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Military service
Service number:
J/36411
Age:
24
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
50 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
September 12, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 18. F. 11-17.
Additional information
Son of Wilbert and G. May Anderson, of Midland, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Leonard Edward Anderson
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Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of Newspaper Clipping
Toronto Star "Pages of the Past" online archive 1944, Oct. 17 p 4 RCAF asualty list #1,015. Anderson and McLean lost on operation to bomb Darmstadt. Lancaster NF 919. Crew: Pilot officer Archibald Stewart McLean Fred Mitchell (Eng) Flying Officer (Bmb Aimer) Leonard Edward Anderson Sergeant (W.Op) William Hunter Sergeant (Ar,Gnr) John Robertson Sergeant (Ar,Gnr) John James Sillender Flt Sergeant (Nav) Geoffrey Norman Wise -
Photo of Leonard Edward Anderson
In memory of the students from Midland High School who served during World War 11 and did not return. Photos submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me, on behalf of Midland Legion Branch 80 190 Queen St. Midland, Ontario. -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Leonard Edward Anderson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Leonard Edward Anderson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 237 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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