World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Richard Frank Anderson
Hometown
Houston, Texas
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 25 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 21 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK. 1C (R1047) LOST A PROPELLER AND CRASHED AT EDGE HILL, WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND ON FEBRUARY 6, 1942. BURIED AT MORETON-IN-MARSH NEW CEMETERY, MORETON-IN-MARSH, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND.