Clarence A Anderson

Military

Flew 23 missions with 6 or 7 different crews. Over half of these missions were as a navigator with a lead crew, as radar ('Mickey') navigator, and as pilotage navigator in the nose turret. He later took a degree in Civil Engineering and in 1951 married a Swedish girl Doris. He has since worked in construction and real estate.

AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ Unit Citation/ ETO Medal

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, Illinois 26 July 1923

Revisions

Date10 Aug 2021 15:05:35
ContributorHelen
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources

Ringmasters' Log Spring 1998

Date27 Sep 2014 18:06:13
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

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