Millard Othello Anderson Sr
MilitaryRoger Freeman Photo.
Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.
Flew 53 combat missions in P-51's. Awarded Air Medal for heroically sheparding a badly damaged B-17 ( wounded pilot and shot out instruments, heading in wrong direction). Awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart after he bravely intercepted and shot down an Me 262 jet fighter and returned injured from the 25th February mission in an incapacitated aircraft.
Awards: DFC, AM (8 OLC),SS, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post War: Remained in USAF, Serving in Korea, a 13 month tour, at Iwo Kuni, Japan, where he flew the B-26 bomber in 63 missions over Korea. Rising to the rank of Lt Colonel before retiring in February 1968. Second career as a nuclear products specialist with Babcock & Wilcox until 1985, when he retired.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Air base
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Norfolk, Virginia | 30 June 1918 | Son of Joseph David and Bessie Irene [Schley]Anderson. |
Other Assigned |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | 27 October 1944 - 9 July 1945 | Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
St Vith, Belgium | 24 December 1944 | Bf109 destroyed St Vith. |
Other E/A Destroyed 1/2 |
Salzwedel, Germany | 14 January 1945 | Shared destroyed (Ground) Salzwedel. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Giebelstadt, Germany | 25 February 1945 | Destroyed Me262 Giebelstadt. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Giebelstadt, Germany | 25 February 1945 | Destroyed Fw190 (Ground) Giebelstadt. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Brunnthal, Germany | 9 April 1945 | Destroyed enemy aircraft(Ground) Munich Brunnthal. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Wesendorf, Germany | 10 April 1945 | Destroyed enemy aircraft(Ground) Wesendorf. |
Other Promotion |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | 18 April 1945 | Promoted to Captain. |
Other Transferred |
Raydon, Ipswich IP7, UK | 9 July 1945 | Transferred to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
Lynchburg, VA, USA | 23 January 2001 | |
Buried |
West Point, NY, USA | Old Cadet Chapel Columbarium United States Military Academy Post Cemetery West Point Orange County New York, USA. | |
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). |
Revisions
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/13874/
http://www.station131.co.uk/55th/Encounter%20Reports.htm#1944 February Reports
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Anderson&GSfn=Mil…;
55th FG newsletter / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia