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Military service
Service number:
R/99890
Age:
23
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Birth:
February 15, 1920
London, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 16, 1941
London, Ontario
Death:
July 4, 1943
Overseas, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IVa. A. 5.
Additional information
Son of John Albert Anderson and Irva Leona Wiley, of London, Ontario.
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John A. Anderson was born on February 15, 1920, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Anderson. He attended South Collegiate and enlisted in the Air Force in March 1941. He was an extra pilot in a Halifax bomber of #419 Squadron on his first operation to gain experience on the night of July 4, 1943 when two German fighter plans shot them down on the return flight from bombing Cologne. -
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Attestation Paper
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Memorial
Flight Sergeant John Albert Anderson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flight Sergeant John Albert Anderson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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A portion of the RCAF Memorial Wall, Brandon, MB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens June 2023 -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant John Albert Anderson as commemorated on the RCAF Memorial Wall, Brandon, MB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens June 2023
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Albert Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Albert Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Albert Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Albert Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Albert Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Albert Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Albert Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Albert Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Albert Anderson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 131 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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