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ANDERSON, John Maitland Gatherer

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rank: Lt
status: survived
airforce: SAAF    (no: 328517V )
born: Windhoek South Africa

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Service No: SA328517

From the National Archives AIR/27/987 145 Squadron ORB

16th Apr 1945 - Injured

Leader strafed twice and on second run was hit by S.A.F. causing glycol leak. Pilot baled out at M.0835. Pilot suffered compound fracture of left leg. (MT569)

LT. J.M.G. ANDERSON (SA.328527) while on ROVER DAVID was hit by S.A.F. in the radiator. After just reaching our lines he was forced to bale out. Some difficulty in leaving the aircraft resulted in his left leg hitting the tail plane causing a fracture below the knee. On reaching the ground he was unable to help landing on his injured leg and unfortunately broke it again above the knee. He was taken to hospital and owing to the compound nature of his fractures he will probably return to the Union of S.Africa.

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AirforceSqdrnDate
RAF 145 1945-02-10

Aircraft:

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SerialNoteDate
JF954 1945-02-10
JF419 1945-02-20
JF897 1945-02-23
JF564 1945-02-25
MT928 1945-03-03
JF557 1945-03-07
MT664 1945-03-12
MT560 1945-03-16
JF274 1945-03-31
JF474 1945-04-01
MT686 1945-04-02
JF696 1945-04-04
MT711 1945-04-12
MT764 1945-04-13
MT713 1945-04-15

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