8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Edwin E Anderson
Military
Assigned to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Chatanooga mission to Wilhemshaven, forced by weather to fly alog below the overcast, A/C hit by flak in oil system. A/C P-47 42-76396 abandoned near Wilhemshaven. Lt Anderson Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5105.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
Units served with
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356th Fighter Group
Group
The 356th Fighter Group flew 413 missions between 15 October 1943 and 7 May 1945 and suffered the highest ratio of losses to enemy aircraft claims of any Eighth Air Force Group. This gave the Group the reputation of being the 'hard luck' outfit. The... -
360th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-76396
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Chatanooga mission to Wilhemshaven, forced by weather to fly alog below the overcast, A/C hit by flak in oil system. A/C abandoned near Wilhemshaven. Pilot Lt Edwin E Anderson POW. MACR 5105.
Associated Place
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Martlesham Heath
Military site : airfield
Opened in 1917 as home to the RFC Aeroplane Experimental Unit, Martlesham Heath became well known during the 1920s-30s as home to the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment. Used as an RAF fighter station from 1939, with only a grass airfield...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | California, USA | 21 October 1923 |
| Lived in | San Diego County, CA, USA | 1940 |
| Assigned | Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK | 1944 |
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Assigned to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Zagan, Poland | 21 May 1944 – May 1945 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). |
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| Baled Out | Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 21 May 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Chatanooga mission to Wilhemshaven, forced by weather to fly alog below the overcast, A/C hit by flak in oil system. A/C P-47 42-76396 abandoned near Wilhemshaven. Lt Anderson Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5105. |
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| Buried | Poway, CA, USA | May 1990 |
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Dearborn Memorial Park |
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| Died | San Diego County, CA, USA | 3 May 1990 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 15 July 2016 18:26:52 | Al_Skiff | Changes to highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=42-76396&Submit=S... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:08:42 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5105 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |
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