Joel Walter Anderson

Military

Assigned 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

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • 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
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

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