Avro Anson
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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
CASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF Owned (4404) RCAF 400 Squadrons (6) Canadian Crewed (259) Canadian Manufactured (3956) Canadian Museum (1)Anson Mk. II FP719
With No. 7 Service Flying Training School at Fort McLeod, Alberta when it colldied on apparoach to Fort McLeod with Anson 7472 on 22 April 1943, at 03:45. The aircraft crashed together, with FP719 on top. Lone occupant in each aircraft killed, including Leading Aircraftman G.P. Burcher, RAAF in this aircraft.1942-08-17 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1943-April-22 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Burcher | Crotty
1943-05-27 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Anson 7472
Anson Mk. II 7472
With No. 7 Service Flying Training School at Fort McLeod, Alberta when it collided on approach to Fort McLeod with Anson FP719 on 22 April 1943, at 03:45. The aircraft crashed together, with FP719 on top. Lone occupant in each aircraft killed, including LAC. W.J. Crotty, RAAF in this aircraft.1942-07-20 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1942-August-28 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Macleod Names: O'Neil
1942-September-14 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brown | Rumney
1943-April-22 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Burcher | Crotty
1943-05-27 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20