Quinn, Michael Joseph
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-04-05
Birth Date: 1919-March-05
Born:
son of Michael and Mary Josephine Quinn, of Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Home: Londonderry, Northern ireland
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
33 ANS- Air Navigation School (RAF)
Base
RCAF Mount Hope
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Leading Aircraftman
Service Numbers
538203
Londonderry, Northern irelandAnson crashed on night navigation exercise in snowstorm.
"Depressed compound comminuted fracture of the skull" pursuant to airplane crash.Certificate of Registration of Death
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)This incident involved multiple aircraft:
- Anson Mk. I Serial: 7050
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 History33 ANS (33 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.
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Hamilton (Mount Hope) ON
Anson 7050
Anson Mk. I 7050
Ex RAF AW780. To stored reserve when taken on strength. To de Havilland Canada on 6 April 1942, probably for assembly. Assigned to No. 1 Training Command on 14 August 1942, delivered on 26 August 1942, for use by No. 33 Air Navigation School at Mount Hope, Ontario. Still with this School when it crashed on 5 April 1943. Aircraft encountered snowstorm during night cross country, wing tip struck ground in attempting to turn around. Crashed at 23:59, 3 miles east of Thamesford, Ontario (near Crumlin). At least one fatality. Request to scrap from No. 33 ANS dated 7 April 1943. Ownership to No. 6 Repair Depot on 10 April 1943 for write off.1941-10-23 Taken on Strength No. 12 Technical Detachment 2019-08-20
1943-April-05 Accident: 33 Air Navigation School Loc: East Of Thamesford Ontario Names: Briney | Brown | Cunnington | Parker | Quinn
1943-05-07 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20