Anderson, Ernest Lloyd

Rank and Name, First Lieutenant Ernest Lloyd 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,

1^st Lt. Ernest L. Anderson Pilot

2^nd Lt. Donald Stevenson Co Pilot

2^nd 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.

Thanks to, http://www.b26.com/historian/trevor_allen/king_bee.htm

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

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org