Claude Taylor Anderson

Military

95th Bomb Group, 412th Bomb Squadron April 44 to September 44, 35 missions with the Roy Gielen crew and then with the Lyle Scott crew. Returned to the states to train new crews, then went inactive while he returned to college and later medical school. He was one of the first Rhodes Scholars chosen under the WWII Veteran criteria. Retired from the Air Force as a full Colonel with 30 years.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

People

John Koehler Gerhart

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Combat Bomb Wing 95th Bomb Group Headquarters Squadron (95th Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-17954
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Wing Commander/Group Commander/Pilot

Roy W Gielen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Chester P Gilger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: On Board ; Observer

Alfred A Kessler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-14903
  • Highest Rank: General
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer

David Thomas McKnight

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-1699460 (WWII) / O-31492 (1948) / 2998A (1955 on)
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Squadron Commander / Group Air Operations Officer

Aircraft

A bomber crew of the 95th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '"Full House" crew. Left to right: ' Morrison, Keeler, Langford, Sherwood, Dancisin. "Government Property" (roll of toilet paper) SANDY'S REFUELING BOYS.'

42-97232

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: GI Issue / Sandy's Refueling Boys
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

42-97257

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Knock-Out Baby!
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

42-97383

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: N-Nan
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron

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Revisions

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Added a S/N from records at the 95th BG website.

https://95thbgdb.com/person/109

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Add Army of Occupation Medal

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Correcting longevity clusters

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Adding awards

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Commanders added from the unit histories

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Commanders from the Unit histories

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Commanders from the Unit histories

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Added from my dad's photo album receiving his DFC from Col. Truesdell

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This is a picture I took of the display box I created for my dad's military career.

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This is a photo from my father's photo album I am adding to his entry.

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Col. Claude Taylor Anderson, MD (USAF Ret.) was my father. I edited his personal details and added some associations from his combat history.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php