Anson (Total: 4,817, Canadian: 33, Group 33)
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 JS100
s/n JS100
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 100
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-July-08 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Say
1946-August-22 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS101
s/n JS101
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 101
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1945-March-10 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS102
s/n JS102
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 102
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Placed in storage at No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 6 December 1944.last update: 2025-February-05
1942-October-11 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Oberon Manitoba Names: Cook
1946-August-21 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS103
s/n JS103
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 103
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1944-May-08 Accident: 18 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Green
1946-August-19 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS104
s/n JS104
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 104
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1946-September-05 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS105
s/n JS105
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 105
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1942-September-26 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1944-April-14 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: R1 Petrel Manitoba Names: Durbin | Fearn
1944-May-02 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS106
s/n JS106
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 106
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1944-January-11 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Wilson
1946-August-22 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS107
s/n JS107
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 107
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Ferried from Yorkton to No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 2 December 1944. Into long term storage there on 11 December 1944.last update: 2025-February-05
1946-August-19 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS108
s/n JS108
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 108
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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
1944-June-08 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Virden Manitoba Names: Hubbard | Hudgell
1944-June-14 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Grinham | Hewitt
1945-March-10 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS109
s/n JS109
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 109
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-August-06 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mitchell
1946-August-19 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS110
s/n JS110
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 110
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-July-05 Accident: 17 Service Flying Training School Loc: Fleming Saskatchewan Names: Honeywell
1946-August-17 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS111
s/n JS111
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 111
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-October-27 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: David
1944-May-02 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Rivers Manitoba Names: Beare | Frend | Willett | Wolley-dod
1946-August-22 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS112
s/n JS112
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 112
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 JS113
s/n JS113
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 113
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1944-June-06 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: R1 Petrel Names: Hands | Mallaband
1946-August-19 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS114
s/n JS114
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 114
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1947-September-22 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS115
s/n JS115
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 115
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-July-06 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Longworth
1946-August-19 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS116
s/n JS116
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 116
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-April-10 Accident: 38 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Christopherson
1946-August-22 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS117
s/n JS117
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 117
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1942-December-06 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Collier | Henman | Wallace
1943-November-09 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Baxter
1943-November-17 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: 17 Service Flying Training School Souris Names: Gould | Whiteland
1944-July-26 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Winstone
1946-August-19 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS118
s/n JS118
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 118
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-August-14 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Petrel Relief Landing Ground Names: Thwaites
1943-September-09 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Petrel R1 Names: Ekeberg
1943-October-21 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Thorpe
1944-June-15 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Jackson | Payne
1944-August-09 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: 17 Service Flying Training School Souris Names: Bowen | Martin | Martin
1946-August-20 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS119
s/n JS119
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 119
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1942-October-21 Accident: 38 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Scott
1942-October-22 Accident: 38 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Donaldson
1943-May-24 Accident: 38 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Merrick | Outerbridge
1947-July-22 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS120
s/n JS120
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 120
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1942-November-26 Accident: 38 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cutler | Worall
1946-August-24 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS121
s/n JS121
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 121
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1942-December-09 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Steward
1944-April-17 Accident: 17 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bradbeer
1946-October-01 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS122
s/n JS122
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 122
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-February-03 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hayes | Overend
1946-August-21 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS123
s/n JS123
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 123
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1946-July-09 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS124
s/n JS124
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 124
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
1945-March-10 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS125
s/n JS125
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 125
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 JS126
s/n JS126
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 126
Known Units:
Ferried from Yorkton to No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 2 December 1944. Into long term storage at Carberry on 11 December 1944.last update: 2025-February-05
1946-August-21 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS127
s/n JS127
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 127
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 JS128
s/n JS128
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 128
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1946-October-01 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS129
s/n JS129
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 129
Known Units:
To RCAF for BCATP use, retained RAF serial number.last update: 2025-February-05
1946-August-19 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson Mk. II serial JS130
s/n JS130
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 130
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 JS131
s/n JS131
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 131
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 JS132
s/n JS132
m/d 652A

MacDonald Brothers Aircraft
JS 132
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Placed into long term storage at No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 9 December 1944.last update: 2025-February-05
1944-March-20 Accident: 11 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Budd | Russell
1946-August-19 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07