Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Alan Sigurd Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, 499th Bomber Squadron, 345th Bomber Group (Medium).
Alan is born approx. on April 29, 1919 in Hennepin, Minnesota.
Father, Joseph W. Anderson.
Mother, Margaret J. (Mollison) Anderson.
Brother(s), Joseph W. Anderson Jr.
Alan enlisted the service in Minnesota with service number # 0-795474.
Alan ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-25 were,
2nd Lt. Alan S. Anderson Pilot
2nd Lt. Clifton C. Roberts Co Pilot
2nd Lt. Walter L. Kellison Navigator/Bombardier
S/Sgt. Paul H. Raines Engineer
T/Sgt. Frederick F. Dietz Jr. Radio Operator/Waist Gunner
Sgt. Frank E. Youkin Tail Gunner
Alan was KIA when bombs from a other plane made to maneuver got in a nose down and exploded during the crash on March 19, 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Alan is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA.
Thanks to, http://www.345thbombgroup.org/
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
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
