Homer Rex Anderson
MilitaryAssigned 816BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. Returned from Vienna 16-Mar-45, crash landing B-17 44-6325. RTD MACR 13059
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-127820
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12205351 / O-722978
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13130369 / O-2059037
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16113399
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38462277
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Burkburnett, TX | 20 September 1923 | Son of A A Anderson. |
Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 7 October 1942 | Los Angeles, California |
Died |
Forestburg, TX | 31 October 2018 | |
Columbus, MS | Columbus, Mississippi. | ||
Based |
Sterparone | Assigned 816BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. | |
Buried |
Perryman Cemetery, Forrestburg, TX | Perryman Cemetery Forestburg, Montague County, Texas | |
Inglewood, CA | Draft registration: working at North American Aviation Co |