Richard C. Anderson was from North Canton, Ohio.  He was assigned to the 733rd Bomber Squadron of the 453rd Bomber Group.  He was the crew member on a B-24 liberator named Ginnie that was piloted by Lt. George Wear.  On 22 February 1944, the Ginnie was on a mission to Gotha, Germany when it was attacked by fighters.  It exploded when it hit the water near Steenbergen, the Netherlands.
Information from Dorothy Jongens-Alexopoulos, who found it from the Imperial War Museum.