Warren Joseph Anderson
Military
Original military records from my father's personal collection
Object Number - UPL 33776 - Letter sent to my father, Stanley Vitkavage (the pilot), from family of 2nd Lt. Lambert Koupal. James Kostel was Lambert Koupal's grandfather...
Warren Anderson was Nose Turret Gunner on board of B-24 42-51506 on the 27 February 1945 mission to the Halle Marshalling Yards, Germany. Crashed Betzenhausen, 1,5km NW of Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-720735
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34801877
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12175226 at enlistment, then 0-829596
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
8 October 1923 | Hansen, Twin Falls County, Idaho | |
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Enlisted |
13 March 1943 | Boise, Idaho | |
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Other captured |
27 February 1945 | in the immediate vicinity of Freiburg, Germany, after he baled out of B-24 42-51506 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
27 February 1945 | Interned in Germany. | |
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Died |
29 July 2002 | Idaho | |
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Buried |
Warren Anderson rests at the Rose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Idaho |
Revisions
MACR 12778
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft cards
NARA WWII POW records
Birsic MACR 12778 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12778 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database