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Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Returning to base on one engine with drop tanks still onboard, having aborted from a bomber escort, emerged from the overcast to land only to find two P-38's lined up on the runway. With full power to the good engine, pilot 1st Lt Newell Anderson managed to avoid colliding with his colleagues, but crashed into a field. Aircraft exploded. 8-Apr-44. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20925498 / T-001036 / O-2044931
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Nuthampstead, Royston SG8, UK | 8 April 1944 | Returning to base on one engine with drop tanks still onboard, having aborted from a bomber escort, emerged from the overcast to land only to find two P-38's lined up on the runway. With full power to the good engine, pilot 1st Lt Newell Anderson managed to avoid colliding with his colleagues, but crashed into a field. Aircraft exploded. 8-Apr-44. Killed in Action (KIA). |
Manufactured |
Burbank, CA, USA | Built at Lockheed. | |
Delivered |
California, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
Assigned |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |