ANDERSON, Donald McColl - 415014

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Flight Lieut Donald McColl Anderson

Conflict	World War 2
Service Arm	Royal Australian Air Force
Unit	No 177 Squadron
Service No.	415014
Service Arm	AirForce
Date of Birth	22 Jun 1922
Birthplace	Perth, WA
Residence	Perth, WA
Date of Death	8 Jan 2005
Relatives	Mother - Mary Anderson

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  1944 in Feni, India

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  177 Squadron

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  177 Squadron at Feni 1944

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  L-R, Rupe Howard, Rob Cameron, Ferguson, Don Anderson

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  Pilots carried this letter on missions in case they were shot down.

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The following men flew on operations as 177 Squadron.

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The following recounts were written by members of 177 Squadron who were flying Beaufighter planes over Burma in 1944.

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Part 1. Adventures With Engines - written by Dick White(navigator). Don Anderson was the pilot.

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Part 2. The Aerodrome 'Strafe' - written by Eric E R

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Part 3. Last Trip - written by Eric E R

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Part 4. written by Athol Sutherland-Brown

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Part 5. A Jungle Trip - written by Joe Marquis. Don Anderson was the pilot.

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Part 6. Five Into Four Won't Go - written by John Dunbar.

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Photos taken in Feni, India.

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  The bathroom, Feni, India

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  Royce Raynor and Donald

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  an old city in Burma

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  Chiringa strip made of interlocking steel mesh

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  Mackay with pipe stuck in trousers

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  Feni, India

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  Kaplar, Royce Raynor, McKenzie, ?

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  Feni, India

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  Royce Raynor, Jerry Dinham, both killed in Burma

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  just outside our billet in Feni, 10 February 1944

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  ? and Royce Raynor

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  building kennel for dogs in Feni

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  Dick White, my navigator

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  Royce Raynor, killed on ops

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  Calcutta 1943 or 4

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  bamboo hut at Chiringa after a tornado hit it

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  our Adjutant, Fergie Ferguson

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  Tommy Allen and A Rieck in front of Beaufighter damaged in Burma after we had hit a tree.

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  A Rieck with senior Japanese staff who helped him run the flight of Japanese aircraft with 684 Squadron in Saigon

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  Lord Louis Mountbatten and Earl of Bandon visit 177 at Chiringa

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  Tommy Allen in a bath which was superior to the ones we all had.

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  Mug women build us a badminton court

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  The camp at Chiringa

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  Tommy Allen and A Rieck's room at Chiringa

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  George Nottage and Tommy Allen with guide outside Royal Palace, Phnom Penh

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  An elephant that almost wandered into our mess. McKenzie, George and Don on the elephant.

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  DM Anderson and JA McKay who went missing 27/9/1944 at Chiringa

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  Don in India 1943. Just heard Rup Horwood had died-later found, 4-5 days floating in life raft and found his way to army camp.

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  snake charmer outside our hut

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  Charlie Bateman, Calcutta

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  Charly Bateman and Rupert Horwood

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Photos taken from the nose camera on the Beaufighter while flying missions.

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  Foul Island, 45 miles south of Tangup, 20 miles from coast

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  South of Noulkein, 27 August

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  Robin Cameron returning from an Op

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  177 Squadron base

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  assessing bridge damage

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  assessing damage to a bridge in central Burma

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  was making mock attacks on Rob Cameron East of Akyal

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  Mt Popa, central Burma

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  Burmese central plain

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  Plains of Burma

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  Burmese coast, South of Cox's Bazar Beach

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  Burmese coast, South of Cox's Bazar Beach

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  Burmese coast, South of Cox's Bazar Beach

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  Burmese coast, South of Cox's Bazar Beach

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  Taungup at start of Taungup pass to Prome

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  North of Taungup

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  North of Taungup

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  North of Taungup

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  North of Taungup

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A review of the low level attacks carried out during September 1943 by 27 and 177 Beaufighter Squadrons.

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Newspaper clippings

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On 2nd September, 1945 Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and General Yoshijiro Umezu signed the 'Instrument of Surrender'. General Douglas MacArthur accepted their surrender.

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Script of proposed broadcast on Rangoon Prisoner of War Camp.

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Japanese treatment of an Australian Air Crew. Report given by F/Lt ER Oldfield to RAAF authorities after returning from POW camp in Java.

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'Whispering Death' article from FLIGHT magazine dated June 14th, 1945.

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