Pilot Officer Paul Roger Anderson was the son of Jesse Thomas Anderson (1893-1961) and Nora Ellen Anderson née Pace (1893-1954). According to American records he was born on 23 May 1917 in Oregon, USA. In 1934 he married Elsie Verda Hawtrey (1913-1987) in Sacramento, California, USA.
Before World War Two he flew as a crop duster in the USA. He joined the , service number 85219, and was attached as a Pilot Officer in .
He was killed on 8 March 1941 as a result of enemy action when a bomb exploded in Westminster and he was in Plot 20, Row A, Grave 18 in the . There is some confusion as to his age, as according the date of birth in the American records he would have been 23-years-old. However when his death was registered in Westminster he was recorded as aged 25 years and this is the age shown on his gravestone and in the . In a his age was given as 27 years.
One of the bombs that fell on 8 March 1941 landed on the in Coventry Street, W1, and killed at least 34 staff, band members and patrons. Possibly Anderson was one of them.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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