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Drawing by 1st Lt Richard F. Lemanski Pilot 42 31574 Stalag Luft 1 Barth, Germany ( Please if you have any photos of Lt. Russel A. Anderson Pilot.... please post 42-52226
Stalag Luft 1Barth , Germany North Compound Block 2 Room 15 Drawing of Block 2 & Names of the POW's from 1st. Lt. Richard F. Lemanski's Wartime Log March 8th 1944 ( Shoot -Down on Mission 252. Camp liberated, May 1st 1945. When Russians enter Stalag Lut 1.....Please if anyone has any pictures of these 16 named above, Please post .
Russell Anderson’s Air Medal card on page 41 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/138678555 (NARA)
Russell Anderson was Co-Pilot of B-24H #41-28642 'Libby Raider', which crashed on landing after a practice mission on 2 March 1944. Returned To Duty (RTD). He was also Co-Pilot of B-24H #42-52226, which fell out of formation after fighter attacks on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944. The crew baled over the IJsselmeer, Noord-Holland Province, The Netherlands, with Anderson one of the three rescued, the seven others drowning. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator / Gunner | 453rd Bomb Group
William Chappell was Radio Operator/Gunner on board B-24H #42-52226 when it fell out of formation after fighter attacks on a return from a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944. The crew baled over the IJsselmeer, Holland, with three rescued...
Military | Captain | Pilot | 453rd Bomb Group
Hubert Cripe was Pilot of B-24H #41-28642 'Libby Raider', which crashed on landing after a practice mission on 2 March 1944. Returned To Duty (RTD). He was also Pilot of B-24H #42-52226, which fell out of formation after fighter attacks on a mission to...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 453rd Bomb Group
Homer Dallacqua was Navigator on B-24H #41-28642 'Libby Raider', which crashed on landing after a practice mission on 2 March 1944. Returned To Duty (RTD). He was also Navigator on board B-24H #42-52226, which fell out of formation after fighter...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 453rd Bomb Group
Maurice Dinneen was Bombardier on board B-24H #42-52226 when it fell out of formation after fighter attacks on a return from a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944. The crew baled over the IJsselmeer, Holland, with three rescued and seven...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 453rd Bomb Group
Crashed on landing after a practice mission on 2 MarCH 1944 in B-24H #41-28642 'Libby Raider'. Returned To Duty (RTD). Albert Edgett was on board B-24H #42-52226 when it fell out of formation after fighter attacks on a return from a mission to...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 453rd Bomb Group
Mack Garrett was Top Turret gunner on board B-24H #42-52226 when it fell out of formation after fighter attacks on a return from a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944. The crew baled over the IJsselmeer, Holland, with three rescued and...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 453rd Bomb Group
Thomas Keefe was Right Waist gunner on B-24H #41-28642 'Libby Raider', which crashed on landing after a practice mission on 2 March 1944. Returned To Duty (RTD). He was on board B-24H #42-52226 when it fell out of formation after fighter attacks on...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 453rd Bomb Group
B-24H #42-52226 fell out of formation after fighter attacks on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 and on the return the crew baled over the IJsselmeer, Holland. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 453rd Bomb Group
Gerald Yoder was Ball Turret gunner on B-24H #41-28642 'Libby Raider', which crashed on landing after a practice mission on 2 March 1944. Returned To Duty (RTD). He was on board B-24H #42-52226 when it fell out of formation after fighter attacks on...
Group
As well as strategic bombardment missions, the 453rd Bomb Group also ferried cargo on two occasions. They hauled petrol, blankets, and rations to France in September 1944 and dropped ammunition, food and medical supplies near Wesel during the airborne...
Squadron
P-47 Thunderbolt
B-24 Liberator
B-24H #42-52226 fell out of formation after fighter attacks on a return from a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944. The crew baled over the IJsselmeer, Holland, with three rescued and seven drowned. Pilot : Hubert R. Cripe (POW); Co-Pilot...
6 March 1944
The industrial areas of Berlin and Genshagen, Germany are the primary targets for this mission. A combined force of 730 heavy bombers are despatched from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Air Divisions. The despatch from 3rd Air Division bombs Targets of Opportunity in...
Military site : airfield
Allocated to the Eighth Air Force as a bomber base in 1942, Old Buckenham was built during 1942-43 with three concrete runways, 50 loop hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. The station was the exclusive home for the 453rd Bomb Group, equipped...
Other location
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| Born | Minnesota | 13 October 1921 |
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
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| Lived in | 1942 | |
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Hennepin County, Minnesota |
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| Enlisted | 27 April 1942 | |
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Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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| bailed out | 6 March 1944 | |
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of B-24H #42-52226, over Noord-Holland |
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| Prisoned of War (POW) | 6 March 1944 – 1945 | |
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rescued out of the water by Dutch fishermen together with Cripe and Dallacqua, but immediately arrested by German sea patrol boat. Interned at Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control 6 August 1945.” |
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| Buried | 1983 | |
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Russell Anderson rests at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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| Died | 20 October 1983 | |
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Hennepin County, Minnesota |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 28 April 2020 10:22:20 | ED-BB | Changes to service number, biography, awards and events |
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MACR 2970 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 April 2020 14:48:29 | ED-BB | Changes to person associations and mission associations |
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MACR 2970 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 April 2020 14:33:02 | ED-BB | Changes to middlename |
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MACR 2970 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:24:45 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2970 / MACR 2970, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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