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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Victories (Fighters)	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
251	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
252	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
253	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
254	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
255	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
256	Anderson	C H	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	9Sqn	1943-08-30	Lancaster	III	ED551	WS-M		Woodhall Spa	.0008.	Monchengladbach	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
257	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
258	Anderson	L M	Flight Lieutenant	J16829						Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1943-07-03	Halifax	II	HR813	LQ-H		Gransden Lodge		Koln	Crashed vicinity Wavre Belgium	PoW
259	Anderson	J	Pilot Officer							Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1943-12-03	Lancaster	III	JB222	LQ-M		Gransden Lodge	.0024.	Leipzig	Crashed near Delitzsch	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
260	Anderson	'Andy' William James	Flight Lieutenant	J/16562 (R/82659)	Age 22 (note: the CWGC incorrectly states he was 26)	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Fighter Command Tactical Air Force	412Sqn RCAF	1945-03-30	Spitfire	LF.IX	MJ275 (Earlier accidents in Spitfire Vb BL808 and Spitfire IX BR637)	VZ-J		B.88 Heesch, Holland	10:55	Recce	See archive report for details. Involved in two accidents prior to his loss. Crashed at Zelham	Killed	Zelhem General Cemetery. Plot E. Row 2. Grave 14. Also remembered on parents' grave in Lowry Cemetery, Carp, Ontario, Canada	Zelhem General Cemetery (Holland)		Born on the 21st September 1922 in Ontario, Canada. Educated at Kilburn Continuation School. Worked as an office boy in the civil service in Ontario. Enlisted on the 22nd January 1941. Trained at No. 3 Initial Training School, No. 13 Elementary Flying Training School, No. 9 Service Flying Training School. Awarded pilot wings on the 24th October 1941. Embarked from Canada to England on the 13th October 1941. At no. 3 Personnel Reception Centre on the 23rd November 1941. Further training with No. 57 Operational Training Unit. joined 416 squadron on the 01st October 1942. Served a tour of 30 operational sorties in Malta with 143 squadron. Wounded in combat and sent back to Canada for a leave of 30 days before returning to England. Commissioned on the 19th November 1942. Flying Officer on the 19th June 1943. Flight Lieutenant on the 19th December 1944. Joined 412 squadron on the 25th November 1944. A total of 60 hours of operational sorties. Son of William Gilmour Anderson (died 1950, age 68) and of Annie Euphie Anderson (nee Ross - died 1968, age 81), of RR No. 1, Woodlawn, Ontario, Canada. Brother of Gilmour Ross (died 19th January 2000, age 84), Hugh Haig (died 2010, age 91), Ethel Beatrice (died 1996, age 83), Margaret Elinor and Marion Elaine. Friend of Miss Edna Wipp of 123 Longthornton Road, Streatham, London SW.16. Epitaph: 'Be Ye Also Ready: For In Such An Hour As Ye Think Not The Son Of Man Cometh'.	Archive report of incident
261	Anderson	T G	Flight Lieutenant							Fighter	418Sqn RCAF	1944-06-05	Mosquito	VI						Intruder	Damaged
262	Anderson	P J	Sergeant							Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1942-10-15	Wellington	III	BK270	VR-		Croft	1855	Koln	Crashed near Monchengladbach	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
263	Anderson	N T	Sergeant							Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1943-12-03	Halifax	V	LK968	SE-P		Tholthorpe	2338	Leipzig	Crashed near Hannover	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery
264	Anderson	Clarence William	Flight Sergeant	409880		Australia			RAAF		6 Service Flying Training School RCAF	1943-09-30													RAAF Honour Roll
265	Anderson	John Lionel	Sergeant	411724		Australia			RAAF		Headquarters Ferry Comd RCAF	1942-07-22													RAAF Honour Roll
266	Anderson	Charles Edward	Flight Lieutenant	J13450	26th August 1921 in St. Boniface, Manitoba	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	298Sqn (RAF)	1944.08.06	Halifax	VI	LL334	8A:Q		RAF Tarrant Rushton	23:42	"Diplomat 9", SOE	See Archive report for details	KiA	Essoyes Communal Cemetery.				Read Archive Report
267	Anderson	William Andrew	Squadron Leader	C/1099		Canadian	Pilot	DFC	RCAF	Coastal Command	407Sqn RCAF	1942-02-12	Hudson	V	AM712	RR-W		RAF North Coates	12:15	Anti-Shipping	Shot down by intense naval AAA fire during an attack on German warships Prinz Eugen, Scharnhorst and Gneisnau	Killed	Runnymede Memorial, Panel 99. United Kingdom		Accident report		Paradie RCAF Database
268	Anderson	Archibald	Sergeant				Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1944-11-02	Halifax	VII	NP744	EQ-X		RAF Linton-On-Ouse, North Yorkshire	1618	Dusseldorf	See archive report for further details	Injured	None - survived the war			Read Archive Report
269	Anderson	Howard Leroy	Sergeant	R193090		Canadian	Air Gunner (Mid Upper)		RCAF	Bomber Command	10Sqn	1943-11-22	Halifax	II	JD367	ZA:Z		RAF Melbourne, Yorkshire	16:54	Berlin	See archive report for further details	KiA	Reishswald Forest War Cemetery. Coll. Grave 26.A.12-14		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
270	Anderson	L R	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1942-12-06	Lancaster	I	ED322	SR-T		Holme on Spalding Moor		Mannheim	Crashed Carmarthen Bay	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
271	Anderson	Robert Fred Lindsay	Flying Officer	J10415		Canadian	Observer		RCAF	Bomber Command	105 Sqn	1942-11-13	Mosquito	IV	DZ320	GB-		Marham	12:08	Vlissingen	Attacked the "Neumark". Hit by flak and crashed 12:40 near Oostkapelle (Zeeland), Holland	Killed	Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery Row D. Grave 11		Paradie Archive Database	Son of Fred M. and Irene M. Anderson, of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
272	Anderson	S A	Warrant Officer Class 2						RCAF	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1943-11-18	Lancaster	II	DS680	KO-L		Little Snoring	1803	Berlin	Crashed Hermee Belgium	Killed	Heverlee War Cemetery Belgium		Paradie Archive Database
273	Anderson	F	Warrant Officer Class 2						RCAF	Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1944-03-30	Halifax	V	LL287	NF-S		Tempsford		SOE	Crashed near Hansweert {Zeeland}	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
274	Anderson	W D	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	14 OTU	1942-09-10	Hampden	I	L4131	PL-A		Cottesmore	2020	Dusseldorf	?	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
275	Anderson	J	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	142Sqn	1942-08-04	Wellington	IV	Z1487	QT-Z		Grimsby	2309	Gardening	Crashed on W coast of France	Killed	Noirmoutier-en-L'ille		Paradie Archive Database
276	Anderson	J S	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	158Sqn	1942-10-13	Halifax	II	W7766	NP-H		East Moor	1829	Kiel	Crashed at East Moor on return	Died of Injury 17/10.42	York {Fulford}		Paradie Archive Database
277	Anderson	A A	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	166Sqn	1944-05-21	Lancaster	III	ND956	AS-I		Kirmington	2235	Duisburg	Crashed Goudriaan {Zuid-Holland}	Killed	Gourdriaan General Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
278	Anderson	P M	Flight Lieutenant					DFM	RCAF	Bomber Command	207Sqn	1945-04-10	Lancaster	III	ME472	EM-O		Spilsby	1807	Leipzig	Baled out after aircraft damaged	Killed	Brussels Town Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
279	Anderson	Richard Frank	Sergeant	R83108		Canadian	Pilot (Under training)		RCAF	Bomber Command	21OTU	1942-02-06	Wellington	Ic	R1047			RAF Edgehill	PM	Bombing training	See archive report for details	Killed	Moreton-In-Marsh New Cemetery. Sec. K. Grave 25.		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
280	Anderson	Richard John	Flight Sergeant	R/77386		Canadian	Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	218Sqn	1942-07-02	Stirling	I	N3718	HA-C		Marham	2325	Bremen	Shot down by a Ju88 night fighter of 9./NJG 2	Killed	Runnymede Memorial, Panel 102. United Kingdom.		Accident report		Paradie RCAF Database
281	Anderson	Robert Edward Venning	Sergeant	R/54533		Canadian	Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	218Sqn	1941-04-10	Wellington	Ic	R1442	HA-D		Marham	1930	Brest	Crashed off Brest	Killed	Brest (Kerfautras) Cemetery, Plot 40. Row 1. Grave 9. France.		218 Squadron Association		Paradie RCAF Database
282	Anderson	Bert Oscar	Sergeant	R/155939		Canadian	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	218Sqn	1943-07-29	Stirling	III	BF578	HA-A		Downham Market	2235	Hamburg	Damaged by flak over target, shot down by a night fighter of NJG3 on return leg. Crashed at Ahrenswohlde.	PoW - Interned at Stalag Luft L3 and Stalag IVB.			Accident report	Commissioned to Pilot Officer with service number J/99961 following return to UK from captivity in Germany..	Paradie RCAF Database
283	Anderson	J B	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	35Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1941-08-24	Halifax	I	L9572	TL-G		Linton on Ouse	2053	Dusseldorf	Crashed near Chievres Belgium	Killed	Chievres Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
284	Anderson	J B	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	35Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1941-08-12	Halifax	I	L9497	TL-K		Linton on Ouse	2125	Berlin	Crash landed Salhouse Norfolk				Paradie Archive Database
285	Anderson	Robert William	Flying Officer	J/28754	Age 20	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	126 (RCAF) Wing, No.83 Group, Second Tactical Air Force	401Sqn RCAF	1945-04-20	Spitfire	LF.IX	MJ980	YO-M		B.116 Wunstorf, Germany	PM	Armed Reconnaissance	See archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 278		Paradie Archive Database	Born on the 22nd May 1924 in Vancouver. Educated at Saskatchewan Central Collegiate and Kitsilano Senior High School. A mechanic prior to joining RCAF. Enlisted on the 28th July 1942. P/O. 23rd July 1943 and received his pilots wings. F/O. 23rd January 1944. Son of William Lloyd Anderson (died 26th February 1967, age 73) and Lilian Grace Anderson (née Cameron - died 24th april 1968, age 79), brother of George Cameron, Clifford Lloyd and Winifred Grace, of 2315 West 18th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada.	Archive report of incident
286	Anderson	E A	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1942-07-31	Halifax	II	W1109	LQ-S		Pocklington	.0036.	Dusseldorf	Crashed near Vorst	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
287	Anderson	F R W	Flight Sergeant	R198929					RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1943-04-06	Halifax	II	DT699	LQ-G		Leeming	2042	Gardening	Presumed crashed in sea	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
288	Anderson	G B	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1942-10-06	Halifax	II	W7763	LQ-O		Topcliffe	1854	Osnabruck	Crashed near Prattenburg Holland	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
289	Anderson	J I	Flying Officer	J17006					RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1943-07-03	Halifax	II	HR813	LQ-H		Gransden Lodge		Koln	Crashed vicinity Wavre Belgium	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
290	Anderson (note some publications list his name Andersen)	Nels Peter Helin	Flight Sergeant	C/95210	Age 21	Canada	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	408 Sqn RCAF	1945-02-21	Halifax	VII	NP711	EQ:O		RAF Linton-On-Ouse, North Yorkshire	17:14	Worms	See archive report for further details	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery. Collective grave 18. G.2-5	Courtesy Erik Wieman	Paradie Archive Database	The youngest son of Hans Peter and Hulda Carolina Anderson, of Woodside, Manitoba, Canada. Born at Tyndall on the 20th March 1923, joined the RCAF on the 10th January 1942 - Commissioned on the 20th February 1945. 11 Operations - with 60.15 operational flying hours logged. Epitaph: 'Here We Leave Our Youngest Son With Love. Ever In God's Care. Mother And Father'.	Read Archive Report
291	Anderton	J A	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	90Sqn	1944-06-10	Lancaster	III	NE149	WP-A		Tuddenham	2313	Dreux	Crashed at Berou-la-Mulotiere {Eure-et-Loir}	Killed	Berou-la-Mulotiere Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
292	Andet	R J	Flight Lieutenant				Pilot	DFC		Fighter	411Sqn RCAF	1945-02-08	Spitfire	IX	PL430					Rhubarb	Abandoned near Heesch
293	Andet	Richard ‘Dick’ Joseph	Flight Lieutenant	J20136	13th March 1922 in Lethbridge, Alberta	Canadian	Pilot	DFC DFC Bar	RCAF	Fighter	411 Sqn RCAF	1945-03-03	Spitfire	LF.IXE	MK950	DB:G	See Archive report for details	RAF Digby, Lincolnshire, England		Armed Reconnaissance	See Archive report for details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial, Panel 278		Paradie Archive Database Aircrew Deaths Database		Archive Report
294	Andrew	Prentis Blair	Sergeant	R72663	5 November 1917	Canadian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	16 OTU	1942-07-28	Wellington	IC	L7894	XG:U2		Upper Heyford	21:57	Hamburg	Coned by 1. & 2./Flakscheinw.Abt.119, 1./Flakscheinw.Abt.368 and 4./Flakscheinw.Abt.610, hit by 1. & 3./schw. Flak Abt. 267 (o) (Grossbatterie Wendlohe), 1. & 3./schw. Flak Abt. 162 (Grossbatteroe Steilshoop) and 5./Res. Flak Abt. 165. The aircraft crashed near Line-Schönningstedt at 01:32 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (30 May - 31 December 1942) The Early Years Part 3 - Theo Boiten)	Killed	Hamburg Cemetery Plot 5A Row C Grave 3A.		Paradie Archive Database	Son of Blois H. and Edith Alexandria Andrew, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
295	Andrew	George Varnum	Pilot Officer	J19070	11th January 1923 in Sarnia, Ontario	Canadian	Air Gunner (Rear)		RCAF	Bomber Command	426 (Thunderbird) Sqn, RCAF	1943-12-20	Lancaster	II	LL630	OW:D		Linton on Ouse	17:04	Frankfurt	LL630 was claimed by Lt. Ludwig Wirtz, his 3rd Abschuss, from 3. Luftbeobachter Staffel, over Güls near Koblenz at 5.200m at 20:30 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (23 September - 31 December) 1943 Part 3 - Theo Boiten)	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 10.E.9-13		Paradie Archive Database	Son of George A.C. and Elizabeth Harriet (née Varnum) Andrew of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
296	Andrew	C M	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-06-23	Lancaster	III	ND766	MG-S		Oakington	2356	Coubronne		Killed	Esquelbecq Military Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
297	Andrew	J F	Sergeant							Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-09-09	Halifax	VII	NP681	OW-J		Linton on Ouse	621	le Havre	Crashed at Wallingford	Killed
298	Andrews	P C	Warrant Officer	1316904			Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1943-06-24	Halifax	II	HR816	LQ-C		RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire	2246	Wuppertal	See archive report for further information	PoW No: 6471 Camp: Sagan and Belaria	None - understood to have survived the war			Read Archive Report
299	Andrews	John French	Sergeant Wireless Operator/Air Gunner	J/89901					RCAF	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-08-12	Lancaster	III	PB258	SR-V		RAF Ludford Magna,Lincolnshire	2134	Braunschweig	Possibly shot down by night fighter piloted by Lt. Josef F̦rster and crashed at Barver, Germany	Killed	Heverlee War Cemetery Belgium, Joint Grave No. 6.E.8		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
300	Andrews	W M	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	106Sqn	1942-09-10	Lancaster	I	R5638	ZN-		Coningsby	2045	Dusseldorf	Crashed near Bahnhof Dusseldorf	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database