Louis DeAnda
Military
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FRE 311
Left to right: Crew Chief Staff Sergeant James O. Tolleson and pilot Second Lieutenant Louis De Anda, of the 78th Fighter Group, inspect the damage to their P-51 Mustang at Duxford air base. February 1945. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'EA 52913 PRO-HQ'45 Flak Holed Fighter Hit Over German Rail Yards - "That's where they hit my plane", Second Lieutenant Louis De Anda, (right) of East Bakerfield, Calif. is saying as he points out where flak tore through the side of his U.S. Eighth Air Force P-51 Mustang to Staff Sergeant James O. Tolleson, maintenance crew chief from Inman, S. Carolina. Lt. De Anda had just blown up an oil car on a train believed to be carrying V-2 parts when flak put up by German ground defenses crashed through the tail of his plane fuselage. The 78th Fighter Group, Lt. De Anda's group, escorted heavy bombers on the second day of the all-out onslaught against German transportation on February 23rd.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: DFC, AM (13OLC), WWII Victory, EAME, OCC, American Defence and Campaign medals.
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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
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Phoenix, AZ | 19 May 1922 | Son of Melicia B and Guadalupe B Deandra. |
Enlisted |
Minter Field, Bakersfield, CA | 18 September 1942 | Minter Field, Bakersfield, California |
Based |
Duxford | 8 October 1944 | Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Promotion |
Leiston, UK | 16 April 1945 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Based |
Leiston | 16 July 1945 | Transferred to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
Los Angeles, CA | 12 May 2011 | |
Bakersfield, CA | |||
Based |
Leiston | 16 July 1945 | Transferred to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Promotion |
Duxford, UK | Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in Fry's book 'Eagles of Duxford', p135