Edwin Bailey Anderson

Military

Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort to Hannover. On run in to strafe ground targets, hit by flak. Abandoned P-51D 44-63177 24-Feb-45. 2nd Lt Anderson Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 12613.



Awards: AM (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hardin County, KY, USA 23 June 1923

Enlisted

Louisville, KY, USA 13 November 1942 Louisville, Kentucky

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 24 February 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Other

Baled Out

Hanover, Germany 24 February 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort to Hannover. On run in to strafe ground targets, hit by flak. Abandoned P-51D 44-63177 24-Feb-45. 2nd Lt Anderson Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 12613.

Died

Kentucky, USA 18 November 1981
Madisonville, KY 42431, USA

Buried

Odd Fellows Cemetery Madisonville Hopkins County KY Odd Fellows Cemetery Madisonville Hopkins County Kentucky, USA

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12613 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list