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| Name: |
Gerald Frank Anderson |
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| Country: |
South Africa |
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Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
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88 |
| Victories: |
8 |
| Born: |
24 February 1898 |
| Place of Birth: |
Newcastle |
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A Bristol Fighter pilot, Gerald Frank Anderson was posted to 88 Squadron in 1918. Before being wounded in action on 30 October 1918, he and his observers scored eight victories, six of them being Fokker D.VIIs. |
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| Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) |
2nd Lt. (A./Lt.) Gerald Frank Anderson. (FRANCE)
On 30th October this officer was one of an offensive patrol that attacked fifty enemy machines. Six of the latter concentrated their attack on Lt. Anderson, and would have inevitably destroyed his machine had it not been for the exceptionally able manner in which he manoeuvered and fought. Although both he and his observer were wounded and the machine badly damaged, he succeeded with rare courage and skill in shooting down one and keeping the remainder at a distance. Eventually he brought his machine safely to ground about half a mile within our lines.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
17 Jul 1918 |
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88 |
Bristol F.2b 1 |
Halberstadt C (DESF) |
20X 26 |
| 2 |
31 Jul 1918 |
0915 |
88 |
Bristol F.2b (D8062) |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) |
Fromelles |
| 3 |
15 Sep 1918 |
0755 |
88 |
Bristol F.2b 2 |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
E of Seclin |
| 4 |
27 Sep 1918 |
1145 |
88 |
Bristol F.2b (E2451) 2 |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Lambersart |
| 5 |
04 Oct 1918 |
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88 |
Bristol F.2b (E2451) 2 |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Quesnoy |
| 6 |
23 Oct 1918 |
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88 |
Bristol F.2b |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
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| 7 |
30 Oct 1918 |
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88 |
Bristol F.2b (E2451) |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
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| 8 |
30 Oct 1918 |
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88 |
Bristol F.2b (E2451) 3 |
Fokker D.VII (DESF) |
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| 1 |
Observer Lt H R Goss |
| 2 |
Observer Lt Thomas Chiltern |
| 3 |
Observer Lt C W M Elliott |
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