Frederick Lewis Anderson
MilitaryIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Formerly senior pilot and CG of 4th Bomb Wing at Marks Hall from May 1943. Then appointed CG VIII BC 1 July 1943 to January 1944.
See www.arlingtoncemetery.com/flanderson.htm
Films from the Frederick L. Anderson Collection at the Hoover Library & Archives were preserved in 2015 with funding from a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation. See: http://www.hoover.org/news/hoover-preserves-1940s-color-films-featuring…
Silver Star/ DFC/ DSM Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM/ LM
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Type Category: Combat organisation
- Unit Hierarchy: Command
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mischief Maker
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Military site
- Known as: Camp Lynn; Daws Hill; Pinetree
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Kingston, New York | 4 October 1905 | |
Died |
2 March 1969 | ||
Buried |
Revisions
Information from Freeman's Mighty Eighth series plus Marks Hall archives.
WWII European Theatre Army Records, Roster of Key Officers, January 1945 via Fold 3
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php
Associated image of Major General Frederick L. Anderson from Roger Freemen Collection
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Mighty Eighth by Roger Freeman; www.arlingtoncemetery.com/flanderson.htm