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SSGT Russell Lee Anderson
23 Sep 1922 – 30 Nov 1944
| Birth | 23 Sep 1922 |
| Death | 30 Nov 1944 |
| Cemetery | Fairy Cemetery Fairy , Hamilton County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | StratasFan on 07 Mar 2016 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17643851 |
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Son of Reuben Lee Anderson and Euphia Ann Brummett Served with the 338th Bombardment Squadron 96th Bomb Group. Armorer gunner with the Floyd B Whaley Crew (B-17G 44-8109 no nickname known). Anderson was the only member of the 10-man crew that did not survive the crash. The other nine were held as prisoners of the Germans in Stalag Luft One, Barth, Germany. until they were liberated in May 1945. Crew members believe he was killed by civilians and buried somewhere near Bebra, Germany. Crew Members: 1LT Floyd B Whaley, Jr. , Pilot - POW 2LT Thomas E Accardi, Co-Pilot - POW 2LT William C Senn , Navigator - POW 1LT Giles J McCarthy, Mickey? Operator-POW 2LT Jack E Schimpf, Bombardier - POW TSGT Francis R Martin , Engineer - POW TSGT Reider J Tommeras, Radio Oper - POW SSGT Willard H Christansen, Asst Eng RW - POW SSGT Jeremy C Tipton , Asst Radio Oper LW - POW SSGT Russell L Anderson, Armorer/TG - KIA He was survived by his parents and a sister. Thelma Ivy Anderson. Aircraft Info: Delivered Dallas 16/6/44; Langley 19/7/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-R] Snetterton 11/8/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 30/11/44 with Floyd Whaley, Co-pilot: Tom Accardi, Navigator: Bill Senn, Radio Operator: Jack Schimpf, Lt Giles McCarthy [Micky Op], Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Martin, Radio Operator: Reider Tommeras, Waist gunner: Jeremy Tipton, Waist gunner: Willard Christensen (9 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Russ Anderson (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Bebra, S of Kassel, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10832.
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TEXAS SSGT 338 AAF BOMB SQ WORLD WAR II
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