Vincent J Andra
Military
Object Number - UPL 14255 - Summer sport flying at Debden with the 4th Fighter Group's Tiger Moth. L-R: George F. Russell, Vincent J. Andra, Murphy Gower, [then] Lt. "Steve"...
Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. One-time crew chief for Colonel Louis 'Red Dog'Norley. Assigned to participate in Op FRANTIC II, the Russia Shuttle mission. The B-17 he was assigned to was involved in a taxi accident, heading to the runway and was scrubbed from the mission.
Awards: AM, EAME (6 Battle stars), WWII Victory, Good Conduct.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 334th Fighter Squadron 335th Fighter Squadron 336th Fighter Squadron 4th Mobile Reclamation and Repair Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2044420
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: The DEACON
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: The Deacon
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: The Deacon
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: The Deacon
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 21 June 1944
- Official Description: The Eighth begins shuttle bombing missions (FRANTIC) between UK and bases in USSR. P-47’s (2 groups) escort the Heavy Bombers from just off German coast to Stendal where a P-51 group continues escort to, and suppprt over, the target (synthetic oil...
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Ellinwood, KS 67526, USA | 5 August 1922 | Son of Frank Joseph and Margaret [Arensdorf] Andra. |
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Enlisted |
881 McClellan Ave, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027, USA | 30 July 1942 | Fort Leavenworth Kansas |
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Other Promotion |
Debden, Loughton IG10 3SW, UK | 1 April 1943 | Promoted to Sergeant. |
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Other Promotion |
Debden, Loughton IG10 3SW, UK | 1 May 1943 | Promoted to Staff Sergeant. |
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Died |
Dodge City, KS 67801, USA | 2 February 1997 | |
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Based |
Debden | 26 August 1945 | Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Dodge City, KS 67801, USA | Maple Grove Cemetery Dodge City Ford County Kansas, USA |
Revisions
Personal research & 4th Fighter Group Debden Eagles' by Chris Bucholtz.
'1000 Destroyed' by Capt. Grover C. Hall, Jr. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
