Curtis Anderson Jr
MilitaryCurtis Anderson served as a gunner with the 490th Bomb Group. He was later transferred to the 801st/492nd Bomb Group. Anderson was severely burnt when his aircraft B-24 42-94841 crashed into a mountainside in England.
Excerpt from article on aircrashsites.co.uk:
'Survivor Staff Sgt Curtis Anderson recalled looking out of the window and seeing wisps of cloud. He plugged in his intercom having just returned from the flight deck, looked out again and saw grass… At that point, everything went black.'
'He awoke on the moor, surrounded by fire lighting up the gloom. Using wet peat he was able to douse the flames on himself. Looking down at the burning fuel running in rivulets in the black peat, and at the burning wreckage and his dead pals, with munitions exploding all around, he said “It looked as though I was in hell.”'
Read more of this detailed article here: http://aircrashsites.co.uk/air-crash-sites-5/usaaf-b-24h-42-94841-sack-…
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Sack Time
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
San Francisco, CA, USA | 9 August 1943 | |
Other Wounded in Action (WIA) |
Holmfirth, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire HD9, UK | 9 October 1944 | |
Died |
16 January 1988 | ||
Born |
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Alameda, CA, USA |
Revisions
Brought in information from duplicate records. Sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster supplied by Dave Arnett
/ 490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
NARA Enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…
http://aircrashsites.co.uk/air-crash-sites-5/usaaf-b-24h-42-94841-sack-…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / book: ' I Come From California'