Anderson, Bert Oscar (Sergeant)

Prisoner of War 1943-July-30

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Service

RCAF

Unit

218 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base

RAF Downham Market

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Mid Upper Gunner

Service Numbers

R/155939
PoW: 259844

Target
Google MapHamburg Germany

Took off from Downham Market at 22:35 in Stirling Mark III (Sqn code: HA-A Bomber Command).

Hit by flak over the target and then intercepted by a night-fighter and crashed at Ahrenswohlde

Killed: Flight Sergeant Earl Clarence Bray RCAF R/89558 KIA Becklingen War Cemetery grave 12. G. 2. Sergeant Raymond Stuart Pickard RAF KIA pilot Becklingen War Cemetery grave 23. A. 7.

POWs includes Anderson: Sergeant Gordon Everett Empson RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Pilot Officer Heber James Lister RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant William Laird Strang RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.