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Anderson, Robert W., Capt.
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Contact Info
Home Town Chicago
Last Address T.F. Green Airfield, Hillsgrove, RI
Date of Passing Nov 29, 1944
Location of Interment Irving Park Cemetery - Chicago, Illinois
After flying 100 combat missions in the South Pacific, the 25 year old pilot took off from Hillsgrove (TF Green) airport on the morning of November 29th 1944 on a training mission with at least two other P47s. He was around 35 miles from base when his engine quit. Anderson radioed he was having engine problems. Witnesses tell of seeing flames coming from his engine. Anderson bailed out but his chute didn't open. The plane crashed in Little Tavern Brook in Putnam, CT just off Route 44.
WWII - Pacific Theater of Operations/Central Pacific Campaign (1941-43)
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
December / 1943
Description (Central Pacific Campaign 7 December 1941 to 6 December 1943) The war in the Central Pacific began with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Six months later an AAF task force took part in the Battle of Midway, in which a great Japanese fleet was defeated. But another year and a half elapsed before American forces began an offensive against Japanese positions in the Central Pacific. It was then, on 20 November 1943, that landings were made in the Gilberts, on Makin and Tarawa, with the Marines at the latter place becoming engaged in one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
