Martin A Anderson

Military

T/Sgt Martin A. Anderson flew 34 missions, from 02/05/1944, mission #21, to 03/31/1945, mission #240. He served as a Radio Operator. He survived until the end of the war. Flew aircrafts 42-31521 'Badland Bat'



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Units served with

Aircraft

44-8708

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group

Missions

741

  • Date: 6 December 1944

705

  • Date: 8 November 1944

700

  • Date: 4 November 1944

685

  • Date: 22 October 1944
The flak damaged nose of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 398th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '54600 AC- England- 1st lt Lawrence M De Lancey, Corvallis, Oregon, landed this B-17 safely after its nose was literally shot away by flak over Cologne, Germany. Please Credit: Official US Air Force Photo.' Printed caption on image: 'This B-17 landed safely after losing its nose to flak. US AAF Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '43-38172 of 398th BG.'

678

  • Date: 15 October 1944

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Byron, Michigan

Buried

Byron, Michigan

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=873