Ottawa War Memorial
31 Air Navigation School, Port Albert, Ontario Anson I aircraft N 5353 missing on an air navigational training flight over Lake Huron near Goderich, Ontario Canada. Sergeant JG Jones (RAF) missing, presumed killed. Sergeant Jones has no known grave. Please see Clarkson, JW for complete casualty list.
Jones, Joseph George (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-06-20
Birth Date: 1916
Born:
Son of John Anthony Jones, and of Mary Ellen Jones (nee Meadows).
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
31 ANS- Air Navigation School (RAF)
Base
Port Albert, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Sergeant
Service Numbers
45889
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Anson N5353
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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.
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 HistoryAnson N5353
Anson Mk. I N5353
To No. 1 Training Command on 18 November 1940, for use by No. 31 Air Navigation School at Port Albert, Ontario. Delivered from de Havilland Canada to Port Albert by crew from No. 31 ANS on 19 November 1940. Disappeared over Lake Huron near Goderich, Ontario on 20 June 1941 during a navigation exercise. Sidcot suit and navigators instruments belonging to Leading Aircraftman J.W. Clarkson later found 4 miles off shore, 6 miles south-west of Goderich at 13:00 on 21 June 1941. Had 657:55 time in log book at time of crash. Pilot Sgt. J.G. Jones, Clarkson, and 2 others missing.1940-11-12 Taken on Strength de Havilland Canada 2019-08-20
1941-June-20 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Names: Bradbury | Clarkson | Evans | Jones
1941-09-06 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20
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31 ANS (31 Air Navigation School)
Nos. 1 & 2 Air Navigation Schools offered four-week courses in astronavigation and were the last step for Air Observers.The RAF schools, Nos. 31, 32, and 33, provided the same training as Air Observer Schools.
NO31 ANS Port Albert ON
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Port Albert On
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