Vernon Dale Anderson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Portrait of navigator, Vernon D. Anderson, in dress uniform Vernon D Anderson UPL 60297 Vernon D. Anderson, Navigator, 601st BS, 398th BG. KIA Nov. 26, 1944

Object Number - UPL 60297 - Vernon D. Anderson, Navigator, 601st BS, 398th BG. KIA Nov. 26, 1944

Assigned to 601BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 26-Nov-44 in B-17 42-102565 'The Ugly Duckling. ' Killed in Action (KIA).

 

Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Ugly Duckling
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Skamokawa, Washington, USA 22 February 1919 Born Skamokawa, Washington

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

IJsselmeer, Netherlands 26 November 1944 Killed in Action (KIA) IJsselmeer, Netherlands

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery, 6269 NA Margraten, Netherlands 1 January 1946 Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Plot H Row 16 Grave 6

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11147 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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