Roy Cecil Anderson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-37194.jpeg UPL 37194 The memorial tablet to 42-37958 and her crew close to the crash site on Snag Farm in Stoke Trister Somerset with Tributes in grateful memory

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Object Number - UPL 37194 - The memorial tablet to 42-37958 and her crew close to the crash site on Snag Farm in Stoke Trister Somerset with Tributes in grateful memory

Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Toulouse, France in B-17 42-37958 'Old Faithful' 25-Jun-44; crashed in farmyard at Snag Farm, Stoke Trister, Wincannon, Somerset. Killed in Action (KIA)



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20236274 / O-814519
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Old Faithful
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Centralia, WA 26 August 1913 Son of Nellie Anderson.

Enlisted

Sacramento, CA 17 February 1943 Sacramento, California

Died

Wincanton, UK 25 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Toulouse, France in B-17 42-37958 'Old Faithful' 25-Jun-44; crashed in farmyard at Snag Farm, Stoke Trister, Wincanton, Somerset. KIA

Buried

26 June 1944 Cambridge American Cemetery Plot C Row 1 Grave 43

Based

Bassingbourn 25 June 1944 Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

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