Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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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Avro Anson HistoryAnson Mk. I 6234
Ex RAF N9771. To No. 2 Training Command on 9 December 1940. To MacDonald Brothers on 5 March 1941 for installation of winterization kit, quoted cost was $558.84. Back to No. 2 Training Command for use by No. 5 Air Observer School at Winnipeg. To MacDonald Brothers on 21 May 1942, for repairs, modifications, and installation of instruments. To No. 2 Training Command on 7 July 1942, for use by No. 7 Air Observer School at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.1940-12-04 Taken on Strength MacDonald Brothers Aircraft 2019-08-20
1942-December-21 Accident: 7 Air Observer School Loc: 4½ Mile West Of 7 AOS Names: Barber | Croft | Mcintyre | Weatherley
1943-04-20 Struck off Strength Struck off, scrapped by 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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