Avro Anson
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
CASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF On Strength (4404), RCAF 400 Squadron (6), Canadian Aircraft Losses (257)Anson Mk. I N9670
Winter conversion kit installed by MacDonald Brothers. To No. 2 Training Command on 1 August 1941, for use by No. 33 Service Flying Training School at Carberry, Manitoba. Category A crash at 23:45 on 16 August 1941, 1.5 miles east of Carberry aerodrome. Student pilot LAC L. Leader lost control on takeoff, and was killed. Scrapped by No. 33 SFTS.
1941-05-26 Taken on Strength MacDonald Brothers Aircraft 2019-08-20
1941-August-15 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Reader
1941-09-22 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20