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ANDERSON, Bernard Warren - Date of
birth
12 November 1920 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio -
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
16069755 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Ball Turret Gunner -
Unit
714th Bombardment Squadron,
448th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
22 December 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, west of Terschelling, the Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Evelyn A. Dregger (Aunt)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-52105 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Osnabruck, Germany
MACR: 3313
More information
S/Sgt Bernard W. Anderson was employed in a machine shop.He enlisted on 8 April 1942 in Chicago, Illinois.
The airplane was hit by German flak. When the plane left the formation, German fighters pounced and shot down the stricken plane. The bomber crashed into the sea west of Terschelling.
None of the crew members survived the crash.
Source of information: Wendy Lensink, Terry Hirsch, Ohio Birth Index, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Chicago Tribune - 3 February 1944, www.ancestry.com