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 Owned (4404) RCAF 400 Squadrons (6) Canadian Crewed (259) Canadian Manufactured (3956) Canadian Museum (1)Anson Mk. I 6261
Ex RAF W1752. To No. 1 Training Command on 8 January 1941, for use by No. 5 Service Flying Training School at Brantford, Ontario. Category A crash near Brantford at 11:45 on 23 March 1941. Came down 1 mile north-east of Burtch relief landing field. Had 259:05 logged time when struck off.1940-12-04 Taken on Strength de Havilland Canada 2019-08-20
1941-March-23 Accident: 5 Service Flying Training School Loc: Brantford Ontario Names: Andrews | Patterson
1941-07-03 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce at No. 5 SFTS 2019-08-20