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| Aviation Cadet Owen Anderson was killed in a training flight near Pensacola, Florida. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40644501/owen-rodger-anderson http://www.angelfire.com/va2/worldwar2family/johnsantos2.html |
Owen Rodger Anderson never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
He was born on September 7, 1919 in Bassett, Nebraska. His parents Clarence and Frances were born in Pennsylvania and Indiana, respectively. His father worked as a stock farmer and later as a retail grocer. Owen had seven older brothers and two older sisters. By 1940 Owen was living at home and working as a janitor. He had completed one year of college. His mother died in 1941.
He enlisted in the US Navy in October 1940. In 1942 he was stationed in Pensacola, Florida as an aviation machinery instructor. He wanted to fly planes so he applied and was accepted to attend flight school and ended up with the rank of aviation cadet. His training squadron operated out of Bronson Field, Pensacola, Florida.
Two weeks short of earning his wings, Cadet Anderson was killed on January 29, 1943 during a routine training flight. I was not able to find out any details about the crash from a flight based out of Bronson Field.
His grave is at Sunrise Cemetery in Wahoo, Nebraska.
Ernest Bowden, 3rd Armored Division, was born one year earlier on the same date. You can read about Ernest here.
On behalf of the fallen, if you would like to see more people become aware of this project to honor the WW2 fallen, be sure to share with others on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Thanks for your interest!
I created this video to explain why I started this project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXt8QA481lY.
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