This Anson Mk.V was donated to the Museum in 1980. It is now finished inside as a navigation trainer - its primary role in the BCATP. The exterior is painted in the yellow color common to all BCATP trainers.
Avro Anson Mk.V
Due to a wartime steel shortage, a moulded plywood aircraft - the “Vidal Anson” was developed in 1941 and the first production Anson Mk.V flew from Cartierville, Quebec in January 1943. Before the war ended 1,049 Mk.Vs were built