Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Toronto, Ontario
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 HistoryCASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF On Strength (4404), RCAF 400 Squadron (6), Canadian Aircraft Losses (257)Anson Mk. II 7158
Delivered new to the Conversion Training Squadron at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario. Category A crash at Pendleton, Ontario on 2 July 1943. Application to write off came from RCAF Station Rockcliffe.
1942-04-13 Taken on Strength No. 3 Training Command 2019-08-20
1943-July-02 Accident: 10 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Plantagenet Ontario Names: Poulin | Shattock
1943-July-02 Accident: 1 REFRESHER Squadron Loc: Flantagenet Ontario Names: Brownie | Harker
1943-08-24 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20
Moth, Tiger I 8971
Delivered to stored reserve. Issued to No. 1 Training Command on 18 August 1942, for use by No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School at Windsor, Ontario. To Patterson & Hill Aircraft, 22 October to 23 December 1942. To No. 3 Training Command when completed. Crashed while with No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School at Pendleton, Ontario. To workshop reserve at No. 9 Repair Depot on 14 July 1943, following a crash. Request to scrap from No. 9 RD dated 6 October 1943.
RCAF - Accident Investigation File
1942-07-01 Taken on Strength No. 1 Training Command 2019-08-20
1942-October-07 Accident: 7 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Spence
1943-July-02 Accident: 10 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Plantagenet Ontario Names: Poulin | Shattock
1943-July-02 Accident: 1 REFRESHER Squadron Loc: Plantagenet Ontario Names: Brownie | Harker
1943-11-19 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
Moth, Tiger I 8971
Delivered to stored reserve. Issued to No. 1 Training Command on 18 August 1942, for use by No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School at Windsor, Ontario. To Patterson & Hill Aircraft, 22 October to 23 December 1942. To No. 3 Training Command when completed. Crashed while with No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School at Pendleton, Ontario. To workshop reserve at No. 9 Repair Depot on 14 July 1943, following a crash. Request to scrap from No. 9 RD dated 6 October 1943.
RCAF - Accident Investigation File
1942-07-01 Taken on Strength No. 1 Training Command 2019-08-20
1942-October-07 Accident: 7 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Spence
1943-July-02 Accident: 10 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Plantagenet Ontario Names: Poulin | Shattock
1943-July-02 Accident: 1 REFRESHER Squadron Loc: Plantagenet Ontario Names: Brownie | Harker
1943-11-19 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
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