RAF 604 Battle of Britain aircrew ANDERSON signed photo

  Squadron Leader John Denis Anderson
WWII Fighter Command Aircrew

Born on April 22 1922, Anderson joined the RAF on June 6 1940. At the end of the month he was at RAF Yatesbury for what he expected to be the start of a Wop/AG course. Instead, he found himself learning about airborne radar and in late July he was posted to 604 Squadron at Gravesend, never having flown.
Anderson flew operationally with 604, firstly in Blenheims and then Beaufighters, until December 1940, when he was posted back to Yatesbury for another radar course. In these five months Anderson flew without rank or brevet, receiving three shillings per day, which included one shilling flying pay. In January 1941 Anderson was posted to a radar station at Saligo, Islay, Scotland. He went to No 1 Radio School at Cranwell in May, as an instructor, initially as a Corporal but became a Sergeant in March 1942.
Anderson volunteered for pilot training and was accepted in September 1942. In 1943 he was deputy controller at a small radar station at Goldsborough on the Yorkshire coast. In September 1943 Anderson began his pilot training but with inevitable delays awaiting courses, he had still not qualified when training was terminated in April 1945. Anderson was then posted to RAF Atherstone for a GCA course, after which he went to 10 GCA, RAF Hernswell in November 1945, as a Flight Sergeant. Commissioned from Warrant Officer in June 1955, Anderson retired from the RAF on January 31 1973, as a Squadron Leader. He then joined Customs and Excise and retired again on April 22 1984.

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