Keith W Anderson

Military
media-16697.jpeg UPL 16697 Douglas crew - 600th Squadron. Nuthampstead Airfield Museum collection

US Official via 398th Bomb Group Memorial Association - ref A9334

Object Number - UPL 16697 - Douglas crew - 600th Squadron.

July 4, 1944 on mission to Tours, FR in B-17#42-107114 when engine trouble led to an out of control fire over the Channel. Crew returned to England releasing bombs in a field in Sussex. Crew bailed out. 10 RTD. Keith particularly remembered the mission to back up the D-Day landings. Target June Beach - mission to detonate mines and destroy beach obstacles before the 3rd Canadian Division landed.



air medal

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.

398th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Revisions

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Flak News July 2004

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398th History, Vol 1 and Vol 3, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. IV by Bishop & Hey, p. 28; Fortresses Over Nuthampstead, pg 35 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 16697 - Douglas crew - 600th Squadron.