James M Anderson
Military
From left to right ..
Pilot -- Lt Francis Bonham
Co-Pilot -- Lt James Anderson
Navigator -- Lt George Schroeder
Bombardier -- Lt Theodore Bush
TT/Flight Eng -- Sgt Kenneth Runkle
WG -- Sgt Wencil Schleis
Radio Op -- Sgt George Bauer
BTG -- Sgt Lynn Dollar
WG -- Sgt Edward Parry
TG -- Sgt John Segrest
My Dad's personal momentos
Object Number - UPL 43020 - The Bonham crew at Harvard AFB, Nebraska, October 1943 before deploying to the UK in November From left to right .. Pilot -- Lt Francis...
Lost three engines on the return from a mission to Berlin that was recalled and crash landed near Friston, Sussex on 4 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31155. RTD. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-17 #4237842. Prisoner of War (POW). Completed 17 missions.
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Events
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 8 April 1944 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3658 / MACR 3658, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
