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Military service
Service number:
J/20943
Age:
24
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
358 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
July 6, 1920
Whitemouth, Manitoba
Enlistment:
September 8, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
June 19, 1945
Sandoway, Myanmar
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 455.
Additional information
Son of Charles John Anderson and Emily Josephine (née Carlbum)of Sioux Lookout, Ontario. He attended Sioux Lookout Public and Continuation School. Flight Lieutenant enjoyed baseball, hockey, hunting and fishing. Brother to Viola Esther.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Burma Star, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp, Operational Wings posthumously awarded 19 March 1947.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Arthur Erick Franklin Anderson
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RAF Liberator Plane
Arthur¿s B-24 Liberator, coded EW124, was similar to this RAF 159 Squadron model, seen taking off from its Digri, India base in 1944. -
Group Photo
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Photo of Arthur Anderson
Taken in British Columbia during Liberator crew training, circa early 1945. -
Group Photo 2
Arthur Anderson with two of his crewmates in India. Left to Right: Ernie Elford, Arthur Anderson, and Allan Silverthorn. They died together. -
Photo 2 of Arthur Anderson
A candid shot of Arthur Anderson in uniform. -
Inscription
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Newspaper clipping
From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Erick Franklin Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Erick Franklin Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Erick Franklin Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Erick Franklin Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Erick Franklin Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Erick Franklin Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Erick Franklin Anderson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 491 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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