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ENS John Desmond Anderson

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ENS John Desmond Anderson

Birth
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA
Death
4 Nov 1944 (aged 23)
Burial
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Memorial ID
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Birth certificate identifies parents as Adrian Joseph Anderson and Mary Margurite Desmond.

The inscription on the Anderson/Desmond monument at Rose Hill Memorial Park in Corpus Christi honors him.

He perished "in a water crash during an attempted carrier landing following a routine training flight"; his gunman and radioman both escaped without injury [fold3.com: World War II War Diaries, 1941-1945 -- Composite Squadron Fifty-five (VC-55)].

Serial number: 337920
Birth certificate identifies parents as Adrian Joseph Anderson and Mary Margurite Desmond.

The inscription on the Anderson/Desmond monument at Rose Hill Memorial Park in Corpus Christi honors him.

He perished "in a water crash during an attempted carrier landing following a routine training flight"; his gunman and radioman both escaped without injury [fold3.com: World War II War Diaries, 1941-1945 -- Composite Squadron Fifty-five (VC-55)].

Serial number: 337920


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