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Personal info

Full name
ANDES, Otis Kenneth
Date of birth
15 September 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Richland County, Montana
Hometown
Johnson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
O-717159
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
722nd Bombardment Squadron,
450th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 July 1944
Place of death
Near the North shore of Lake Balaton, Hungary

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 44 24

Immediate family

Members
Samuel M. Andes (father)
Florence A. (Wildermuth) Andes (mother)
Jerome E. Andes (brother)
Ammon S. Andes (brother)
Ralph V. Andes (brother)
Elsie F. Andes (sister)
Irene E. Andes (sister)
Martha M. Andes (sister)
Samuel C. Andes (brother)
Majorie Andes (sister)
Mabel L. Andes (sister)
Wilmer C. Andes (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-78409
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Budapest, Hungary
Mission: Bombing of the armament works
MACR: 7198

More information

T/Sgt Donald F. Welch:

On 27 July 1944, our group was on a mission to bomb the target at Budapest, Hungary. I was flying as waist gunner in ship #211 in the lead attack unit. Lt James was flying ship # 42-78409 in the same unit. In the vicinity of the I.P. I saw Lt James’s ship hit by flak in the #3 engine. Fire immediately broke out. I then saw one man come out of the camera hatch. Soon after three more men came out of the waist. The ship then exploded and three more chutes opened. I saw seven chutes in all. The ship blew up at 0932.

S/Sgt Alfred L. Huish Jr.:

He was killed when our plane was hit.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Montana Birth Index / Brown Hoops Family Tree, www.fold3.com, http://aircrewremembered.com/USAAFCombatOperations/Jul.44.html
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – M. M. Brown / Hawk Hillva