DAMBUSTERS Anderson, Cyril Thorpe

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Anderson ​

• FORENAME

Cyril Thorpe ​

• UNIT

former 617 Squadron,R.A.F. ​

• RANK

Pilot Officer ​

• NUMBER

52024 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

23rd September 1943 ​

• AGE

28 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rheinberg War Cemetery,Germany 18.A.18 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born Wakefield,Yorkshire​

husband of Rose Anderson,Bulwell,Nottingham​

engineering apprentice in civilian life​

RAF 1934​

service number 518252​

Training Depot 22.10.1934​

Gosport 19.2.1935​

Singapore 1.4.1936​

Donibristle 15.11.1937​

Thorney Island 25.3.1938​

1 RW 3.5.1941​

3 ITW 17.5.1941​

51 Group Pool 12.7.1941​

33 SFT,Canada 9.9.1941​

7 Depot 3.1.1942​

RAF TP 24.1.1942​

3 PRC 10.2.1942​

6 SFTS 1.4.1942​

25 OTU 7.6.1942​

1654 CU 12.1.1943​

49 Squadron 23.2.1943 (9 ops)​

617 Squadron 24.3.1943 (1 op)​

Flight Sergeant (518252)​

Pilot Officer 17.4.1943​

49 Squadron 2.6.1943 (13 ops)​

pilot​

Lancaster ED702​

Mannheim,Germany​

crashed Germany​

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[Lee Richards]

Cyril Thorpe Anderson

I believe the photo above right is not C. Anderson but actually Gilbert Jimmy Green.

 

[desertfax]

Cyril Thorpe Anderson

At the age of 12 I heard Anderon?s aircraft, last of the row, roar over the outskirts of Tilburg, the Netherlands, at May 17, 1943, 0210 hrs.