Bryant Yeck Anderson
MilitaryAssigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed (End) Tour of Duty (ETD). 2nd tour with 6th Fighter Wing.
Awards: WWII Victory.
Post War: Remained in USAF serving in Korea and Vietnam, retiring as Colonel.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Wing
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 551st Fighter Training Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Joan Swoose
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group Base Air Depot 1 362nd Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Fortunes Fool Helen
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 435th Fighter Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
- Site type: Military site
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Utah, USA | 5 April 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
Utah, USA | 30 December 1941 | |
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Other Crashed |
Arcadia, FL 34266, USA | 1 May 1942 | Baled Out due to Stall/Spin Arcadia, Florida Cat 5 damage, pilot Lt Bryant Y Anderson, 1-May-42. PT-17 41-8064 - ACTD |
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Other Assigned |
Duxford | 23 February 1943 - 14 May 1944 | Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Crashed |
Goxhill, Barrow-upon-Humber DN19, UK | 5 March 1943 | Landing Accident Goxhill/Sta 345 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Bryant Y Anderson, 5-Mar-43. P-47C 41-6217 - 82FS 78FG 8AF |
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Other Crashed |
Bury St Edmunds, Bury Saint Edmunds, UK | 3 August 1943 | Crashed Belly Landing Bury St Edmonds/Sta 468 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Bryant Y Anderson, 3-Aug-43. P-47D 42-22476 - 82FS 78FG 8AF |
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Other Crashed |
Leiston IP16, UK | 8 March 1944 | Landing Accident Leiston/Sta 373 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Bryant Y Anderson, 8-Mar-44. P-51C1 42-103007 - 362FS 357FG 8AF |
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Other Transferred |
14 May 1944 - 12 August 1944 | Transferred to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Promotion |
5 July 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
12 August 1944 | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). | |
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Other Promotion |
12 August 1944 | Promoted to Captain. | |
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Other 2nd Tour |
4 October 1944 | 2nd Tour as 1st Lieutenant. | |
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Died |
Dillwyn, VA 23936, USA | 15 October 1991 | |
| Peoria, IL, USA | |||
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Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA |
Revisions
Combined two entries for Bryant Anderson. This entry now includes information from the following sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p132