Anderson, Wallace Dorrance
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Wallace Dorrance |
Surname | Anderson |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 07-09-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of William and Barbara Mason Anderson, of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JD454 |
Markings | EY-E |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 7. G. 10. |
Epitaph | HE'S GONE TO JOIN THAT GLORIOUS THRONG, HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO CONQUER WRONG |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 123 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/178345 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 78 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/660/78 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/660/77 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-09-1943 |
End Date | 07-09-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Breighton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (44% moon) |
Operation | Munich. 404 aircraft, 16 losses (4.0%). The target was mostly cloud-covered and neither sky or ground marking were particularly effective. Most of the main crew instead made a timed approach from the Ammersee lake, over which they passed on their approach. The bombing was somewhat scattered. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down over the target by a night fighter flown by Oberleutnant Günther Stege of 8./NJG 3, who was flying a Messerschmitt Bf 110G from Lüneburg airfield in Niedersachsen. |