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Milton Deloy Andersen after his last bombing run.
Not yet 19, Milton Andersen enlisted in the Air Corps in June 1942. He trained as a bomber pilot and was sent overseas, assigned to the 34th Bomb Group / 4th Bomb Squadron in England. After flying with the 4th Squadron on 3 missions on B-24 Liberators and 4 on B-17 Flying Fortresses, he was transferred to the 491st Squadron in the middle of October 1944. He flew the rest of his missions with that Squadron on B17s and completed his tour on 21 February 1945 with 35 bombing missions to his credit. He stayed in the Air Force after the war and served in Korea flying special missions, retiring from the service in 1953. [ Note : The 34th Bomb Group website at http://valortovictory.tripod.com/crews/Anderson.htm lists him incorrectly as Anderson... ]
Service
Units served with
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Group
After forming part of the American defence force, first on America's east coast and then on its west, the Group was assigned to the Eighth Air Force in April 1944 and entered combat in May 1944. The Group helped with the preparation for the Normandy...
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Aircraft
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 18 July 1944; Kearney 27 July 1944; Grenier 10 August 1944; Assigned 391BS/34BG Mendlesham 16 August 1944. Lt Milton D. Andersen flew most of his 35 missions on # 43-38299. Among other pilots, 1st Lt Harold E. Dwyer flew on it on...
Associated Place
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Military site : airfield
Built in 1942-1943, Mendlesham's first flying unit was the RAF's No. 310 Squadron - a Czechoslovakian unit. The airfield then became home to the USAAF 34th Bomb Group. This unit flew missions from Mendlesham in B-24s and B-17s.
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Events
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Location |
Date |
Born |
Overton, Clark County, Nevada, United States |
5 November 1923 |
the son of Thomas Milton Andersen and Annie Gertrude (Rohner) Andersen
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Enlisted |
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
26 June 1942 |
as a Private in the Air Corps
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Died |
Boise, Ada County, Idaho, United States |
11 January 2016 |
Buried |
Overton, Moapa Valley, NV 89040, USA |
30 January 2016 |
Lived in |
Overton, Clark County, Nevada, United States |
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