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207774F/Sgt. Andrew Charles Anderson
Royal Australian Air Force 104 Sqn
from:Bundaberg, Qld, Australia
(d.17th Feb 1944)
Andrew Charles Anderson was born in Bundaberg, Qld on 2nd Sept 1923. He was always interested in flying so to attain the necessary qualifications to join the RAAF, he attended night classes at the local High School twice a week. He enlisted on 8th Nov 1941 and was posted to RAAF Narramine, NSW as a fighter pilot flying Tiger Moths. He was then posted to 6 Training School, Macleod, Canada with the Empire Air Training Scheme.He was then transferred to Bomber Command in England and posted to 104 Squadron. His Wellington crew consisted of five - three Englishmen and two Australians including himself. They were:
- AUS414634 F/Sgt (Pilot) Anderson, Andrew Charles.
- AUS426027 Sgt (Nav) Bingham, Kevin Joffre.
- 1017190 Sgt W Op/AG Morgan, Hubert James.
- 1481014 Sgt B/Aimer Scott, Robert Samuel.
- 1602883 Sgt AG Betteridge, Eric Edward.
They were flying in Wellington LN334 A (Apple) when on the 17th Feb 1944 they were returning from Porto San Stafano when 2 miles from Foggia Mains Airstrip they lost control and dived into the ground. They were buried in Foggia Cemetery and at war's end they were re-buried in Bari War Cemetery - Plot 15. Row A. Common Grave 28-32.
Andrew Anderson was my Uncle, son of Mr Andrew Bernard Charles and Rose Ann Anderson, the brother of Frances Margaret Winterbotham, my Mother.
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