Lucky Lake, Saskatchewan
Anson aircraft 7431 was on a routine bombing exercise and was engaged in low-flying when it hit the top of a house and crashed fourteen miles west and six miles north of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan. Sergeant B.G. Warren and Leading Aircraftman T. Millard were killed.
Warren, Bertram George (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-August-24
Birth Date: 1913-March-31
Born:
Son of John George and Alice L. Warren of Lucky Lake; husband of Jean Grace Warren, of Lucky Lake.
Home: Lucky Lake, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
2 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School
Base
Mossbank, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Sergeant
Service Numbers
R/147519
School Daily Diary Entry - 1943-08-24
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.comCrew or Other Personnel
Anson 7431
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Anson serial: 7431
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
Avro Anson HistoryAircraft Images
Anson 7431
Anson Mk. II 7431
With No. 8 Bombing & Gunnery School at Lethbridge, Alberta when it suffered a Category A crash on 24 August 1943.1942-06-02 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1943-August-24 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Gravelbourg Names: Irving | Jenner | Millard | Warren
1944-03-24 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20
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Unit Desciption
2 BGS (2 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.
Mossbank NO2 BGS Magazine
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Mossbank Saskatchewan
Vintage Wings - Ghosts Of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum - 150 Project
The JN Dog Boys - 2 Bombing & Gunnery School History
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