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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	RAF Equivalent Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1	Anderson	C T R	Sergeant								Bomber Command	102Sqn (Ceylon)	1941-11-30	Whitley	V	Z6800	DY-	Dalton	1647	Hamburg	Crashed near Kiel	Killed	Kiel
2	Anderson	A C	Pilot Officer							RNZAF	Bomber Command	150Sqn	1941-08-06	Wellington	Ic	W5721	JN-Z	Snaith	2235	Frankfurt	?	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
3	Anderson	John Graham	Flying Officer		NZ/421344			Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	207Sqn	1944-11-16	Lancaster	I	NF979	EM-B	RAF Silsby, Lincolnshire	1254	Duren	See archive report for further details	Killed	Venray War Cemetery. Collective grave V. C. 5-8			Read Archive Report
4	Anderson	Ronald Claude	Sergeant		NZ415980			Wireless Operator		RNZAF	Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1943-04-16	Lancaster	I	ED780	PO-	Bottesford	2133	Plzen	?	Killed	Poix-de-Picardie Churchyard Row E, Grave 17.			Son of Frederick Edward Anderson, and of Rose Sophia Anderson (nee Barltrop), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
5	Anderson	H H W	Flight Sergeant							RNZAF	Bomber Command	49Sqn	1944-03-30	Lancaster	III	JB466	EA-A	Fiskerton	2206	Nurnberg	Crashed Schleusingen	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
6	Anderson	R B	Flying Officer						MiD	RNZAF	Bomber Command	61Sqn	1945-01-05	Lancaster	I	PA165	QR-V	Skellingthorpe	25	Houffalize	Crashed target area	Killed	Houffalize Communal cemetery
7	Anderson	William James	Sergeant		NZ/41617	Age 23	New Zealander	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RNZAF	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1942-09-16	Stirling	I	W7569	MG-D	RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire	2005	Essen	Believed to have been damaged by flak. Crashed in IJsselmeer near Lemmer at 2300. See archive report	Killed	Lemsterland (Lemmer) General Cemetery Plot C Row 9 Grave 243	Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand		Born on the 16th October 1918 in New Brighton. Worked as a welder/cutter for Booth MacDonald and Company Ltd. Enlisted at Levin on the 19th January 1941. Embarked for Canada on the 27th of February 1941. Wireless operator/air gunner badge awarded on the 01st September 1941 and promoted to sergeant. By Stranraer flying boat to Halifax on the 04th September 1941. Embarked for England on the 18th of September 1941. Further training with 11 Operational Training Unit on the 25th November 1941 and then with No. 7 Conversion flight on the Stirling. Joined 7 squadron on the 27th of August 1942. Son of William Stevenson Anderson (died 09th February 1967, age 86) and of Catherine Strath Anderson (née McArthur - died 29th May 1967, age 85), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. A total of 160 flying hours were logged. On his 5th operational sortie.	Archive Report on loss
8	Anderson	Lindsay Douglas	Sergeant		NZ/391321	Age 20	New Zealand	Observer		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1940-09-20	Wellington	Ic	T2463	AA-E	RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk	2115	Invasion Ports	See archive report for further details	Killed	Adegem Canadian War Cemetery Coll. grave XII. H. 1-5			Read Archive Report
9	Anderson	Alexander Stuart	Flight Lieutenant		NZ/391873			Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter Command	487Sqn RNZAF	1944-11-18	Mosquito	FB.VI	HR248	EG-K	RAF Thorney Island, Sussex	2345	Intruder	See archive report for further details	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery. Grave 11.A.21			Read Archive Report
10	Anderson	William Gowland	Sergeant		1501026			Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	101 Sqn	1944-04-27	Lancaster	I	LL750	SR:P	Ludford Magna	21:40	Friedrichshafen	See Archive Report for details	Killed	Vevey (St. Martin’s) Cemetery Grave 92			Son of William and May Anderson, of Murton, Co. Durham, England	Archive Report
11	Anderson	J D	Sergeant								Bomber Command	101Sqn	1941-12-27	Wellington	Ic	Z1115	SR-	Oakington	1700	Dusseldorf	?	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
12	Anderson	J W	Sergeant								Bomber Command	101Sqn	1943-12-05	Lancaster	III	DV270	SR-E	Ludford Magna	1658	Training	Crashed near Binbrook Hall	Killed
13	Anderson	R	Sergeant								Bomber Command	101Sqn	1943-11-03	Lancaster	III	DV265	SR-F	Ludford magna	1713	Dusseldorf	Abandoned over Dusseldorf	PoW
14	Anderson	B A	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	90Sqn	1943-08-27	Stirling	III	EF439	WP-H	Wratting Common	2146	Nurnberg	Crashed at Hesselberg	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
15	Anderson	E G M	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	102Sqn (Ceylon)	1941-08-31	Whitley	V	Z6837	DY-	Topcliffe	1950	Essen	Crashed near Schaffen Belgium	Killed	Schaffen Communal
16	Anderson	E G M	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	102Sqn (Ceylon)	1941-07-15	Whitley		Z6820				Bremen	Damaged by flak
17	Anderson	G H	Sergeant								Bomber Command	103Sqn	1943-01-21	Lancaster	I	W4340	PM-A	Elsham Wolds	1735	Essen	?	Killed	Runnymede
18	Anderson	W H	Sergeant								Bomber Command	104Sqn	1941-09-07	Wellington	II	W5362	EP-J	Driffield	2034	Berlin	?	Killed
19	Anderson	G S	Sergeant								Bomber Command	106Sqn	1942-12-20	Lancaster	I	R5697	ZN-	Syerston	1750	Duisburg	Crashed at Oudelandsdijk	Killed	Amsterdam New Eastern
20	Anderson	J T	Flight Lieutenant								Bomber Command	115Sqn	1943-10-20	Lancaster	II	DS725	KO-F	Little Snoring	1817	Leipzig	Believed crashed Engersen	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
21	Anderson	P J P	Pilot Officer		66595			Pilot			Fighter	118Sqn	1941-09-01	Spitfire	II	P8511				Ramrod	Shot down NE of Cherbourg	Killed	Runnymede Memorial United Kingdom
22	Anderson	C B	Sergeant								Bomber Command	12Sqn	1943-06-17	Lancaster	I	W4374	PH-D			Training	Crashed at Holton Lincs	Injured
23	Anderson	J McI	Sergeant								Bomber Command	12Sqn	1943-11-03	Lancaster	III	JB536	PH-F	Wickenby	1717	Dusseldorf	?	Killed	Runnymede
24	Anderson	Nicholas	Sergeant		1542641	March 4th 1921		FE		RAF	Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1943-12-10	Halifax	II	BB378	NF-D	Tempsford	2150	SOE	Crash landed near Tostrup	PoW 267429 Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). Died 1993 in Shrewsbury, UK				Carrying top Danish agent Major Flemming Muus He escaped 3 times from Stalag 4B. The third attempt was successful and he managed to contact US Army 69 Division.. Barrter crew BB378 (L-R front) Fry, Barrter, Anderson (L-R back) Riggs, Atkins, Howell, Smith (Turvil absent)
25	Anderson	M B	Sergeant								Bomber Command	14 OTU	1942-09-13	Hampden	I	AD845	GL-B	Cottesmore	.0002.	Bremen	Crashed at base on return
26	Anderson	Lloyd	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-817368		American	Co-Pilot		USAAF	8th Air Force	7th Bombardment Squadron (H), 34th Bombardment Group (H), 3rd Air Division	1944-06-22	B-24 Turgo Joe	J	42-40303	R2:?	Mendlesham airfield (Station #156), Suffolk, England		Marshalling yards, SE of Paris (Mission #432), France	See archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 3					Read Archive Report
27	Anderson	William Frank	Flying Officer		J29202	5th January 1923	Canada	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-11-01	Halifax	VII	NP709	OW:A	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire	17:44	Oberhausen	See Archive report for further details	MiA	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 244	Courtesy John Jones	Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
28	Andersen	Peter Stewart Quirk	Squadron Leader		40197	Age 24		Pilot		RAF	Fighter Command	418Sqn	1942-05-17	Boston	III	W8318	TH-?	RAF Bradwell Bay	2256	Intruder	See archive report for further details	PoW No. 46 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagen	None			Read Archive Report
29	Anderson	Hugh John	Flight Lieutenant		C/17844			Flight Engineer	DFM	RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1944-09-26	Lancaster	III	PB129	LQ-A	RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire	1200	Cap Gris Nez	See archive report for full details	Injured	None - survived the war. Passed away 1965.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
30	Anderson	M W	Flight Lieutenant							RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1944-11-16	Halifax	VII	NP770	EQ-G	Linton on Ouse	1222	Munster	Abandoned over Belgium				Paradie Archive Database
31	Anderson	Bruce Benjamin	Flying Officer		J/35534	Age 27	Canadian	Bomb Aimer		RCAF	Bomber Command	415Sqn RCAF	1944-11-02	Halifax	III	MZ603	6U-E	RAF RAF East Moor, Yorkshire	1606	Dusseldorf	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery. Plot 7. Row B. Collective Grave 14-18	Courtesy John Jones		Born on the 26th December 1917 in Llandudno, Wales. Son of Benjamin Wellington Anderson and Margaret Ethel Anderson (née Jackson), of Toronto, Ontario. Canada Grave inscription: 'His Sun Has Set While It Is Yet Day'.	Archive report
32	Anderson	George	Pilot Officer		J/95243					RCAF	Bomber Command	415Sqn RCAF	1945-03-31	Halifax	III	MZ922	6U-C	East Moor	623	Hamburg	Reported shot down by Me262	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database	Posthumously promoted to P/O
33	Anderson	H G	Pilot Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1942-02-12	Wellington	IC	Z1091	VR-A	Mildenhall	1700	Fuller	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
34	Anderson	J A	Flight Sergeant		R99890					RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1943-07-03	Halifax	II	JD159	VR-Y	Middleton St George	2230	Koln	Crashed Muizen	Killed	Schoonlselhof Cemetery {Antwerpen} Belgium		Paradie Archive Database
35	Anderson	Howard Francis	Flight Sergeant W/Op Air Gunner		J/92358					RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-08-25	Lancaster	X	KB708	VR-E	RAF Middleton St George	1934	Russelsheim (Opel works)	Crashed at Boscombe Down on return	Killed	Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey. Grave 43.G.3.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
36	Anderson	William Smith	Flying Officer		J/41164			Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1945-02-14	Halifax	III	NA179	PT-B	Tholthorpe	1701	Chemnitz	Crashed 1mile N of airfield on return	Killed	Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database	Paradie Archive
37	Anderson	Robert Allan	Sergeant		R/191468	Age 20	Canada	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	420 Sqn RCAF	1944-04-20	Halifax	III	LW692	PT-V	RAF Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire	2113	Lens	See archive report for further brief details	PoW No: 4176 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria	None - Survived the war		Paradie Archive Database	Promoted to Fg.Off. 1st September 1944	Read Archive Report
38	Anderson	Mark Sylvester Harold	Pilot Officer		J/92728		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1945-03-05	Halifax	III	MZ845	KW-J	RAF Tholthorpe, North Riding of Yorkshire	1647	Chemnitz	Collided with 426 Sqn (PN 228) aircraft and crashed near Linton on Ouse	Killed	Harrogate {Stonefall} Cemetery - Sec. G. Row H. Grave 12.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
39	Anderson	L L	Sergeant		R101990					RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1943-04-04	Wellington	III	X3699	OW-	Dishforth	2030	Kiel	Ditched 10 miles off Cromer Norfolk				Paradie Archive Database
40	Allen	Basil Derrik	Sergeant		1021545	1920		Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	149Sqn (East India)	1942-11-16	Stirling	I	W7566	OJ-C	Lakenheath	1721	Gardening	On the night of 16/17 November Oberleutnant Reinhald Knacke and his bordfunker, Unteroffizier Heu of 1./NJG1 destroyed a Short Stirling when 65 aircraft were engaged in ‘Gardening’ operations from Lorient to the Friesian Islands, Short Stirling I W7566 OJ-C on 149 Squadron flown by Sergeant Thomas Anderson West and two Wellingtons tailed to return from the night’s operations. The Stirling had taken oft from Lakenheath at 1721 hours. Leu picked it up on his Li set at 16,350 feet at 4,000 yards distant. Knacke peered out in the direction of the plot but could not see him for the vision of the human eye in the dark is not more than 100 to 200 yards. His nerves were at breaking point but West was still flying calmly towards the defence zone and would only be at action stations once the first searchlight was turned on. West was taking no avoiding action. Knacke gave full throttle and rapidly closed the distance. Suddenly Heu reported anew contact at 2,000 yards distance as another Viermot crossed their field slowly, from north to south. For a moment Knacke was undecided which opponent to pursue and then he decided on the nearest Viermot. The enemy machine had begun to weave and was now travelling on the Li set alternately from port to starboard and back. Heu gave Knacke the final Li readings but three pairs of eves scanned the sky in vain for his shadow. Knacke finally shot the Stirling down into the sea off Vielle-Sce-Gironde. In his excitement Knacke fired immediately into the full petrol tanks. Flight Sergeant Cecil Robert McMullin RCAF the rear gunner lost his head, abandoned his machine guns and bailed out, landing right in the propeller of Knacke’s 110, There was a dull thud, which made the Messerschmitt shudder. The engine began to vibrate so badly that Knacke had to shut it down. He landed his clumsy 110 at Venlo on one engine. Mechanics rushed over and lit up the machine. By the light of their torches they could still see traces of blood and hair on the propeller. Strips of uniform were hanging on the antennae of the Li. The fate of the Canadian gunner upset everyone. McMullin was buried at Hourtin Communal Cemetery while the body of Sergeant Herbert Carter, the only other bady that was recovered from the sea was laid to rest at Vielle-Ste-Gironde Communal Cemetery. All the other members of the crew have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Extract from Nachtjagd Defenders of the Reich 1940-1943 (Martin W Bowman)	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 77			Son of Basil Douglas Allen and Marion Allen, of High Green, Sheffield
41	Anderson	Robert Desmond (Bob)	Warrant Officer Class 2		R161094		Canadian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF	1943-12-29	Halifax	III	LK965	ZL:?	Leeming		Berlin	See Archive report for details	Safe			Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
42	Anderson	William Brodie	Squadron Leader		J8924	26th February 1914 in Winnipeg, Manitoba	Canadian	Pilot	DFC	RCAF	Bomber Command	429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF	1944-06-08	Halifax	III	LW128	AL:V	Leeming	23:15	Acherers Rail Yards	See archive report for details	Died of injuries	Brookwood Military Cemetery Plot 49 Row G Grave 9.		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
43	Anderson	Leslie Lester	Flying Officer		J/18158		Canada	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner	DFM	RCAF	Bomber Command	431 Sqn RCAF	1944-04-27	Halifax	III	MZ529	SE:E	RAF Croft, Yorkshire	23:25	Montzen	See Archive report for further details	PoW No: 5976 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria	None - survived the war		Accident Report	Archive Report	Paradie RCAF Database
44	Anderson	William	Flying Officer		J/36997		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	2 TAF	439Sqn RCAF	1945-03-24	Typhoon	Ib	MN936	5V-B	B.78 Eindhoven NL		Sweep	Hit by flak, crashed near Dingden	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, 31. B. 18. Germany		Accident report		Paradie RCAF database
45	Anderson	Peter Gordon	Flying Officer Pilot		J/36360					RCAF	Bomber Command	50Sqn	1945-02-21	Lancaster	I	LL741	VN-X	RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire	1702	Gravenhorst	Partially abandoned crashed near Helenaveen	Killed	Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery. Grave XV.D.8		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
46	Anderson	L E	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	50Sqn	1944-09-11	Lancaster	I	NF919	VN-D	Skellingthorpe	2054	Darmstadt	Crashed at Niederkirchen bei Deidsheim	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
47	Anderson	A J	Flight Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	61Sqn	1944-08-25	Lancaster	III	PA998	QR-O	Skellingthorpe	2101	Darmstadt	Crashed at Gross-Gerau	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
48	Anderson	W C	Sergeant		R70818					RCAF	Bomber Command	619Sqn	1943-06-11	Lancaster	III	ED978	PG-B	Woodhall Spa	2237	Dusseldorf	Crashed Tongeren Belgium	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
49	Anderson	Lloyd George	Sergeant		R/131824	Age 21	Canada	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	625Sqn	1944-03-30	Lancaster	III	W5009	CF-Z	RAF Kelstern	2144	Nurnberg	See archive report for further details	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery- Coll. Grave 17. D. 12-18		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
50	Anderson	W D	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-09-06	Halifax	II	JD454	EY-E	Breighton	1902	Munchen	?	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database