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Assigned to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Chatanooga mission to Wilhemshaven, forced by weather to fly alog below the overcast, A/C hit by flak in oil system. A/C abandoned near Wilhemshaven. Pilot Lt Edwin E Anderson POW. MACR 5105.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-815631
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

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Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Wilhelmshaven, Germany 21 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Chatanooga mission to Wilhemshaven, forced by weather to fly alog below the overcast, A/C hit by flak in oil system. A/C abandoned near Wilhemshaven. Pilot Lt Edwin E Anderson POW. MACR 5105.

Manufactured

Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA Built at Republic.

Delivered

New York, NY, USA Delivered to USAAF.

Assigned

Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK Assigned to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

MACR 5105 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database