Mazerall, Wallace Jerome

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-04-11

Birth Date: 1925

Born:

James F. Mazerall & Phyllis J. Mazerall

Home: Fredericton, New Brunswick (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

17 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

RCAF Stn. Souris, Manitoba

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

J/29280

Died in the crash of Anson - 11341.

This incident involved multiple aircraft:

  1. Anson Mk. II Serial: 11341

All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.

Avro Anson

Avro Anson Mk. V
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.
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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

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

YouTube Avro Anson History

YouTube Avro Anson Construction


Anson 11341

Anson Mk. II 11341

Delivered to storage, issued from storage on 1 March 1943. Delivered to No. 17 Service Flying Training School at Souris, Manitoba on 6 March 1943. Allocated to No. 8 Repair Depot on 15 April 1944 for scrapping, following a Category A crash.

1943-02-27 Taken on Strength No. 2 Training Command 2019-08-20
1944-April-11 Accident: 17 Service Flying Training School Loc: Brandon Names: Davis | Mazerall
1944-04-27 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20