Hazen S Anderson

Military

Assigned to RAF, transferred to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. On Rodeo to St Omer shot down 12 March 1943 in Spitfire VB BL240. Squadron was jumped by FW190s near St. Omer, France. Baled out to be Prisoner of War (POW).



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

BL240

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron

BL582

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron No 71 'Eagle' Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Grafton, MA, USA 2 May 1916 Son of Frank Willard and Grace Maude [Rhines] Anderson.

Other

Transferred

Debden, Saffron Walden CB11, UK 29 September 1942 - 12 March 1943 Transferred to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 12 March 1943 - 17 July 1945 Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland). Officially Returned to Military Control 17-Jul-45.

Other

Shot Down

Saint-Omer, France 12 March 1943 Shot down 12 March 1943 in Spitfire VB BL240. Squadron was jumped by FW 109s near St. Omer, France. Baled out to be Prisoner of War (POW).

Died

Los Angeles, CA, USA 31 July 1975

Other

Assigned

England, UK 29 September 1942 Assigned to RAF.

Buried

Los Angeles, CA, USA Los Angeles National Cemetery Los Angeles Los Angeles County California, USA

Born

Needham, MA, USA

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to the 4th FG, the parent FG of the 334th, 335th & 336th FS.

 

 

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Anderson&GSfn=Haz…;

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list.

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 30-Jun-2015. Made connections to Place, Aircraft and mission within existing website data; Added POW event per National AIrchives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey, p. 90 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list