Bobbie D Anderson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-29397.jpeg UPL 29397 S/Sgt. Bobbie D. Anderson, Right Waist Gunner, Lt. Nelson 613Sq. B-17 Crew, Deenethorpe, UK, from Ft. Gibson OK. Win Bryson collection

401st Individual PR photo, this copy from Ms. B. Newby, Wife of S/Sgt. C.C. Newby, LWG in the 613Sq Lt. Nelson B-17 Crew.

Object Number - UPL 29397 - S/Sgt. Bobbie D. Anderson, Right Waist Gunner, Lt. Nelson 613Sq. B-17 Crew, Deenethorpe, UK, from Ft. Gibson OK.

Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Politz in B-17 'Son of a Blitz' #4231081

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Son of a Blitz
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, USA 7 July 1924

Buried

9 February 1950 Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville KY

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 7 October 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorWin Bryson
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Sources

401st Bomb Group Individual PR photo, this copy from Ms. Betty Newby (Crewmate's Wife).

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9757 / MACR 9757,

href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2148">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2148> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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