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<p>Robert "Andy" Anderson at his home in Helena Flats on Wednesday, November 7. Anderson was a SBD dive bomber pilot in WWII.</p>

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Slow but deadly: Pilot chronicles dive-bomber days
November 10, 2012 9 p.m.

Slow but deadly: Pilot chronicles dive-bomber days

Robert “Andy” Anderson, 89, of Helena Flats shouldn’t have survived World War II after stalling out upside-down while pulling out of a high-speed dive or flying a plane riddled with dozens of bullet holes.