Anderson, Frederick (Pilot Officer)

138 Squadron (For Freedom). After dropping two resistance fighters, Halifax V LL287 NF-S was on special operation OSRIC 27 to drop two agents in Belgium, shot down by a night fighter and ditched in the Scheldt river off Holland. Pilot Officer F Anderson (RCAF), Flying Officer E Francis DFC (RAF), Flight Sergeant E Bates (RAF) and the 2 Belgian Officers, Lt R Deprez and Lt A Giroulle, missing, Warrant Officer Class 2 SF Godfrey (RCAF), Warrant Officer J Weir (RAAF), Flight Lieutenant DR Beale (RAF) and Flight Sergeant GW Kimpton (RAF) taken Prisoner of War and Flight Lieutenant BB Mill (RAF) evaded. The s/n should be J86041. Detail provided by J.A. Galbraith, Ottawa, Ontario.