Fred E Anderson

Military
media-26077.jpeg UPL 26077 Fred E. Anderson, 93rd Bomb Group

Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25117

Object Number - UPL 26077 - Fred E. Anderson, 93rd Bomb Group

Tech Sergeant Fred Anderson was a B-24 Flight Engineer and Top Turret gunner, and flew on Operation Tidal wave on Ploesti. 1 Aug 1943.



While on temporary assignment to North Africa, on bombing run on port at Bizerte, TSgt. Fred Anderson was a crewman on the B-24, Ambrose II, the B-24D-10-CO, #41-23909, when his pilot, Lt. John "Packy" Roche, moved in closer for an extra, more exact run on the target. The airplane suffered a hit to one of their gas lines. Roche made a dead stick landing (previously thought impossible for a bomber). Stranded on the Algerian desert, the crew spent the night protecting the plane from natives. Fred Anderson, injured on the mission and in hospital, missed going back to the U.K. with his crew. So, when he recovered, he hitch hiked on a plane from Africa to rejoin his 8th Air Force unit in England ! (WIA).

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The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-437649
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Ambrose II
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator of the 466th Bomb Group used as a flight assembly ship. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24 Leaders ship.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ready & Willing, Silver Streak
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron

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Washington DC/Vidalia Ga

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ploesti by Dugan & Stewart, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Hey and Bishop p.54 Ted's Travelling Circus by Cal Stewart pp. 49-50. Picture of Anderson p. 56, picture of pilot, copilot and 'Ambrose' p. 50

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