Service # O-666503
Unit 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group
Rank Captain U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Texas
Date of Death May 28 1944
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized Tablets of the Missing
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery
Recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, and Purple Heart
Woodrow Anderson entered service from Texas and served as a pilot with the 78th Fighter Group transferring to the 352nd Fighter Group. He Failed to Return (FTR) from a bomber escort to Dessau. Bounced by three Messerschmitt Bf-109's near Leipzig and shot down in P-51B Mustang (tail #42-106635), Killed in Action (KIA) 28-May-44. He is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial.
P-51 MUSTANG
Tail number 42-106635; nickname 'Texas Bluebonnet'
Assigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from a bomber escort to Dessau. Bounced by three Bf109's near Leipzig and shot down, pilot Lt Woodrow W Anderson Killed in Action (KIA) 28-May-44. MACR 5099.
Family: James H. Anderson (father)
Nancy L. (Spivey) Anderson (mother)
James H. Anderson (brother)
Jonnie L. Anderson (sister)
Bert E. Anderson (sister)
Evelyn Anderson (wife)
Unit 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group
Rank Captain U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Texas
Date of Death May 28 1944
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized Tablets of the Missing
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery
Recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, and Purple Heart
Woodrow Anderson entered service from Texas and served as a pilot with the 78th Fighter Group transferring to the 352nd Fighter Group. He Failed to Return (FTR) from a bomber escort to Dessau. Bounced by three Messerschmitt Bf-109's near Leipzig and shot down in P-51B Mustang (tail #42-106635), Killed in Action (KIA) 28-May-44. He is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial.
P-51 MUSTANG
Tail number 42-106635; nickname 'Texas Bluebonnet'
Assigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from a bomber escort to Dessau. Bounced by three Bf109's near Leipzig and shot down, pilot Lt Woodrow W Anderson Killed in Action (KIA) 28-May-44. MACR 5099.
Family: James H. Anderson (father)
Nancy L. (Spivey) Anderson (mother)
James H. Anderson (brother)
Jonnie L. Anderson (sister)
Bert E. Anderson (sister)
Evelyn Anderson (wife)
Service # O-666503
Unit 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group
Rank Captain U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Texas
Date of Death May 28 1944
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized Tablets of the Missing
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery
Recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, and Purple Heart
Woodrow Anderson entered service from Texas and served as a pilot with the 78th Fighter Group transferring to the 352nd Fighter Group. He Failed to Return (FTR) from a bomber escort to Dessau. Bounced by three Messerschmitt Bf-109's near Leipzig and shot down in P-51B Mustang (tail #42-106635), Killed in Action (KIA) 28-May-44. He is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial.
P-51 MUSTANG
Tail number 42-106635; nickname 'Texas Bluebonnet'
Assigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from a bomber escort to Dessau. Bounced by three Bf109's near Leipzig and shot down, pilot Lt Woodrow W Anderson Killed in Action (KIA) 28-May-44. MACR 5099.
Family: James H. Anderson (father)
Nancy L. (Spivey) Anderson (mother)
James H. Anderson (brother)
Jonnie L. Anderson (sister)
Bert E. Anderson (sister)
Evelyn Anderson (wife)
Unit 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group
Rank Captain U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Texas
Date of Death May 28 1944
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized Tablets of the Missing
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery
Recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, and Purple Heart
Woodrow Anderson entered service from Texas and served as a pilot with the 78th Fighter Group transferring to the 352nd Fighter Group. He Failed to Return (FTR) from a bomber escort to Dessau. Bounced by three Messerschmitt Bf-109's near Leipzig and shot down in P-51B Mustang (tail #42-106635), Killed in Action (KIA) 28-May-44. He is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial.
P-51 MUSTANG
Tail number 42-106635; nickname 'Texas Bluebonnet'
Assigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from a bomber escort to Dessau. Bounced by three Bf109's near Leipzig and shot down, pilot Lt Woodrow W Anderson Killed in Action (KIA) 28-May-44. MACR 5099.
Family: James H. Anderson (father)
Nancy L. (Spivey) Anderson (mother)
James H. Anderson (brother)
Jonnie L. Anderson (sister)
Bert E. Anderson (sister)
Evelyn Anderson (wife)
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CAPT 486 FTR SQ 352 FTR GP TEXAS
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