Ransome, Ronald Edward
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-04-24
Birth Date: 1922
Born:
Son of Ralph and Charlotte Elizabeth Ransome, of Croydon, Surrey, England.
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
31 ANS- Air Navigation School (RAF)
Base
Port Albert, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Flying Officer
Service Numbers
42360
First Burial
Maitland Cemetery, Goderich, Ontario, Canada
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: N9542
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 History31 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.
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Port Albert On
Anson N9542
Anson Mk. I N9542
Previously used by RAF at No. 13, 14, 8 and 10 Flying Training Schools. Assembled in Canada by Ottawa Car and Aircraft. With No. 31 Air Navigation School at Port Albert, Ontario from 12 March 1941. Crashed at 01:30 local time on 24 April 1941. The aircraft had been on a night training flight, and was descending through clouds near Goderich when it struck a ridge 3 miles east of the Goderich aerodrome. 2 crew killed (LAC I.L. Hughes, RAF and Flying Officer R.E. Ransome, RAF), 2 seriously injured. Had 389:20 logged time when struck off.1941-02-26 Taken on Strength Ottawa Car & Aircraft 2019-08-20
1941-April-24 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: 3 Mile 100° Names: Clark | Goodman | Hughes | Ranson
1941-06-25 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce by No. 6 Repair Depot 2019-08-20