Benedict A Andrew

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-22963.jpeg UPL 22963 SSGT Benedict A. Andrew
Flight Engineer
William Waldron Crew
487th BG - 836th BS
KIA 24 December 1944

Object Number - UPL 22963 - SSGT Benedict A. Andrew Flight Engineer William Waldron Crew 487th BG - 836th BS KIA 24 December 1944

Killed in Action (KIA) when B-17G #43-38926 'Weary Willie' piloted by Lieutenant William J. Waldron was attacked by fighters.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2058133
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot, Co-Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Centreville, MD 21617, USA 24 May 1925

Enlisted

Baltimore, MD, USA 20 July 1943

Died

Rouvreux, 4140 Sprimont, Belgium 24 December 1944 After training, he was assigned as flight engineer and top turret gunner on the heavy bomber crew off Second Lieutenant William J. Waldron. The Waldron crew completed B-17 combat crew training, and was assigned to the 836th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group (Heavy) at Lavenham, Suffolk, England. The crew arrived at Lavenham on October 19, 1944, and became part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe. There is a photo of S/Sgt Andrew and the Waldron Crew at Lavenham posted on the 487th Bomb Group website. S/Sgt Andrew and five of his crew mates were killed in action on December 24, 1944 when their aircraft, B-17G 43-38926, was shot down by German fighters south of Liege, Belgium. Three men were blown clear and survived when the aircraft exploded in the air. The B-17 crashed near Rouvreux, Belgium, about 15 miles south of Liege.

Buried

Easton, MD 21601, USA Spring Hill Cemetery Easton Talbot County Maryland, USA

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Sources

Combat Chronology Supplement p. 535, The History of the 487th BG Roll of Honor pp. 302-5 and account pp 197-8 MACR 11675 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/WaldronCrew.shtml

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