As with all information required in one's life, all I had to do was google. From
www.aviationcollectables.co.uk
Squadron Leader John Anderson
Anderson joined the RAF on June 6 1940 and having learnt about airborne radar he was posted to 604 Squadron without ever having flown. He flew operationally with 604, firstly in Blenheims and then Beaufighters, until December 1940, when he did another radar course. In January 1941 Anderson was posted to a radar station in Scotland before attending No 1 Radio School at Cranwell in May, as an instructor, initially as a Corporal but became a Sergeant in March 1942. Anderson volunteered for pilot training and was accepted in September 1942. In 1943 he was deputy controller at a small radar station on the Yorkshire coast. In September 1943 Anderson began his pilot training but with inevitable delays awaiting courses, he had still not qualified when training was terminated in April 1945. Commissioned from Warrant Officer in June 1955, Anderson retired from the RAF on January 31 1973.
