Anderson, Edwin Leland

Rank and Name, First Lieutenant Edwin Leland Anderson.

Unit/Placed in, 1391st Army Air Force Base Unit, North Atlantic Squadron.

Edwin is born approx. on 11 Oct. 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Father, Edwin L. Anderson.

Mother, Mary V. (Wilkins) Anderson.

Edwin enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # O-759336.

Edwin‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a AO-10 were,

1^st Lt. Edwin L. Anderson Pilot

1^st Lt. Carl Holm Co Pilot

2^nd Lt. Sanford Englohnart Navigator

Sgt. Robert J. Hoover Engineer

Sgt. Oliver J. Hamlin Radio Operator

Sgt. Elmer Anderson Radar Operator

Capt. J.S. Tongue Passenger

Capt. Harlan R. Vincehelzer Passenger

Edwin died during Takeoff on a Cargo Mission, the airplane crashed in the rough Atlantic sea at the Azores Islands 27 Sep. 1945, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Edwin is buried/mentioned at Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.

Walls of the missing

Thanks to,

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com