James Ward Anderson Leading Aircraftman R/108379 Royal Canadian Air Force March 5, 1923 Fraser’s Point near Dundee, Quebec June 27, 1941 RCAF Recruiting Centre, Montreal QC Montreal, Quebec 18 5 feet, 10 inches Fair Blue Blonde Single Student Presbyterian Ward Anderson (Father) November 16, 1941 18 Ormstown Union Cemetery, Quebec Plot 13, Row 11

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James Ward Anderson was the son of Ward and Margaret Wilhelmina (McCartney) Anderson (d. 1934), of Montreal, Quebec, and the brother of Jean Anderson, Alice Winifred Anderson, Laura Elizabeth Ward Anderson, Margaret Isabelle Anderson, and Elizabeth Marjorie Anderson. James was a member of the model aircraft league of Montreal, and enjoyed basketball, baseball, swimming, hockey, and golf. After enlisting on June 27, 1941, James was taken on strength with the No. 3 Initial Training School (3 ITS) in Victoriaville, Quebec on July 28, 1941, and trained there until September 1st. Next, he was assigned to the No. 13 Elementary Flying Training School (13 EFTS) in St Eugene, Ontario from Sept 2 to Oct 25, 1941, after which he was transferred to No. 2 Service Flying Training School (2 SFTS) on October 26, 1941, in Uplands, Ontario. It was noted he was an alert, quick young lad with superior intelligence. While still training at Uplands, Leading Aircraftman James Ward Anderson was fatally injured in a flying accident when two Harvard aircraft collided mid-air at 4:30 pm on November 16, 1941. Both pilots were killed when Anderson’s Harvard 3086 collided with Harvard 2584 piloted by Leading Aircraftman Wallace Richard Heath (Service No. R/103057) of New Hampshire.