Rank and Name, First Lieutenant Ernest L. Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, 558th Bomber Squadron, 387th Bomber Group, Medium.
Ernest is born approx. on 1 April 1919 in Leonard, North Dakota.
Father, Carl Anderson.
Born in Sweden.
Mother, Mattie Anderson.
Born in Norway.
Sister(s), Elsie and Margaret Anderson.
Brother(s), Allin Anderson.
Ernest enlisted the service in North Dakota with service number # O-731784.
Ernest ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-26 were,
1st Lt. Ernest L. Anderson Pilot
2nd Lt. Donald Stevenson Co Pilot
2nd Lt. Earl E. Miller Navigator/Bombardier
SSgt. William P. Power Jr. Radio Operator/Gunner
SSgt. Robert L. Abell Engineer/Gunner
Sgt. Harry C. Seth Gunner
Ernest was KIA when they were hit by FLAK over the target, plane broke in two and crashed on the Target on 31 Aug. 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, United States Aviator Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Ernest is buried/mentioned at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.b26.com/historian/trevor_allen/king_bee.htm
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/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
