USAAF WWII
Pilot 1Lt. John B. Anderson KIA
Entered the service from California
Wife Shirley Anderson
Squadron: 701 Bomb Sq, 445 Bomb Group
Service# ASN; O/747189
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Target:
Date Lost: 12-Apr-44
Serial Number: # 42-109087
Aircraft Model B-24J
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:Tennessee Dottie
Location: Mettet Belgium
Cause:based at Tibenham Station, England. On 12 April 1944, his bomber crashed near Mettet, Belgium, about 10 kilometers northeast of Florennes. Anderson was still at the controls of his bomber when it crashed. His surviving crew members believed that he was trying to prevent the plane, which still had a full payload, from crashing into the villages below. He was initially buried in the cemetery of the community of Gosselies before being transferred to the Ardennes American Cemetery.
Information provided by Phillipe De Ridder
Monument voor de bemanning to Crew B-24J 42-109807 in Belgium
Crew of Tennessee Dottie
1st/Lt.John B. Anderson Pilot KIA
2nd Lt Jack C. Juras Co-pilot EVD
2nd Lt Walter P. McHugh Navigator EVD
2nd Lt. Lawrence J. Ebenkamp Bomber EVD
T/Sgt Michael Bungo Engineer EVD
RO T/Sgt. Milton C. Stremple POW
BT S/Sgt Cornelius J. Harrington POW
S/Sgt Albert P. Horvath LW Gunner POW
S/Sgt George P. Kountz RW Gunner POW
S/Sgt Francis J. Rogalski Engineer TT POW
Pilot 1Lt. John B. Anderson KIA
Entered the service from California
Wife Shirley Anderson
Squadron: 701 Bomb Sq, 445 Bomb Group
Service# ASN; O/747189
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Target:
Date Lost: 12-Apr-44
Serial Number: # 42-109087
Aircraft Model B-24J
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:Tennessee Dottie
Location: Mettet Belgium
Cause:based at Tibenham Station, England. On 12 April 1944, his bomber crashed near Mettet, Belgium, about 10 kilometers northeast of Florennes. Anderson was still at the controls of his bomber when it crashed. His surviving crew members believed that he was trying to prevent the plane, which still had a full payload, from crashing into the villages below. He was initially buried in the cemetery of the community of Gosselies before being transferred to the Ardennes American Cemetery.
Information provided by Phillipe De Ridder
Monument voor de bemanning to Crew B-24J 42-109807 in Belgium
Crew of Tennessee Dottie
1st/Lt.John B. Anderson Pilot KIA
2nd Lt Jack C. Juras Co-pilot EVD
2nd Lt Walter P. McHugh Navigator EVD
2nd Lt. Lawrence J. Ebenkamp Bomber EVD
T/Sgt Michael Bungo Engineer EVD
RO T/Sgt. Milton C. Stremple POW
BT S/Sgt Cornelius J. Harrington POW
S/Sgt Albert P. Horvath LW Gunner POW
S/Sgt George P. Kountz RW Gunner POW
S/Sgt Francis J. Rogalski Engineer TT POW
USAAF WWII
Pilot 1Lt. John B. Anderson KIA
Entered the service from California
Wife Shirley Anderson
Squadron: 701 Bomb Sq, 445 Bomb Group
Service# ASN; O/747189
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Target:
Date Lost: 12-Apr-44
Serial Number: # 42-109087
Aircraft Model B-24J
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:Tennessee Dottie
Location: Mettet Belgium
Cause:based at Tibenham Station, England. On 12 April 1944, his bomber crashed near Mettet, Belgium, about 10 kilometers northeast of Florennes. Anderson was still at the controls of his bomber when it crashed. His surviving crew members believed that he was trying to prevent the plane, which still had a full payload, from crashing into the villages below. He was initially buried in the cemetery of the community of Gosselies before being transferred to the Ardennes American Cemetery.
Information provided by Phillipe De Ridder
Monument voor de bemanning to Crew B-24J 42-109807 in Belgium
Crew of Tennessee Dottie
1st/Lt.John B. Anderson Pilot KIA
2nd Lt Jack C. Juras Co-pilot EVD
2nd Lt Walter P. McHugh Navigator EVD
2nd Lt. Lawrence J. Ebenkamp Bomber EVD
T/Sgt Michael Bungo Engineer EVD
RO T/Sgt. Milton C. Stremple POW
BT S/Sgt Cornelius J. Harrington POW
S/Sgt Albert P. Horvath LW Gunner POW
S/Sgt George P. Kountz RW Gunner POW
S/Sgt Francis J. Rogalski Engineer TT POW
Pilot 1Lt. John B. Anderson KIA
Entered the service from California
Wife Shirley Anderson
Squadron: 701 Bomb Sq, 445 Bomb Group
Service# ASN; O/747189
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Target:
Date Lost: 12-Apr-44
Serial Number: # 42-109087
Aircraft Model B-24J
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:Tennessee Dottie
Location: Mettet Belgium
Cause:based at Tibenham Station, England. On 12 April 1944, his bomber crashed near Mettet, Belgium, about 10 kilometers northeast of Florennes. Anderson was still at the controls of his bomber when it crashed. His surviving crew members believed that he was trying to prevent the plane, which still had a full payload, from crashing into the villages below. He was initially buried in the cemetery of the community of Gosselies before being transferred to the Ardennes American Cemetery.
Information provided by Phillipe De Ridder
Monument voor de bemanning to Crew B-24J 42-109807 in Belgium
Crew of Tennessee Dottie
1st/Lt.John B. Anderson Pilot KIA
2nd Lt Jack C. Juras Co-pilot EVD
2nd Lt Walter P. McHugh Navigator EVD
2nd Lt. Lawrence J. Ebenkamp Bomber EVD
T/Sgt Michael Bungo Engineer EVD
RO T/Sgt. Milton C. Stremple POW
BT S/Sgt Cornelius J. Harrington POW
S/Sgt Albert P. Horvath LW Gunner POW
S/Sgt George P. Kountz RW Gunner POW
S/Sgt Francis J. Rogalski Engineer TT POW
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