NZ391873 Flt Lt Alexander Stuart ANDERSON RNZAF Pilot 487 Sqn RNZAF

[68 Sqn]

Hi all
Flight Lieutenant Alexander Stuart ANDERSON. Royal New Zealand Air Force. No.487 Squadron. Killed In Action on the 19th November 1944 aged 33.
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Alexander was born on the 18th October 1911, the son of William James Stuart Anderson and Freda Anderson, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. In 1938 he moved to New Zealand and it was here that he joined the RNZAF on the 18th December 1939. Following his initial training as an Air Observer he arrived in the UK on the 10th July 1940, the day the Battle of Britain commenced. He served on Operations with No.75 Squadron and eventually re-mustered as a Pilot in October 1942. He served with a variation of units and spent time training in Canada. After returning to the UK he joinedNo.487 Squadron in September 1944.

On the 19th November 1944 F/Lt Anderson was the pilot of a Mosquito which was tasked with patrolling railways and other movements in the Northern Netherlands, East of the Allied battlefront and North-East of the Ruhr. The plane was shot down by a night-fighter over Germany and is said to have crashed in a field near the Garweiler - Otgenrath road. F/Lt Anderson is buried in the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany. He was the husband of Mercia Anderson, of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England.
His navigator:
NZ421944 Flt Lt John Warren TAYLOR Nav. 487 Sqn, RNZAF
Do you know the Mosquito which crashed in a field near the Garweiler - Otgenrath road 19.11.1944??
Kind Regards Pavel