Oakley A Anderson

Military

Shot down 25 May 1944 in B-17 42-10717. Prisoner of War.



Oakley returned to Asheville after the end of the war and owned a barber shop in Asheville. He and his wife Rose never had any children. Oakley loved music and played the guitar as well as other instruments.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-107017

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 25 May 1944 - 17 July 1945

Died

Asheville, North Carolina, USA 23 July 1959 Died of ruptured Appendix. 46 Years old

Revisions

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78224858/oakley-a-anderson;
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3159&mtch=1&cat=all&tf...
MACR 5262;
https://388bg.com/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=388-I-AND01-17&d...

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Nephew. Death date provided by cousin Burton Anderson. Taps and a 21 gun salute was provided.

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Nephew, Harvey Stackhouse

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Nephew. Harvey Stackhouse with information from cousin Edel Seay

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Harvey Stackhouse, from Edel Seay, niece.

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He was my uncle. He was also our barber until his death at the young age of 46.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5262 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database