John Anton Sanda

Military
media-38405.jpeg UPL 38405 "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Fatso" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 February 1944."

Rear L-R: Lt John A. Sanda, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn,Wilton Fremaux.

Front L-R: Unkn, Unkn, Sgt John F. Bremer. Sgt Harry E Smail, Unkn.

https://www.fold3.com/image/48252165?terms=Wilton%20Fremaux

Object Number - UPL 38405 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Fatso" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 February 1944." Rear...

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Leif Henrik Nelson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11101133
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Richard L Ritchie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15069875 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Harry E Smail

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13021085
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio operator

Hardy Preston White

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18085083 / O-684094
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-31085

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Anita Marie / Mehitabel
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

42-31394

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Aphrodite
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 388th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

42-31555

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (WA-P, serial number 42-32000) of the 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group after forced landing in Felpham, Sussex, 4 July 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '4th July 1944. A/C shot up over France. F/L - crew safe. Rear of Downview Road. Houses (West Side) Felpham, Bognor Regis, Sussex. Resident who provided photo still corresponds with pilot - now solicitor. From P. Amos, 6 Patham Close, Littlehampton, Sussex.'

42-32000

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mojo Jr/ Twentieth Century
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 379th Bomb Group work on a B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-H, serial number 42-38111) nicknamed "Mairzy Doats", April 1944. Image via Edmund H Lutz, 379th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'April 1944, my patched up B-17 "Mairzy Doats" on hardstand.'

42-38111

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

22 October 1916 Son of John Francis and Bessie [Pasek] Sanda.

Enlisted

3 February 1941 Baltimore, MD

Died

16 April 2009

Buried

20 April 2009 Bohemian Cemetery Baltimore, MD

Based

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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https://www.fold3.com/record/85212702-john-a-sanda
https://www.fold3.com/record/626126731-john-sanda-1916
https://www.fold3.com/record/93402295-john-anton-sanda
https://www.fold3.com/image/169889570?rec=169889609
https://www.fold3.com/image/48252165?terms=Wilton%20Fremaux
http://8thairforce.com/members/missionsflownby.asp?perIdentification=28…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40123383/john-anton-sanda

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https://www.fold3.com/record/85212702-john-a-sanda
https://www.fold3.com/record/626126731-john-sanda-1916
https://www.fold3.com/record/93402295-john-anton-sanda
https://www.fold3.com/image/169889570?rec=169889609
http://8thairforce.com/members/missionsflownby.asp?perIdentification=28…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40123383/john-anton-sanda

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ContributorAAM
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379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, 1942-45; p. 157. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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