Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Clarence V. Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, 711th Bomber Squadron, 447th Bomber Group, Heavy.
Clarence is born approx. on 12 June 1916 in McCook County, South Dakota.
Father, Oscar D. Anderson.
Mother, Ida M. Anderson.
Sister(s), Ida E. Anderson.
Clarence enlisted the service in South Dakota with service number # O-703160.
Clarence’s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-17 were,
2nd Lt. Philip D King Pilot
2nd Lt. John F Dillon Co Pilot
2nd Lt. Clarence V Anderson Navigator
2nd Lt. John M Pruner, Jr. Bombardier
SSGT. William H Harrison Top Turret Gunner
SSGT. Lloyd A Boltz Radio Operator
SGT. John A Burek Ball Turret Gunner
SGT. Duncan H Campbell Left Waist Gunner
SGT. Donald E Grainger Right Waist Gunner
SGT. Carl S Reitzel, Jr Tail Gunner
Clarence was KIA when at Take-Off to the Mission they Crashed on 19 November 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Clarence is buried/mentioned at Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Info ETO, https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
