Blackler, Robert Stanley
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-08-11
Birth Date: 1915-February-10
Born:
Son of Robert Norman and Nettie I. Blackler of Ottawa.
Home: Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
6 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School
Base
RCAF Stn. Mountain View, Ontario
Rank
Squadron Leader
Position
Squadron Leader
Service Numbers
C/978
Home
Ottawa, Ontario
First Burial
Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.comThis incident involved multiple aircraft:
- Anson Mk. II Serial: 8226
All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.
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
Harold A Skaarup Web Page 
Avro Anson History6 BGS (6 Bomb and Gunnery School)
The Bombing and Gunnery School (B&GS) offered instruction in the techniques of bomb aiming and aerial machine gunnery to Air Observers, Bomb Aimers, and Wireless Air Gunners. These schools required large areas to accommodate their bombing and gunnery ranges, and were often located near water. The Avro Anson, Fairey Battle, Bristol Bolingbroke, and Westland Lysander were the standard aircraft used at B&GS schools.
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Mountainview Ontario Anson 8226
Anson Mk. II 8226
Delivered to stored reserve. Issued from storage on 4 May 1942. Category A crash at RCAF Station Mountain View, Ontario on 11 August 1944. To No. 6 Repair Depot on 17 August 1944 for scrapping.1942-04-25 Taken on Strength No. 1 Training Command 2019-08-20
1944-July-18 Accident: 6 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Thompson | Todd | Wyght
1944-August-11 Accident: 6 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Blackler | Davidson | Duncan | Hale
1944-08-30 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20