Joel Walter Anderson
MilitaryAssigned to 407BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Peenemunde in B-17 42-97958 25-Aug-44; flak hit in nose, crashed into Baltic Sea. Baled out, sole survivor. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8277
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Served in USAF in Korean conflict.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15131572 / O-813810
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Peabody, Essex, MA | 2 February 1925 | Son of Waldemar 'Walter' and Elsa Marie [Pynnonen] Anderson. |
Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 1 February 1943 | Boston, Massachusetts |
Other Baled out POW |
Baltic Sea | 25 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Peenemunde in B-17 42-97958 25-Aug-44; flak hit in nose, crashed into Baltic Sea. Baled out, sole survivor. POW MACR 8277 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 25 August 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Died |
30 January 2005 | ||
Based |
Podington | 25 August 1944 | Assigned to 407BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Hillcrest Park Cemetery Springfield, Hampden County, MA | Hillcrest Park Cemetery Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8277 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database