Walter Anderson GC (27 July 1890 – 11 May 1959) was a recipient of the George Cross and an officer in the Royal Air Force (RAF). Anderson was born in...

who died while flying for British Airlines Walter Anderson (RAF officer, died 1959) (1890–1959), RAF officer and George Cross holder Walter Anderson (footballer)...

and trained at RAF Cranwell. He was commissioned a pilot officer on 27 July 1935. On graduation, he joined No. 1 Squadron RAF at RAF Tangmere flying...

2020. "Disappearance of RAF pilot". BBC. 16 September 2002. Retrieved 21 August 2020. "The Startling Last Words of Stars Who Died at the Age of 27". SPIN...

Fright (1950), Wing Commander Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters (1955), Sir Walter Raleigh in The Virgin Queen (1955), and Major John Howard in The Longest...

troops off the beaches was actually said by Norman Cota. There is no RAF officer by the name of Campbell in Ryan's book, but the story of a wounded man's...

visitor. Eventually, the former SS officer converted to the Catholic faith, and was baptized by the monsignor in 1959. Vatican officials Gregory Peck as...

Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) Michael Anderson William Alwyn Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) The Naked Edge (1961) John Barry The Quiller Memorandum...

"prisoner of war". For details of RAF rank abbreviations, see RAF Commissioned Officer Ranks and RAF Non-Commissioned Officer Ranks. For details of FAA rank...

leaving him in a state of collapse. He was rescued by Flying Officer Walter Anderson and Corporal Thomas McTeague, who were awarded the Empire Gallantry...

Malcolm Fraser (born 1959) Patrick Allan Fraser (1812–1890), architect and painter Andrew Frazer (died 1792) Thomas Gildard (died 1895), architect of Britannia...

First World War "Blondie" – Arnold Walker, RAF pilot Herbert Hasler, Second World War Royal Marines officer "Blood" – J. A. L. Caunter, British general...

Collins, who played the nun, was his co-star. Burton's role was that of an RAF officer who develops romantic feelings for the nun. Rossellini was informed by...

pilots were not officers; the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, with Squadron Leader Paul Day; the RAF Hawker Fury entered...

"prisoner of war". For details of RAF rank abbreviations, see RAF Commissioned Officer Ranks and RAF Non-Commissioned Officer Ranks. For details of FAA rank...

(1958) as Le. Commander Blakeney The 39 Steps (1959) as Brown The White Trap (1959) as Inspector Walters Sink the Bismarck! (1960) as Captain Banister...

HMS Satellite. Captain Andrew Anderson. British barque Coronella. (?–1865). Robert Walter Craven (1850–1866). Naval Officer, HMS Spiteful. Son of William...

(German: Die Wahrheit über Rosemarie) (1959) – West German biographical drama film inspired by the life and death of Rosemarie Nitribitt Never So Few (1959) –...

night fell, the Germans massed for another attack at Nieuwpoort. Eighteen RAF bombers found the Germans while they were still assembling and scattered...

Officer Donald Houston as Lieutenant Geoffrey Lee Weston, DSC, RN, First Lieutenant Robert Urquhart as Flight Lieutenant Michael Edward Fearnley, RAF...

obtaining his RAF wings, Pilot Officer Garrison was shipped to England, where after further training he was promoted to Flying Officer and made a gunnery...

Histories: R.F.C, R.N.A.S and R.A.F. 1912–59. London:Putnam, 1959. Rogers, M. W. "Walter F Anderson Canadian Hero: The RAF in South Russia 1919–1920". Air...

discovered that in October 1941, Unity Mitford had been consorting with a married RAF test pilot, which Bright stated "was hard evidence that Unity might not have...

shipping transactions. After the outbreak of the Second World War he joined the RAF. He was unable to serve as aircrew because of a serum albumin disorder and...

outbreak of the Second World War, Hartnell attempted to volunteer for the RAF. He served in the British Army in the Tank Corps, but he was invalided out...

foreigner to command an RAF unit in peacetime. Following his exchange assignment, Olds returned to March AFB to become operations officer of the 94th Fighter...

director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (1959–1969). Basil Gunasekara, 94, Sri Lankan military officer, Commander of the Navy (1973–1979). Geoffrey...

(1904–1988), Air Officer Commanding, Rhodesia, 1951–1954, Air Officer Commanding, Iraq, 1954–1956, and Air Officer Commanding, No 25 Group, RAF Flying Training...

as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff, Commandant of RAF Staff College, Bracknell, and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Home Command, before becoming...

in August 1922. At the RAF recruiting centre in Covent Garden, London, he was interviewed by recruiting officer Flying Officer W. E. Johns, later known...