Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Flying Officer (Navigator) P. Anderson, 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Boston was shot down and crashed near Arnemuiden, Holland whilst on a bombing raid to Courcelles on 22 October 1943

1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure and paper slip named to ‘119189’, in card box of issue with address label torn off, extremely fine (3) £280-£320

Peter Anderson was a resident of Edinburgh, Scotland. A member of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, he served during the Second World War as a navigator, flying Douglas Boston bombers with 107 Squadron from June 1943. Anderson flew 19 operations on the following targets: Grosnay Power Station (twice); Rouen Power Station; Poix Aerodrome; air-sea rescue searches (twice); Stomer Railway; Amsterdam ship building yards; Abbeville-Drucat Airfield; Ghent Marshalling Yard; Amsterdam/ Schiphol Airfield (twice); Reenes Naval Depot; Beaumont-Le-Roger Airfield; laying smoke screens for minesweepers (twice); Woensdrecht Airfield; and Changy. On the 22 October 1943, during a bombing raid on Courcelles, Anderson was flying in Boston BZ230 piloted by the squadron commander, Wing-Commander Richard Geoffrey England, D.S.O., D.F.C. Their aircraft was hit by flak causing it to collide with another 107 Squadron Boston, BZ223, both crashing in the area of Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Netherlands. The entire crew of both aircraft were killed. Anderson and his crew are buried in Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery, Netherlands.