Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
Richmond, Virginia, USA
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
Harold A Skaarup Web Page
Avro Anson HistoryCASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF Owned (4404) RCAF 400 Squadrons (6) Canadian Crewed (259) Canadian Manufactured (3956) Canadian Museum (1)Anson Mk. II 7070
First Canadian built Anson to fly. First flight delayed by poor field conditions. Taken on strength by No. 1 Training Command on 26 August 1941. Used by No. 5 Service Flying Training School at Brantford, Ontario. Category C7 damage at Brantford aerodrome, at 12:45 on 20 March 1942. Category A crash at Brantford on 16 September 1942, after striking trees. Pilot Officer J.G. Heath and Leading Aircraftman D.J. Johnson killed. To No. 6 Repair Depot for scrapping.1941-08-14 First Flight First flight at Amherst, NS, by D. S. "Bon" Bondurant 2019-08-20
1941-08-26 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1942-March-20 Accident: 5 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Thomson
1942-September-16 Accident: 5 Service Flying Training School Loc: Lynedock Ontario Names: Heath | Johnson
1942-11-07 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Brantford Ontario
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