Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Richard C. Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, 500th Bomber Squadron, 345th Bomber Group (Medium).
Richard is born approx. on 1920 in New York.
Mother, Ruth M. Anderson.
Sister(s), Marjorie R. and Laura M. Anderson.
Brother(s), Gale W. and Harry N.J. Anderson.
Richard enlisted the service in New York with service number # 0-799726.
Richard ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-25 were,
1st Lt. Thomas R. Finnegan Pilot
2nd Lt. Richard C. Anderson Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Dean W. Class Navigator
SSgt. Robert A. Lind Engineer
Pvt. Alfred E. Clarke Radio Operator
Sgt. John L. White Gunner
Richard died during a Trainings Mission with another crew, after Take Off the plane dived into the ground on March 13, 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Richard is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-25/41-30664.html
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
