Clarence A Anderson

Military

Flew 23 missions with 6 or 7 different crews. Over half of these missions were as a navigator with a lead crew, as radar ('Mickey') navigator, and as pilotage navigator in the nose turret. He later took a degree in Civil Engineering and in 1951 married a Swedish girl Doris. He has since worked in construction and real estate.



AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ Unit Citation/ ETO Medal

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, Illinois 26 July 1923

Revisions

Date
ContributorHelen
Changes
Sources

Ringmasters' Log Spring 1998

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self