Editing Avro Canada (section)

===Origins===
During [[World War II]], [[Victory Aircraft]] in [[Malton, Ontario]], was Canada's largest aircraft manufacturer. Prior to 1939, as a part of [[National Steel Car]] of [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], the concern was one of a number of "shadow factories" set up in Canada to produce British aircraft designs far out of range of enemy attack.<ref name="Frontiers"/> National Steel Car produced [[Avro Anson]] trainers, [[Handley Page Hampden]] bombers, [[Hawker Hurricane]] fighters and [[Westland Lysander]] army cooperation aircraft. National Steel Car Corporation of Malton, Ontario was formed in 1938 and renamed [[Victory Aircraft]] in 1942 when the Canadian government took over ownership and management of the main plant.<ref name="Frontiers"/> During World War II, Victory Aircraft built [[Avro]] (UK) aircraft: 3,197 [[Avro Anson|Anson]] trainers, 430 [[Avro Lancaster|Lancaster]] bombers, six [[Avro Lancastrian|Lancastrian]], one [[Avro Lincoln|Lincoln]] bomber and one [[Avro York|York]] transport.

[[File:Sir Roy Dobson and Crawford Gordon Jr.jpg|thumb|(L–R) Sir Roy Dobson and Crawford Gordon Jr. Note: Avro Arrow in background, c. 1957]]