Edwin E Anderson

Military

Assigned to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Chatanooga mission to Wilhemshaven, forced by weather to fly along below the overcast, A/C hit by flak in oil system. A/C P-47 42-76396 abandoned near Wilhemshaven. Lt Anderson Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5105.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

California, USA 21 October 1923

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 21 May 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Other

Baled Out

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 P-47 42-76396 abandoned near Wilhemshaven. Lt Anderson Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5105.

Died

San Diego County, CA, USA 3 May 1990

Buried

Dearborn Memorial Park Poway San Diego County CA 6 May 1990 Dearborn Memorial Park Poway San Diego County California, USA.
San Diego County, CA, USA

Other

Assigned

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

Revisions

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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - "along" was misspelled.

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Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5105 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list