Harold Leroy Anderson

Military

Assigned to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Memmingen in B-17G 44-6177 'Dry Run' 18-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Ravensburg; Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7099

Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Seen through a 433rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress' strike camera, a 816th Bomb Squadron B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5786) nicknamed "Whizzer II" goes down over Nis in Yugoslavia on the 15th of April 1944 in a gout of flame after taking a direct flak hit. There were no survivors. Official caption on image: "(483BG:4M3:2VI) (4:15:1208) (24:21300) ([south-west arrow] 140 [degrees]) (Nis M/Y Yugo) (Ship 111 816 Sq)." Handwritten caption on reverse: '15/4/44. 483BG, 15AF. Nis, Yugoslavia. 42-5786

483rd Bomb Group

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

People

Russell Murry Ward

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19047877 / O-689420
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-6177

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dry Run
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Mead, NE 13 July 1919 Son of Oscar and Viola Anderson.

Enlisted

Omaha, NE 25 March 1942

Other

Baled out POW

Vicinity of Memmingen, Germany 18 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Memmingen in B-17G 44-6177 'Dry Run' 18-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Ravensburg; POW. MACR 7099

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 18 July 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Laurel, MO 9 December 2011

Buried

Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MO 14 December 2011 Yellowstone National Cemetery Laurel, Yellowstone County, MO
Omaha, NE

Based

Sterparone 18 July 1944 Assigned to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF.

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28709629
https://www.fold3.com/record/84603527-harold-l-anderson
https://www.fold3.com/image/623745210
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141979981/harold-leroy-anderson