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ANDERSON, Andrew Charles
Service Number: | 414634 |
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Enlisted: | 8 November 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 20 Advanced Flying Unit (RAF) |
Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 2 September 1923 |
Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
Schooling: | Givelda State School, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Farmer (Father's Sugar Cane Farm) |
Died: | Flying Battle, Italy, 17 February 1944, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Bari War Cemetery Collective grave XV. A. 28-32., |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg Civic Centre Memorial Portico |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 414634 | |
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8 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 414634 | |
8 Nov 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 414634, No. 3 Initial Training School Sandgate, Empire Air Training Scheme | |
28 Feb 1942: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 3 Initial Training School Sandgate | |
30 Apr 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 414634, No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School Narromine, Empire Air Training Scheme | |
19 Aug 1942: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 414634, 2 Embarkation Depot, Disembarked, Canada 3 M Depot, Edmonton | |
27 Sep 1942: | Involvement Royal Canadian Air Force (WW2), Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme, No. 7 Service Flying Training, Fort MacLeod, Alberta, Canada | |
22 Jan 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units | |
27 Mar 1943: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 1 Y Depot, Halifax, Canada | |
14 May 1943: | Involvement Royal Air Force , Elementary Flying Training School, Empire Air Training Scheme, 29 Elementary Flying Training School, Clyffe Pypard, United Kingdom | |
6 Jul 1943: | Involvement Empire Air Training Scheme, No. 1519 Beam Approach Training Flight, Feltwell | |
22 Jul 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 20 Advanced Flying Unit (RAF), Kidlington, Oxfordshire, England |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Sergeant Andrew Charles Anderson 414634 (Captain - Pilot) and Flight Sergeant Kevin Joffre Bingham 426027 (Navigator) were killed in the loss of Wellington 10 LN334 of 104 SQN RAF
The aircraft crashed two miles from Foggia Main aerodrome in Italy and all on board were killed - Sergeant R S Scott RAF (Air Bomber) / Sergeant H J Morgan RAF (Wireless Air Gunner) / Sergeant E E Betteridge RAF (Air Gunner)