Page 7 - September 2019

Nick Hutton, life member of the Commonwealth Air Training
Enjoy the unique experience of “flying” a Lancaster Plan Museum is looking for help in identifying some airmen in
bomber mission on our Microsoft Flight Simulator, while a photograph from World War II from his father’s photo
sitting in an actual Avro Anson Mk V Bomber cockpit collection. According to Nick, ``My late father, Peter Hutton,
section. gained his RAF pilot's wings in March 1945 at SFTS 10 Dauphin.
He died in 2015, aged 90…. ``I believe the five men shown
were instructors and the photo was given to all the trainees.
Certainly, the one we have has ``Hutton,’’ the family surname,
written on the back.’’ Nick assumes that the instructors taught
at No. 10 SFTS in the winter of 1944/45. He went on, ``If
Winston Churchill described the BCATP as ``possibly the
decisive factor of the war’’ what does it say of the instructors?

The Anson was a British designed aircraft that first flew
in 1935 and went on to serve in a wide variety of roles
during World War II. Over 11,000 were built and the
Anson was still flying with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in
1968.
Although used primarily as a trainer, Ansons served
operationally with the RAF in the early days of the war
as a light bomber and coastal patrol aircraft.
It would be nice that their names were recorded, at least.’’ If
During the evacuation of Dunkirk, Ansons were used anyone has information about the airmen in this photograph,
aggressively to protect the beleaguered British troops. please advise Nick at: utnick1@hotmail.com .
One Anson was attacked by ten Messerschmitt fighters
but managed to shoot down two and damage a third

before the action was broken off.

Because the Anson was severely limited in range, fire-
power and bomb load it was soon limited to training,
transport and other non-combat roles.

The Museum is restoring to runnable condition Anson
Mk II #7481. This Anson served at 7 Service Flying
Training School at Ft. Macleod and 2 Flying Instructor
School at Pearce, Alberta. The Anson is located in the
North Hangar, next to the Mosquito Bomber (which is
also being restored). The North hangar is open to the
public during some of the summer events at the
Museum.