Keith W Anderson
MilitaryUS Official via 398th Bomb Group Memorial Association - ref A9334
July 4, 1944 on mission to Tours, FR in B-17#42-107114 when engine trouble led to an out of control fire over the Channel. Crew returned to England releasing bombs in a field in Sussex. Crew bailed out. 10 RTD. Keith particularly remembered the mission to back up the D-Day landings. Target June Beach - mission to detonate mines and destroy beach obstacles before the 3rd Canadian Division landed.
air medal
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Revisions
398th History, Vol 1 and Vol 3, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. IV by Bishop & Hey, p. 28; Fortresses Over Nuthampstead, pg 35 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia