James Anderson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-25428.jpeg UPL 25428 James Anderson, 93rd Bomb Group

Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/24962

Object Number - UPL 25428 - James Anderson, 93rd Bomb Group

Killed in Action (KIA) 10 January 1943. 93rd was assigned to N. Africa to help defeat Rommel. B-24D-1-CO #41-23665 'Big Dealer' had mission to La Galite (a small Mediterranean island off Tunisia). Crashed near Bir el Khamsa, Egypt. Crash may have been due to fuel shortage. 4 killed and 5 returned to action.



AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Big Dealer
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Killed in Action (KIA)

10 January 1943

Born

New Jersey

Buried

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ABMC, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey Vol. 1 p. 62, Ted's Traveling Circus p. 55 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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