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Anderson, Robert Allan (Pilot Officer)

Prisoner of War 1944-April-21

Birth Date: 1924-April-23 (age 19)

Son of Allan Alexander and Nina Anderson, of Brandon Manitoba.

Home: Brandon, MB

Enlistment: Brandon MB

Service
RCAF
Unit
420 (B) Sqn- Squadron
Pugnamus Finitum We fight to the finish
Base
RAF Tholthorpe
Rank
Pilot Officer
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Rear Gunner
Service Numbers
J/92326
Prev: R/191468
PoW: 4176

Halifax B/A.Mk.III LW692

Bombing Lens France 1944-April-20 to 1944-April-21

420 (B) Sqn (RCAF) Tholthorpe Yorkshire UK

Aircraft was off course, over Dieppe, which was a heavily defended German naval port. It was expected to cross into France near Le Havre, not Dieppe. Aircraft was shot down by flak en route to attack the rail junctions at Lens, France, crashing into the marsh surrounding Scie River, Pourville-Sur-Mer, Dieppe, France. Wheelhouse, Anderson and Bourcier baled and landed just offshore. Wheelhouse drowned, Anderson and Bourcier were taken Prisoners of War. Wilson's parachute failed to open.

Leonard, Gough and Warren were missing, presumed killed. They are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

An excavation of the crash site began in 2022. Original research by Bill Anderson Winnipeg

General Air Crew Remembered

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Home
Google MapBrandon, MB
Target
Google MapLens France
Burial
Google MapThomson in the Park Cemetery (aka Garry Memorial Gardens)

Halifax LW692

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