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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. I 6717
Ex RAF W2405. To No. 3 Training Command on 28 August 1941, for use by No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Pennfield Ridge, NB. To Eastern Air Command with this School on 5 November 1941. Transferred from EAC to No. 2 Training Command for use by No. 1 Air Navigation School at Rivers Camp, Manitoba on 27 May 1942, reported delivered on 31 May 1942. To MacDonald Brothers Aircraft for overhaul, 14 July 1942. Assigned to Eastern Air command on 6 august 1942, for use by No. 1 General Reconnaissance School in PEI. Category B crash at Armstrong, Ontario on 12 August 1942, probably while ferrying to EAC. Crash location also reported as Winnipeg? To workshop reserve at No. 8 Repair Depot in Winnipeg on 14 September 1942. Scrapped there.1941-06-04 Taken on Strength Ottawa Car & Aircraft 2019-08-20
1942-February-18 Accident: 2 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Jackson | Jackson | Keohn | Martin | Quinn | Schoepf | Tremlett | White
1942-August-12 Accident: 124 Ferry Squadron Loc: Armstrong Ontario Names: Boswell | Holmes | Kirby | Labella | Macintyre | Rushton
1942-10-15 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
Anson 6267
Anson Mk. I 6267
Ex RAF W1772. To No. 4 Training Command on 8 January 1941, for use by No. 3 Service Flying Training School at Calgary, Alberta. Category D2 damage at Calgary, at 15:55 on 28 March 1941. To Aircraft Repair in Edmonton for overhaul, 23 April 1942. Scheduled for assignment to No. 9 Air Observer School at St. Jean, Quebec on 3 August 1942, but this was cancelled. Category A crash at Winnipeg on 12 August 1942, possibly while ferrying to eastern Canada. To No. 8 Repair Depot at Winnipeg on 14 September 1942 for scrapping1940-12-17 Taken on Strength MacDonald Brothers Aircraft 2019-08-20
1941-January-24 Accident: 3 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Unoccupied
1941-March-28 Accident: 3 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Calgary Names: Cowan | Gardner
1942-August-12 Accident: 124 Ferry Squadron Loc: Armstrong Ontario Names: Boswell | Holmes | Kirby | Labella | Macintyre | Rushton
1942-10-15 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
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