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ANDERSON, Carl - Date of
birth
10 November 1923 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Oakland, Alameda County, California -
Hometown
Oakland, Alameda County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
19185853 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Assistant Radio Operator/Top Turret Gunner -
Unit
714th Bombardment Squadron,
448th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
22 December 1943 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of the Frisian Islands, North Sea
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Martin Anderson (father)
Erika (Sunderson) Anderson (mother)
Martin J. Anderson (brother)
Alice Anderson (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
41-28609 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Osnabrück, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yards
MACR: 2442
More information
S/Sgt Carl Anderson was a smith.He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in San Francisco, California on 16 November 1942.
The airplane was shot down on the return flight at approximately 5:00 PM by Hauptmann Peter Jenne of JG 26/I, and exploded in midair.
Two crew members managed to bail out and were taken prisoner; eight were killed. Seven are remembered on the Walls of the Missing at Margraten, Sgt Homer C. Risner is remembered on the Walls of the Missing at the American Military Cemetery and Memorial of Cambridge, England.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.b24.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR, WWII Draft Card, Oakland Tribune - 7 February 1944
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.honorstates.org