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Jones, Basil Henry Mervyn (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-03-11

Male Head

Birth Date: 1925-01-01 (age 19)

Son of Dr. William Henry Jones and Gwendolen Frances Mildred Jones, of Worthing, Sussex, England.

Service
RAFVR
Unit
1 CNS- Central Navigation School
Base
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Service Numbers
1809628

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com Find-A-Grave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Burial
Google Map Rivers Cemetery, Canada
Plot 2 Block 29 Sec 25 Range 21

Crew on Anson Mk. I 6205

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

CASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF On Strength (4404), RCAF 400 Squadron (6), Canadian Aircraft Losses (257)
last update: 2022-02-22 21:45:24

Anson Mk. I 6205

Ex RAF W1701. To No. 3 Training Command on 11 December 1940, for use by No. 8 Service Flying Training School at Moncton, NB. Category C damage at Upper Sackville, NB at 13:00 on 22 February 1941. Nosed over after forced landing in snow. Temporary repairs on site allowed aircraft to be flown back to Moncton for further repairs. Category D5 damage on 9 August 1941, when a broken brake cable resulted in this aircraft taxiing into parked Anson 6285. To Eastern Air Command on 11 December 1941, for use by No. 2 Air Navigation School at Pennfield Ridge, NB. To No. 2 Training Command on 5 June 1942, for use by No. 1 Air Navigation School at Rivers, Manitoba. To storage on 16 November 1942. To MacDonald Brothers for overhaul, 5 May to 20 June 1943. To No. 2 Training Command when completed. With No. 7 Service Flying Training School at Fort McLeod, Alberta in fall of 1943. With Central Navigation School at Rivers Camp, Manitoba when it suffered a Category A crash near Carberry, Manitoba on 11 March 1944. At least 2 fatalities. To No. 8 Repair Depot for scrapping on 13 March 1944.
1940-12-04 Taken on Strength de Havilland Canada 2019-08-20
1941-February-22 Accident: 8 Service Flying Training School Loc: Upper Sackville Nova Scotia Names: Mcevoy
1941-August-09 Accident: 8 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Herbert | Ladoucer | Mclaughlin | Pike
1941-August-09 Accident: 8 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hebert | Ladouceur | Pike
1943-September-06 Accident: 1 Central Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bothwell | Dupas | French | Horrax | Pullin
1944-March-10 Accident: 1 Central Navigation School Loc: Ingelow Names: Forsyth | Jones | Robbins | Wickware
1944-04-22 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20


1 CNS- Central Navigation School (1 Central Navigation School)

NO1 ANS Ansons Rivers MB

RCAF Roundel RCAF.info - RCAF Station Rivers MB

NO 1 ANS was redesignated NO1 Central Navigation School after an amalgamation with NO 2 ANS from Pennfield Ridge, NB May 11 1942

General Virtual Manitoba - Rivers History

1942-05-11 Primary Location Rivers MB Canada Current site of Wheatland Spuds Plain Airport CRS5

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