Anderson, Billie Albert
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Billie Albert |
Surname | Anderson |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Walter Britton Anderson and Mary Adeline Anderson (née Patton), of Lisle, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EF439 |
Markings | WP-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 11. J. 26. |
Epitaph | REST IN PEACE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 122 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/112706 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 90 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary's Church, West Wickham, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Framed inscribed Scroll & Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | This Book of Remembrance was dedicated on 28th May 1989 to commemorate those who lost their lives during WWII whilst serving at RAF West Wickham / Wratting Common |
Location | Weston Woods Farm, Wratting Common, Cambridgshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Inscribed Metal Plaque & Info Boards |
Memorial Text | RAF Wratting Common. Dedicated to the men and women who served here during WWII and to those who gave their lives "Lest We Forget" |
Location | Roadside location, Tilbury Juxta Clare, Essex |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Memorial |
Memorial Text | In memory of the Airmen of XC Sqn, No 3 Bomb Group flying operations from here with the Mk 1 Stirling Bomber December 1943 until May 1943 |
Location | St. Mary & All the Saints Church, Little Walsingham, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In loving memory of Henry Philip Lee Warner AFC DFC. Only Son of Philip Henry & Mary King Lee Warner. Actg S/L RAFVR killed in action over Germany Aug 26th 1944 in his 32nd year |
Location | Village Green, Tuddenham, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial atopped with Inscribed Silver Sun-Dial |
Memorial Text | For all those who served their country as part of XC Sqn RAF |
Location | St. Mary's Church, Tuddenham, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Framed Sqn Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | They grow not old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the Sun and in the morning, we will remember them |
Miscellaneous Information
Billie was born in Lisle, Ontario on 9 July 1920. He went to Lisle Public School 1926-1932 then Lisle Continuation (general course) between 1932-1935. Billie was a candidate at the Lower School examination at Honeywood in June 1933 and 1934 and also at Randwick in 1935. He obtained outstanding in the following papers: Geography, English Grammar, British History, Botany and Zoology. Harry had worked in farming and on a rifle range between 1935 and 1939. He then worked at R.C.E Camp Borden as a general labourer, a surveyor’s Rodman and also as an office clerk from September 1939 until enlistment. When he enlisted on 30 June 1941 he was working as a clerk in a plumbing office. |
After training Harry embarked from New York and arrived in the U.K. at 3 PRC on 18 March 1943. He then passed through 12 OTU, 1657 CU in June 1943, and 97 Squadron on 11 July 1943. |
In his free time he enjoyed playing hockey and soft ball. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/731/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/731/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-08-1943 |
End Date | 28-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Wratting Common |
Day/Night Raid | Night (7% moon) |
Operation | Nuremberg. 674 aircraft, 33 losses (4.9%). H2S marking was used and, given the difficulties experiences with Oboe equipment in recent raids, the crews were ordered to drop a 1000lb bomb on Heilbronn using the equipment to check its functionality. Nuremberg was clear and PFF marking was accurate but significant creepback set in and PFF were unable to correct it because, once again, they had difficulties with their H2S sets. Many of the bombs fell in open countryside SSW of the city. 65 people were killed on the ground. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Hesselberg, NW of Erlangen, Germany |