987
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-February-01 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Fewkes | Fyson | Krieger | Skynner
1944-February-09 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bolton | Bravery | Preistnall | Rands
1946-August-22 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP988
s/n FP988
m/d 652A

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
1944-September-13 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Names: Naylor
1944-October-10 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP989
s/n FP989
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 989
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-July-30 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: R1 Petrel Names: Dooley
1944-May-18 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Rlg Petrel Names: Williams
1946-August-22 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP990
s/n FP990
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 990
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1942-November-22 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Petrel Manitoba Names: Chapman | Goode
1943-June-29 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Willmott
1944-June-06 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Miall | Skerratt
1945-March-10 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP991
s/n FP991
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 991
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1946-August-20 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP992
s/n FP992
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 992
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1946-August-22 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP993
s/n FP993
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 993
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1946-August-20 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP994
s/n FP994
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 994
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1946-August-21 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP995
s/n FP995
m/d 652A

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
1943-October-28 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Dunseith ND Names: Atkins | Nunn
1945-March-10 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP996
s/n FP996
m/d 652A

de Havilland Canada
FP 996
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-June-19 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brydon
1946-August-16 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial FP997
s/n FP997
m/d 652A

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
1946-August-19 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07