Lee William Anderson

Military

Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) fighter bomber mission to Chaumont, after strafing ground targets, A/C had oil failure, crashed near Epioux on 10-Aug-44 in P-51D 44-13679. Evaded (EVD). MACR 7764. Completed (End) Tour of Duty (ETD).

Awards: AM (3 OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

Post War: Returned to North Dakota where he joined his father as a partner in an Ace Hardware store.

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Units served with

20th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

55th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

42-68160

Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron

44-13679

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron

Places

A P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-A, serial number 42-8699) nicknamed "Prairie Farme (Spirit of Los Angeles City College)" of the 352nd Fighter Group prpepares for take off at Wittering. Written on slide casing: 'PZ-A 28699 Cpt Andrews at Wittering.'

Wittering

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Stanley, ND 58784, USA	2 July 1921
Other Crashed	W Luke Ave, Phoenix, AZ, USA	1 September 1943	Landing Accident Ground Loop Luke Field, Phoenix, Arizona Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Lee W Anderson, 1-Sep-43. AT-6D 42-44518 - 332 SEFTS
Other Crashed	Tickhill, Doncaster, UK	10 May 1944	Baled Out out of fuel 1/2mi East Tickhill Cat 5 damage, pilot Lt Lee W Anderson, 10-May-44. 440510 P-38J 42-67874 554FTS 496FTG 8AF.
Other Assigned	Wittering, Peterborough PE8, UK	26 May 1944 - 3 October 1944	Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.
Other Crashed	King's Cliffe, Peterborough PE8, UK	4 July 1944	Hit by A/C P-38J 42-67756 while taxiing in P38J 42-68160 4-Jul-44. Kings Cliffe/Sta 367.
Other Evaded (EVD)	6821 Epioux, Belgium	10 August 1944	Failed to Return (FTR) fighter bomber mission to Chaumont, after strafing ground targets, A/C had oil failure, crashed near Epioux on 10-Aug-44 in P-51D 44-13679. Evaded (EVD). MACR 7764.
Other Promotion	Wittering, Peterborough PE8, UK	17 August 1944	Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD)	England, UK	22 September 1944	Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Died	Monterey County, CA, USA	18 July 1980
	Stanley, North Dakota
Buried	Petaluma, CA, USA		Cypress Hill Memorial Park Petaluma Sonoma County California, USA

Revisions

Date17 Jul 2016 20:44:36

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Anderson%2C+Lee+…
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Anderson&GSfn=Lee…;

Date27 Sep 2014 18:18:23

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7764 / MACR 7764, King;'s Cliffe Memorial Edition, Losses of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces Vol. IV by Bishop & Hey, p.29 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list