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
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Avro Anson HistoryCASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF Owned (4404) RCAF 400 Squadrons (6) Canadian Crewed (259) Canadian Manufactured (3956) Canadian Museum (1)Anson Mk. I 6037
Ex RAF R3448. To No. 1 Training Command on 30 April 1940. With No. 1 Air Observer School at Malton, Ontario. Some crew bailed out after encountering severe storm in May 1942, civilian staff pilot landed aircraft safely. No serious injuries. To de Havilland Canada for overhaul, 11 July to 14 September 1942. To No. 1 Training Command when completed. To short term storage on 7 June 1944. To No. 1 Air Command on 15 January 1945, still in storage, and pending disposal from that date. Stored at No. 6 Repair Depot, where it was reported with 3711:54 total time, 1709:00 since overhaul.1940-04-24 Taken on Strength National Steel Car 2019-08-20
1942-May-14 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Names: Bradley | Gibson | Jenkins | Royce
1945-04-27 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation 2019-08-20
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Malton Ontario
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