Harry M Anderson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x Ju88 destroyed. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Berlin, after strafing Esbjerg aerodrome, A/C P-51D 44-13733 hit in cockpit area by flak and machine gunfire from ground, crashed near Esbjerg on 27-Aug-44. Pilot 1st Lt Harry M Anderson Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8302.



Awards: AM (6 OLC), DFC, PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Tacoma, WA, USA 11 January 1943

Other

Assigned

Wittering, Peterborough PE8, UK 29 March 1944 - 27 August 1944 Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Wittering, Peterborough PE8, UK 2 July 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Died

Esbjerg, Denmark 27 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Berlin, after strafing Esbjerg aerodrome, A/C P-51D 44-13733 hit in cockpit area by flak and machine gunfire from ground, crashed near Esbjerg on 27-Aug-44. Pilot 1st Lt Harry M Anderson Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8302.

Born

Pierce County, WA, USA

Buried

Tablets of the Missing. Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial.

Finding of Death (FOD)

Tacoma, WA, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8302 / MACR 8302, King's Cliffe Memorial Edition / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list