Andrew Charles (Andy) ANDERSON

ANDERSON, Andrew Charles

    Service Number: 414634
    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
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 414634
    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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    Biography 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)

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