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Krydor, SaskatchewanAvro 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,
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
Avro Anson HistoryCASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF On Strength (4404), RCAF 400 Squadron (6), Canadian Aircraft Losses (259), Canadian Manufactured (3956), Canadian Museum(1)Anson Mk. I / III R9688
To No. 2 Training Command on 4 September 1941, for use by No. 7 Air Observer School at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. One of 7 Ansons transferred from RAF account to JATP account on this date, to replace RCAF Ansons loaned to No. 33 Service Flying Training School at Carberry, Manitoba. Crashed at Point Pembina, North Dakota (about 80 miles south east of Portage, on the border with Manitoba) at 21:30 on 26 January 1942. Originally classified as Category C3 damage, but revised to Category B on 29 January 1942. To MacDonald Brothers Aircraft for repairs, arrived on 8 February 1942, but only on their books 10 to 26 February 1942. Converted to Mk. III while there. To No. 4 Training Command when completed. Category A crash at Fort McLeod, Alberta on 7 August 1942.1941-07-05 Taken on Strength No. 8 Repair Depot 2019-08-20
1942-11-27 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
RCAF.info - RCAF Station MacLeod AB
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