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SSGT Nathan Leon Sanderson

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SSGT Nathan Leon Sanderson Veteran

Birth
Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA
Death
30 Nov 1944 (aged 22)
Oberkotzau, Landkreis Hof, Bavaria, Germany
Burial
Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.7457914, Longitude: -119.8238504
Memorial ID
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Assigned to 349th Bomb Sqn, 100th Bomb Grp. 4 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg in B-17 43-38211; hit by flak after bombs away, crashed Flur Oberkotzau, Germany. 30-Nov-44 A/C Power went out when hit by flak, trapped in ball turret. Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Aircrew Report 10831

Crew:
Pilot: 2LT Vermont O. Anderson USAAF KIA Ardennes Neuville-en-Condroz Belgium
CP: 2LT William G. Sherling USAAF POW Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang
NAV: F/O Norman T. Klasner USAAF KIA King Solomon Memorial Park New Jersey, USA
BOMB: 2LT Herbert D. Olson USAAF POW Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang
ENG/TT: S/SGT Dudley C. Runnels USAAF POW Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
RO S/SGT: Stanley W. Labaz USAAF KIA Saint Casimir Societies Cemetery New York, USA
BT S/SGT: Nathan L. Sanderson USAAF KIA Belmont Memorial Park California, USA
WG S/SGT: Frank Lusenko USAAF KIA Arlington National Cemetery Virginia, USA
TG S/SGT: Bert E. Licklitter USAAF KIA Ardennes Neuville-en-Condroz Belgium
Assigned to 349th Bomb Sqn, 100th Bomb Grp. 4 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg in B-17 43-38211; hit by flak after bombs away, crashed Flur Oberkotzau, Germany. 30-Nov-44 A/C Power went out when hit by flak, trapped in ball turret. Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Aircrew Report 10831

Crew:
Pilot: 2LT Vermont O. Anderson USAAF KIA Ardennes Neuville-en-Condroz Belgium
CP: 2LT William G. Sherling USAAF POW Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang
NAV: F/O Norman T. Klasner USAAF KIA King Solomon Memorial Park New Jersey, USA
BOMB: 2LT Herbert D. Olson USAAF POW Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang
ENG/TT: S/SGT Dudley C. Runnels USAAF POW Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
RO S/SGT: Stanley W. Labaz USAAF KIA Saint Casimir Societies Cemetery New York, USA
BT S/SGT: Nathan L. Sanderson USAAF KIA Belmont Memorial Park California, USA
WG S/SGT: Frank Lusenko USAAF KIA Arlington National Cemetery Virginia, USA
TG S/SGT: Bert E. Licklitter USAAF KIA Ardennes Neuville-en-Condroz Belgium


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