Charles M Anderson

Military

Shot down by fighters on mission coming back from Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-30711 'Fertile Turtle Myrtle'. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.

92nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30711

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fertile Turtle Myrtle
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Crash and Prisoner of War (POW)

29 January 1944 The plane crashed near Genech France. Galloway and Anderson, waist gunners and sole survivors bailed out and were captured and held as POWs. They are the source of all information on Individual Casualty Questionaire in file 2253.

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Capitalized the Words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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File 2253 Individual Casualty Questionaire The Crash of a Flying Fortress (Bomber B 17) Genech January 29, 1944 Joss LeClercq for town of Genech.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2253 / MACR 2253, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database