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Sgt. Frederick Anderson
Royal Air Force 12 Squadron
from:Bournemouth
(d.12th June 1943)
My great-uncle Sergeant Frederick Anderson served as a Mid-Upper Gunner with 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force stationed at RAF Wickenby during WWII.
Frederick was born in Bournemouth on 21st July, 1920. His serial number was 626653.
He died in the early hours of Saturday 12th June, 1943 aged 22 when Lancaster PH-F W4373 was shot down between Neuss and Holziem during a raid on Dusseldorf (part of a force of 326 Lancasters, 202 Halifaxes, 143 Wellingtons, 99 Stirlings and 13 Mosquitoes).
The full crew of PH-F W4373 on this mission were:
Pilot - Flight Lieutenant Patrick Raymond Ford (aged 22, Royal Australian Air Force) Killed. A414132.
Navigator (Nav) - Sgt James Albert Osborn (aged 25) Killed. 657839.