St John's, Newfoundland
278 Sqn (Ex mare ad referiendum) Anson I DG809 shot down forty miles SE of Yarmouth, England, while engaged in a search and rescue sortie,
FS JAP Bartlett (RAFVR)(Nfld), Flight Sergeant D.A. Forestell (RCAF) and Warrant Officer LC Telford (RAF) killed, Flight Lieutenant PR Smith (RAF) and FS GF Hogan (RAF) missing, believed killed.
Bartlett, John Alex Peach (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1943-April-04
Birth Date: 1922
Born:
Parents: Son of John William and Ethel Blanche Bartlett, of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
Spouse:
Home: St John's, Newfoundland
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
278 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Base
RAF Matlaske
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
798582
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Anson serial: DG809
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.
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
Harold A Skaarup Web Page
Avro Anson History