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Military service
Service number:
J/7755
Age:
22
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
407 Sqdn.
Birth:
July 27, 1920
Craigmyle, Alberta
Enlistment:
February 13, 1941
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
January 20, 1943
Bay Biscay
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 172.
Additional information
Son of William Boyd and Dagnie Asti Anderson (1959 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother), of Craigmyle, Alberta.
Brother of Flight Sergeant Lloyd George Anderson, killed in action March 31, 1944 and twin brother of Flight Sergeant James Sangster Anderson who crashed when the pilot tried to land on three engines on October 17, 1942.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Boyd Anderson
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Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
Mrs Dagnie Asta Anderson Silver Cross Mother 1959. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Mrs Dagnie Asta Anderson Silver Cross Mother 1959. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Mrs Dagnie Asta Anderson Silver Cross Mother 1959. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Mrs Dagnie Asta Anderson Silver Cross Mother 1959. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of William Boyd Anderson
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Photo of William Boyd Anderson
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Boyd Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Boyd Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Boyd Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Boyd Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Boyd Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Boyd Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Boyd Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Boyd Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Boyd Anderson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 131 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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