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Barrie Union CemeteryAvro 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 N9652
To No. 1 Training Command on 17 January 1941, for use by No. 31 Air Navigation School, Port Albert, Ontario. Destroyed in mid-air collision near Bradford, Ontario (midway between Toronto and Barrie) with Anson N9595, at 13:45 on 13 March 1941. Both aircraft on navigation exercise. At least 3 fatalities from crew of 4. Had 56:40 logged time when it took off on last flight.1941-01-03 Taken on Strength Ottawa Car & Aircraft 2019-08-20
1941-March-13 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Bradford Ontario Names: Bell | Dodsworth | Douglas | Flower | Folkard | Jackson | Porter | Rundell
1941-07-11 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce by No. 6 Repair Depot 2019-08-20
Anson N9595
Anson Mk. I N9595
To No. 1 Training Command on 21 December 1940, for use by No. 31 Air Navigation School, Port Albert, Ontario. Destroyed in mid-air collision near Bradford, Ontario (midway between Toronto and Barrie, east of Camp Borden) with Anson N9652, at 13:45 on 13 March 1941. 4 fatalities, including pilot Flight Sergeant Dodsworth. Had 284:20 logged time when it crashed.1940-12-04 Taken on Strength Ottawa Car & Aircraft 2019-08-20
1941-March-13 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Bradford Ontario Names: Bell | Dodsworth | Douglas | Flower | Folkard | Jackson | Porter | Rundell
1941-07-14 Struck off Strength Struck off reduced to spares and produce by No. 6 Repair Depot 2019-08-20
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