Arden M Anderson
MilitaryAnderson was born in 1918 and grew up in the small town of Menasha, Wisconsin, where he graduated with honors from the local high school during the Great Depression. He enlisted in the Army at Chanute Field, Illinois, where he passed the Air Corps test in July 1940. After promotions to sergeant and then staff sergeant in 1942, he trained as a pilot, earning his wings and lieutenant's bar in May 1944. During the war, he served as a B-24 bomber pilot flying missions with the 446th out of Bungay, England.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
Revisions
These background details come from a local newspaper, the Menasha Record, which tracked Anderson's career in the Army. They are corroborated by an obituary published in the Post-Crescent of Appleton, Wisconsin, and by his gravestone (see here https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67910240).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.446bg.com/