Frederick Lewis Anderson
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 9848 - Major General Frederick L. Anderson Handwritten caption on reverse: 'M G Frederick L. Anderson.'
Formerly senior pilot and CG of 4th Bomb Wing at Marks Hall from May 1943. Then appointed CG VIII BC 1 July 1943 to January 1944.
See www.arlingtoncemetery.com/flanderson.htm
Films from the Frederick L. Anderson Collection at the Hoover Library & Archives were preserved in 2015 with funding from a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation. See: http://www.hoover.org/news/hoover-preserves-1940s-color-films-featuring…
Silver Star/ DFC/ DSM Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM/ LM
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Type Category: Combat organisation
![Personnel of the 97th Bomb Group look out for the return of B-17 Flying Fortresses from a raid on Rouen, from the top of the Control Tower at Grafton Underwood.
Image stamped on reverse: 'Photo Supplied Photopress Central.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'USA (BRI) CCC.' [written annotation] and '216036.' [Censor no.]
Printed caption on reverse: 'Picture shows: Aerodrome Personnel on the Control Tower watching for the return of the planes from the raid.' Handwritten captio](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379323.jpg.webp?itok=yT71Hmaq)
- Unit Hierarchy: Command
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mischief Maker
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Military site
- Known as: Camp Lynn; Daws Hill; Pinetree
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Kingston, New York | 4 October 1905 | |
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Died |
2 March 1969 | ||
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Buried |
Revisions
Information from Freeman's Mighty Eighth series plus Marks Hall archives.
WWII European Theatre Army Records, Roster of Key Officers, January 1945 via Fold 3
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php
Associated image of Major General Frederick L. Anderson from Roger Freemen Collection
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Mighty Eighth by Roger Freeman; www.arlingtoncemetery.com/flanderson.htm
![Brigadier-General Fred L. Anderson and his crew of the 94th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (XM-Z) at Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham). 19 May 1943.' Printed caption on reverse: '51783 AC- Brig. General Fred L. Anderson with crew of the 94th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Back row, left to right: S/Sgt. J.D. Polk, ball turret gunner, Okla. City, Okla.; S/Sgt. A.W. Hornden[?], top turret gunner; T/Sgt. McNemar, Radio Operator, Weston, W. Va.; General Anderson; Col. J.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408483.jpg.webp?itok=hLePhkzx)
![Major General Frederick L Anderson delivers a broadcast from the BBC. Image stamped on reverse: 'Confidential.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 6 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '40146.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Major operations made by USAAF last month were on a scale equal to [illegible] and Naval engagements, Maj Gen Frederick L Anderson, Chief of Eighth bomber command, said in a weekend radio broadcast to the United States last Saturday. He is shown here at a BBC Microphone. Broadcasting hous](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456664.jpg.webp?itok=14fzAGY_)
![General Arnold with Colonel Frederick W Castle, Brigadier General Curtis LeMay, General Williams and General Anderson during a visit to Bury St Edmunds (Rougham), home of the 379th Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 3 Sep 1943.' [stamp] nand '282085.' [censor no.] A printed caption was previously attached to the reverse however this has been removed. Associated news story: 'American Air Forces G.O.C. Meets The "Boys". General Arnold, Chief of the American Air Force, who arrived](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456751.jpg.webp?itok=LsXjWnHI)
![General George Marshall, General Fred Anderson, General Bob Williams, General Arnold and Colonel Henry Terry during a visit to the 91st Bomb Group at Bassingbourn. Image stamped on reverse: 'For Personal Use Only 1943.' [stamp]](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456753.jpg.webp?itok=LH_1YaCB)
