Anderson, Frederick
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Frederick |
Surname | Anderson |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-03-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Fredrick Anderson and Jennie Anderson (née Laird), of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | LL287 |
Markings | NF-S |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 249. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 122 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/86041 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 138 (Special Duties) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Frederick Anderson Lake, Manitoba; Southern Caribou River Park Reserve |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Village Green, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | In honour of the men and women of Special Duties Sqns stationed at RAF Tempsford |
Location | "The Barn" Gibraltar Farm, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Plaque & Framed Scroll |
Memorial Text | To commemorate the men and women of different nationalities who flew from RAF Tempsford to aid resistance forces in occupied Europe |
Location | St. Peter's Church, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet, Wooden Boards, Brass Plaques & RoH |
Memorial Text | Remembering all those who flew from RAF Tempsford including those of the Royal Australian Air Force |
Miscellaneous Information
Both agents died as the water rushed into the fuselage |
Frederick was born on 20 June 1916 at Winnipeg , Manitoba. His father was born in Sweden and worked as a night watchman in the City Engineers Department and his mother, who was deceased by the time of Frederick's enlistment, was born in Ireland. The schools he attended were: Crandall, Manitoba 1921-1923, Carievale, Saskatchewan 1929-1932. Between 1933-1934 he helped on a farm and was then a truck driver for Smith and Crouch between 1935-1937. Then a dumpster and tractor driver during 1941 and then with Nipigon Lake and Timber. Co. as a boat loader/skidder. |
He enlisted on 7 January 1942 and after training arrived in the U.K. at 3PRC on 5 November 1942. He went on to 23 OTU 17 November 1942, 427 Sqn 1 March 1943, 10 OTU 26 April 1943, 1652 CU 27 July 1943 and 138 Squadron 10 September 1943. Frederick lost his life on 30 March 1944. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-03-1944 |
End Date | 31-03-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tempsford |
Day/Night Raid | Night (45% moon) |
Operation | Special Operations Executive- Operation Osric 27 to transport two Belgian agents to a drop-zone south of Antwerp, using the Nuremberg raid as cover |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak over the River Scheldtand ditched just west of Hansweert, Holland |