Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Find-A-Grave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
Rochdale, Lancashire, England. (parents)
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
Harold A Skaarup Web Page
Avro Anson HistoryCASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF On Strength (4404), RCAF 400 Squadron (6), Canadian Aircraft Losses (257)Anson Mk. I 6709
Ex RAF W2491. To No. 1 Training Command on 28 July 1941, for use by No. 16 Service Flying Training School at Hagersville, Ontario. Later with No. 33 Air Navigation School at Hamilton (Mount Hope), Ontario. Airman injured by propeller during engine starting at 16:00 on 23 June 1942, at Mount Hope aerodrome. Still with 33 ANS when it crashed 1 mile south-east of Avon, Ontario during a night training flight on 13 December 1942. Struck a tree during a heavy snow storm, 4 fatalities. To workshop reserve at No. 6 Repair Depot on 21 December 1943, scrapped by this RD.
1941-07-05 Taken on Strength de Havilland Canada 2019-08-20
1942-June-23 Accident: 33 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Peters | Willets
1942-December-13 Accident: 33 Air Navigation School Loc: Avon Names: Board | Bressloff | Chadwick | Johnson
1943-02-02 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
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