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Clarence I. Anderson

Clarence I. Anderson, Pvc., Service No. 19059691, in the back row in uniform in 1943, in Seattle, WA, with his younger brother and three younger sisters, as well as his mother Ester (far left) and father Ivan (second from the right). 

 

 Clarence Anderson on base stateside during military training.

Clarence Anderson on base stateside during military training.

 Clarence Anderson with family during his period of training.

Clarence Anderson with family during his period of training.

Clarence I. Anderson, Pvc., Service No. 19059691, in the back row in uniform in 1943, in Seattle, WA, with his younger brother and three younger sisters, as well as his mother Ester (far left) and father Ivan (second from the right). Clarence went Missing in Action (MIA) in the CBI with three other members of the crew on a flight from Jorhat, India, to Chengtu (Chengdu), China, on 15 May 1944, while flying in a C-87 (a variant of the B-24 airframe modified to carry cargo), as part of India-China Wing, Air Transport Command (ATC).  The members of this flight were:

1) Pilot: 2nd Lt. James D. McDowell

2) Co-pilot: 1st Lt. Carl F. Christian

3) Radio Operator: Clarence I. Anderson

4) Crew Chief: Frank B. DiPaola 

Click here to see the Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) for this crew.

(Image at the top from "Swedish Seattle," Paul Norlen, 2007, originally provided by Clarence\'s niece, Gail Anderson Stevens.)

If you can provide any more information on Mr. Anderson, please contact Pat at pat@rshonor.org.

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