
1 Central Navigation School, Rivers, Manitoba. Anson I aircraft 6888 was on a navigation training exercise when it crashed in Lake Manitoba nine miles west of Oak Point, Manitoba
Birth Date: 1924
Born:
Son of Charles Percival and Marion Kate Bagster, of Sevenoaks, Kent, England.
Home: Sevenoaks, Kent, England
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAFVR
Unit
1 CNS- Central Navigation School
Base
RCAF Stn. Rivers, Manitoba,
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Leading Aircraftman
Service Numbers
1806807
1 Central Navigation School, Rivers, Manitoba. Anson I aircraft 6888 was on a navigation training exercise when it crashed in Lake Manitoba nine miles west of Oak Point, Manitoba
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
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Rivers MB