Harry M Anderson
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x Ju88 destroyed. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Berlin, after strafing Esbjerg aerodrome, A/C P-51D 44-13733 hit in cockpit area by flak and machine gunfire from ground, crashed near Esbjerg on 27-Aug-44. Pilot 1st Lt Harry M Anderson Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8302.
Awards: AM (6 OLC), DFC, PH.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Tacoma, WA, USA | 11 January 1943 | |
Other Assigned |
Wittering, Peterborough PE8, UK | 29 March 1944 - 27 August 1944 | Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Promotion |
Wittering, Peterborough PE8, UK | 2 July 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Died |
Esbjerg, Denmark | 27 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Berlin, after strafing Esbjerg aerodrome, A/C P-51D 44-13733 hit in cockpit area by flak and machine gunfire from ground, crashed near Esbjerg on 27-Aug-44. Pilot 1st Lt Harry M Anderson Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8302. |
Born |
Pierce County, WA, USA | ||
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing. Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial. | ||
Finding of Death (FOD) |
Tacoma, WA, USA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8302 / MACR 8302, King's Cliffe Memorial Edition / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list