Millard Othello Anderson Sr

Military
First Lieutenant Millard of the 55th Fighter Group shows Captain Donald E. Penn a flak hole in his flight jacket from the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang. Printed caption on reverse: 'USSTAF Photo - 8th AF. Pro-HQ'45. 247. OWI Release. "Nuts To The Nazis" - quips 1st Lt. Millard V. Anderson, 1616 Linden Ave., Lynchburg, Va., in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang, as he laughingly shows the frayed holes caused by flak fragments as he swept over a Nazi airdrome to shoot up a Focke Wulf 190 on the ground, just shor media-401173.jpg FRE 2421 First Lieutenant Millard of the 55th Fighter Group shows Captain Donald E. Penn a flak hole in his flight jacket from the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang. Printed caption on reverse: 'USSTAF Photo - 8th AF. Pro-HQ'45. 247. OWI Release. "Nuts To The Nazis" - quips 1st Lt. Millard V. Anderson, 1616 Linden Ave., Lynchburg, Va., in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang, as he laughingly shows the frayed holes caused by flak fragments as he swept over a Nazi airdrome to shoot up a Focke Wulf 190 on the ground, just shortly after he had sent a twin-jet Messerschmitt 262 screaming out of the air. With him is Capt. Donald E. Penn, of Superior, Ariz., whose squadron - a unit of the Third Air Division's 55th Fighter Group - set a new Eighth Air Force record by getting seven "jet-jobs" in one day. Certified as having been passed by SHAEF Censor No. 40.' On reverse: 'Sacred' [Stamp]. Roger Freeman Collection

Roger Freeman Photo.

Object Number - FRE 2421 - First Lieutenant Millard of the 55th Fighter Group shows Captain Donald E. Penn a flak hole in his flight jacket from the cockpit of his P-51...

Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.

Flew 53 combat missions in P-51's. Awarded Air Medal for heroically sheparding a badly damaged B-17 ( wounded pilot and shot out instruments, heading in wrong direction). Awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart after he bravely intercepted and shot down an Me 262 jet fighter and returned injured from the 25th February mission in an incapacitated aircraft.



Awards: DFC, AM (8 OLC),SS, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.



Post War: Remained in USAF, Serving in Korea, a 13 month tour, at Iwo Kuni, Japan, where he flew the B-26 bomber in 63 missions over Korea. Rising to the rank of Lt Colonel before retiring in February 1968. Second career as a nuclear products specialist with Babcock & Wilcox until 1985, when he retired.

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Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.

Wormingford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Norfolk, Virginia 30 June 1918 Son of Joseph David and Bessie Irene [Schley]Anderson.

Other

Assigned

Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK 27 October 1944 - 9 July 1945 Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

E/A Destroyed

St Vith, Belgium 24 December 1944 Bf109 destroyed St Vith.

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E/A Destroyed 1/2

Salzwedel, Germany 14 January 1945 Shared destroyed (Ground) Salzwedel.

Other

E/A Destroyed

Giebelstadt, Germany 25 February 1945 Destroyed Me262 Giebelstadt.

Other

E/A Destroyed

Giebelstadt, Germany 25 February 1945 Destroyed Fw190 (Ground) Giebelstadt.

Other

E/A Destroyed

Brunnthal, Germany 9 April 1945 Destroyed enemy aircraft(Ground) Munich Brunnthal.

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E/A Destroyed

Wesendorf, Germany 10 April 1945 Destroyed enemy aircraft(Ground) Wesendorf.

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Promotion

Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK 18 April 1945 Promoted to Captain.

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Transferred

Raydon, Ipswich IP7, UK 9 July 1945 Transferred to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Lynchburg, VA, USA 23 January 2001

Buried

West Point, NY, USA Old Cadet Chapel Columbarium United States Military Academy Post Cemetery West Point Orange County New York, USA.

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).

Revisions

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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/13874/
http://www.station131.co.uk/55th/Encounter%20Reports.htm#1944 February Reports
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Anderson&GSfn=Mil…;

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Sources

55th FG newsletter / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Millard Othello Anderson: Gallery (3 items)

First Lieutenant Millard of the 55th Fighter Group shows Captain Donald E. Penn a flak hole in his flight jacket from the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang. Printed caption on reverse: 'USSTAF Photo - 8th AF. Pro-HQ'45. 247. OWI Release. "Nuts To The Nazis" - quips 1st Lt. Millard V. Anderson, 1616 Linden Ave., Lynchburg, Va., in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang, as he laughingly shows the frayed holes caused by flak fragments as he swept over a Nazi airdrome to shoot up a Focke Wulf 190 on the ground, just shor

Object number: FRE 2421 - First Lieutenant Millard of the 55th Fighter Group...

Object number: UPL 22737 - Group of 38th Fighter Squadron pilots taken...

Object number: UPL 6821 - Lieutenant Millard O Anderson of the 38th Fighter...