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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 12160" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Anderson </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Jean R. </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>406 Night Leaflet Squadron </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Second Lieutenant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>0-034342 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>26th April 1945 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>23</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Ingham County, Michigan, USA. Section O</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 05.03.1922</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Henry Rasmus Andersen (1897-1962)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Mary Gertrude (nee Richards) Andersen (1888-1960)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Ingham County,Michigan</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>pilot</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>B-24 42-51251</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>crashed on take-off Harrington </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-andersen.35403/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35403-cec29890c48b51639cfbbe68bc99ae38.jpg?1619175721" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-anderson.4695/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/4/4695-2e847e498627224ce87c7e86dd253abe.jpg?1591384103" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-andersen-group.35402/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35402-96a782c71bda2971aae80019ff884930.jpg?1619175719" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-andersen-grave.35401/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35401-cabd72d9694b707229de43d3418b58f8.jpg?1619175715" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">On April 26, 1945, Air Force lieutenant Jean Anderson was the pilot of a USAF B-24 bomber. He and his crew were flying out of England to a WWII mission in northern Germany.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>During the ascent in inclement weather, the aircraft's wings developed several inches of ice, disabling it. As Lt. Anderson was trained, he descended to 10,000 feet in an attempt to de-ice the plane. Unfortunately, this failed to resolve the issue, and the plane began to lose altitude. Lt. Anderson gave the crew the order to bale out, which they all did.</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>But Lt. Anderson, recognizing that the aircraft may crash land into a neighborhood, did not bale out. He stayed with the aircraft in attempt to guide the inevitable crash away from innocent civilians below.</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Lt. Anderson went down with the aircraft, managing to steer it into a field, no more than 100 feet from the residential area that included a church and a school.</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>In 1984, the area of the open field where Lt. Anderson crashed was developed into a residential area, and "Anderson Drive" is one of the main roads through this area.</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">VFW Post 7309 in Jean's hometown of Mason, Michigan, was named in his honor.</span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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