Davis, Kenneth Frederick

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-08-27

Birth Date: 1914

Born:

Son of Van B. and Anna Davis, of Des Moines.

Home: Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

5 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

RCAF Stn.Brantford, Ontario

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Leading Aircraftman

Service Numbers

R/86395

Home
Google MapDes Moines, Iowa, USA
First Burial
Google MapGlendale Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa, Usa
Anson aircraft 6154 and Anson 6190 were both in the landing approach when they collided and crashed one and one half miles south of the aerodrome at Brantford. Leading Aircraftman A. Switzer, the pilot of 6154, was also killed.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

This incident involved multiple aircraft:

  1. Anson Mk. I Serial: 6190
  2. Anson Mk. I Serial: 6154

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

Anson 6190

Leading Aircraftman Davis, Kenneth Frederick (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1941-August-27
Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa, USA

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 6190

Anson Mk. I 6190

Ex RAF W1596. To No. 1 Training Command on 22 November 1940, for use by No. 5 Service Flying Training School at Brantford, Ontario. Category A crash near Brantford at 10:50 on 27 August 1941. Mid-air collision with Anson 6154 while both were on landing approach. Had 940:10 logged time.

1940-11-12 Taken on Strength Ottawa Car & Aircraft 2019-08-20
1941-August-27 Accident: 5 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Davis | Switzer
1941-11-05 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce by No. 6 Repair Depot 2019-08-20

Anson 6154

Anson Mk. I 6154

Ex RAF W1577. To No. 1 Training Command on 11 November 1940, for use by No. 5 Service Flying Training School at Brantford, Ontario. Category A crash near Brantford aerodrome, at 10:50 on 27 August 1941. Mid-air with Anson 6190 on approach to landing. Had 869:15 logged time.

1940-10-21 Taken on Strength No. 6 Repair Depot 2020-10-05
1941-April-09 Accident: 5 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Langlois | Tullett | Woodhead
1941-August-27 Accident: 5 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Davis | Switzer
1941-11-05 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce by No. 6 Repair Depot 2019-08-20