Vermont Ole Anderson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. 4 x missions (Aachen, Hamm, Hamm, Merseburg). Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg; hit by flak after bombs away, crashed Flur Oberkotzau, Germany. 30-Nov-44 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10831



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12078050 / T-128458
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32854681
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38568476
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13113787
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17112157 / O-782883
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Gail Lynn
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 30 November 1944
  • Date: 29 November 1944
  • Date: 26 November 1944
  • Date: 16 November 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Minneapolis, MN 16 January 1918 Son of Mrs Hilma Anderson. 1940 Census; - Hilma [widow] (age 61) as Head of Household living with Peter (25) and Veronica (27).

Died

Flur Oberkotzau, Germany 30 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg; hit by flak after bombs away, crashed Flur Oberkotzau, Germany. 30-Nov-44 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10831

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Framlingham 30 November 1944 Assigned 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium Plot C Row 6 Grave 53

Other

Next of Kin

Minnetonka Beach, Hennepin County, MN Wife Betty Helene [Bayer] Anderson, residing Minnetonka Beach, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Chicago, IL At time of draft registration; Resided Chicago, IL employed with Wilson Sporting goods Co.
Hennepin County, Minnesota 1930 Census; Hilma [Widow](head/Hse) - Vermont O (12) Veronica (17) Sister, Felix (15) Brother, Ruth (23) Cousin, Wesley (25) Cousin

Revisions

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ContributorLucyd
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Sources

Combined two entries into a single entry. Record includes information from the following sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Thompson, MACR 10831
https://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WW…
http://www.fold3.com/image/28731180/

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 10831 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database