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2LT Vermont Ole Anderson

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2LT Vermont Ole Anderson

Birth
Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Death
30 Nov 1944 (aged 26)
Oberkotzau, Landkreis Hof, Bavaria, Germany
Burial
Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium Add to Map
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Plot C Row 6 Grave 53
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Vermont Ole Anderson, Son of Gideon and Rouva Hilma Anderson, husband of Betty Helen Donahoo of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota USA... Vermont was served with the USAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, B17G 43-38211 100th Bomber Group crashed near Oberkotzau, Landkreis Hof, Bavaria, Germany...

The airplane was hit by enemy fighters just after bombs away. The right wing burst into flames and it fell off on his right wing, spinning down into the ground. It was almost completely in flames when it fell from formation.
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
Vermont Ole Anderson, Son of Gideon and Rouva Hilma Anderson, husband of Betty Helen Donahoo of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota USA... Vermont was served with the USAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, B17G 43-38211 100th Bomber Group crashed near Oberkotzau, Landkreis Hof, Bavaria, Germany...

The airplane was hit by enemy fighters just after bombs away. The right wing burst into flames and it fell off on his right wing, spinning down into the ground. It was almost completely in flames when it fell from formation.
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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2 LT 349 BOMB SQ 100 BOMB GP (H) INDIANA

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  • Maintained by: Paying Forward
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56356782/vermont_ole-anderson: accessed ), memorial page for 2LT Vermont Ole Anderson (16 Jan 1918–30 Nov 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56356782, citing Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium; Maintained by Paying Forward (contributor 47545431).