Lee E Anthony

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

An ME109 collided with B-17G 42-38001 on mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944. Killed in Action.



"The Flying Fortress of pilot Lee E. Anthony of 96 BG crashed after an air raid on Ludwigshafen as a result of a collision with German pilot Bruno Bolowski’s Me-109. All ten crew members perished".

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-38001

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in action

Schwarzerden, Germany 29 January 1944

Born

Buried

Kansas

Revisions

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Sources

Roland Geiger/Klaus Zimmer at http://www.flugzeugabstuerze-saarland.de/html/st__wendel.html

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2380 / MACR 2380, 8th AF Losses; Snetterton Falcons, page 98 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database