Woodrow Wilson Anderson
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Woodrow Anderson entered service from Texas and served as a pilot with the 78th Fighter Group transferring to the 352nd Fighter Group. He Failed to Return (FTR) from a bomber escort to Dessau. Bounced by three Bf109's near Leipzig and shot down in P-51B 42-106635, Killed in Action (KIA) 28-May-44. He is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial.
Awards: DFC (3 OLC), AM (3 OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Texas Bluebonnet
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Marj Priority Nil
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 486th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron 77th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Bexar County, TX, USA | 20 November 1916 | Son of James Horace and Nancy Louise [Spivey] Anderson. |
Based |
Duxford | 14 July 1943 - 26 July 1943 | Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Transferred |
Bodney, Thetford IP26, UK | 26 July 1943 - 28 May 1944 | Transferred to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Promotion |
Bodney, Thetford IP26, UK | 7 May 1944 | Promoted to Captain. |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Leipzig, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) from a bomber escort to Dessau. Bounced by three Bf109's near Leipzig and shot down, Killed in Action (KIA) 28-May-44. |
Buried/ Commemorated |
Recorded on the Tablets of the Missing | ||
Stockdale, TX 78160, USA | |||
Buried/ Commemorated |
Stockdale, TX 78160, USA | Memorialised Stockdale Cemetery Stockdale Wilson County Texas, USA. | |
Enlisted |
Texas, USA |
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Combined two entries for Woodrow W Anderson. This entry now includes information from the following source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p132
ABMC record: http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWI…