The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and numerous other air forces prior to, during, and after the Second World War. Suitable as a multi-engine air crew trainer, the plane became a mainstay of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
DEW refers to the distant early warning line in the Arctic.
Custodial History
See fonds level of the CKX records for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Image of a man and plane in an airplane hanger.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the Avro Anson entry on Wikipedia (November 2010) available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Anson.
The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and numerous other air forces prior to, during, and after the Second World War. Suitable as a multi-engine air crew trainer, the plane became a mainstay of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
DEW refers to the distant early warning line in the Arctic.
Custodial History
See fonds level of the CKX records for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Image of a man at the door of the plane.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the Avro Anson entry on Wikipedia (November 2010) available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Anson.
The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and numerous other air forces prior to, during, and after the Second World War. Suitable as a multi-engine air crew trainer, the plane became a mainstay of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
DEW refers to the distant early warning line in the Arctic.
Custodial History
See fonds level of the CKX records for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Image of two men working on the plane's propeller.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the Avro Anson entry on Wikipedia (November 2010) available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Anson.
The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and numerous other air forces prior to, during, and after the Second World War. Suitable as a multi-engine air crew trainer, the plane became a mainstay of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
DEW refers to the distant early warning line in the Arctic.
Custodial History
See fonds level of the CKX records for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Image of two men loading the wings of a plane into the flatbed of a truck.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the Avro Anson entry on Wikipedia (November 2010) available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Anson.
The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and numerous other air forces prior to, during, and after the Second World War. Suitable as a multi-engine air crew trainer, the plane became a mainstay of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
DEW refers to the distant early warning line in the Arctic.
Custodial History
See fonds level of the CKX records for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Image of some kind of wreckage.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the Avro Anson entry on Wikipedia (November 2010) available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Anson.
Corners of photograph mat are bent. Picture is cracked.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows an early view of Brandon's 6th Street in the 1880s. The Winter & O'Neail Groceries & Provisions and James Smart Hardware storefronts have been photographed. A street sign designating 6th Street can be seen below the Winter & O'Neail sign. A horse and cart is parked in front of the grocery store. A number of men wearing hats and jackets are standing along the boardwalk while posing for the picture. Lumber/timber saws are displayed in teh windows of the hardware store.
Notes
Front of photograph reads: 6th Street, Brandon, Manitoba, 1881-1882, Entrance [to Winter & O'Neail] corner of Rosser Ave & 6th Street.