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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
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Harold A Skaarup Web Page
Avro Anson HistoryAnson Mk. I 6077
Ex RAF R9878. To No. 4 Training Command on 15 June 1941, for use by No. 15 Service Flying Training School at Claresholm, Alberta. To Aircraft Repair in Edmonton for overhaul, 9 April to 24 June 1942. To No. 2 Training Command when completed. Category A crash on 13 August 1942, probably while with No. 7 Air Observer School at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.1940-09-23 Taken on Strength No. 2 Training Command 2019-08-20
1942-August-13 Accident: 7 Air Observer School Loc: 1 Mile North Of Airport Names: Bowery | Jones | Kosloff | Raison
1942-09-11 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce at No. 7 AOS 2019-08-20
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Portage la Prairie Manitoba
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum - 7 AOS History
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