Charles Anderson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-97214 'Carolina Queen'; Collided with another aircraft 24-May-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5181



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32185710 / O-748288
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (GD-B, serial number 42-97214) of the 534th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group that has belly-landed.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Carolina Queen
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Dorothy, NJ 26 October 1918 Son of Bernhard William Andersen.

Enlisted

Camden, NJ 21 July 1941 Camden, New Jersey

Died

17 miles NE Berlin 24 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-97214 'Carolina Queen'; Collided with another aircraft 24-May-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5181

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Re-Interred Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Section 84 Site 47-49

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Ridgewell 24 May 1944 Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF.
Mays Landing, NJ

Buried

Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Dorothy, NJ Memorialised Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Dorothy, Atlantic County, NJ

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5181 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database