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2nd Lt Albert David Mendelssohn Anderson

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2nd Lt Albert David Mendelssohn Anderson

Birth
Melbourne, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia
Death
6 Jan 1918 (aged 25)
France
Burial
Sailly-Labourse, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
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E. 5.
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Killed when flying a Sopwith Camel, as part of a five aeroplane flight of 71 Squadron AFC, on a familiarisation mission on the Allied side of the Lines, 6 January 1918. Over Vermelles, the two rearmost machines, flown by Albert and Second Lieutenant Richard Curtis, collided, and then fell on a third Sopwith Camel, piloted by 2nd Lieutenant James Cash. All three Camels then fell onto a waste heap between Béthune and Vermelles, killing all

Contributor: Selenah (49986780)
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Albert was 1 of four boys and one sister born to Albert Snr and Agnes Margaret Linklater Anderson

Contributor: Melanie Windus (50358969)
Killed when flying a Sopwith Camel, as part of a five aeroplane flight of 71 Squadron AFC, on a familiarisation mission on the Allied side of the Lines, 6 January 1918. Over Vermelles, the two rearmost machines, flown by Albert and Second Lieutenant Richard Curtis, collided, and then fell on a third Sopwith Camel, piloted by 2nd Lieutenant James Cash. All three Camels then fell onto a waste heap between Béthune and Vermelles, killing all

Contributor: Selenah (49986780)
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Albert was 1 of four boys and one sister born to Albert Snr and Agnes Margaret Linklater Anderson

Contributor: Melanie Windus (50358969)

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Second Lieutenant, 71st Squadron, Australian Flying Corps. Killed in action. Age: Unknown.

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