Donald M Anderson
Military
Object Number - UPL 41696 - The first crew of the 401st Bomb Group to return to the home base in England after a raid on Berlin, Germany, pose beside their plane - the Boeing...
DFC/ AM w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster/ Unit Citation w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
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Units served with

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

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nobody's Baby
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fool's Luck
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

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

- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Carolyne
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Maggie
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Missions
Places

- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Gardner, Massachusetts | 22 June 1921 |
Revisions
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ChangesChanges to awards, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self; 8th AF News, June 2000, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=362