| 词条 | James Roy Andersen |
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|name=James Roy Andersen |image= |caption= |birth_date = May 10, 1904 |birth_name = Brigadier General James Roy Andersen |death_date= {{death date and age|1945|2|26|1904|5|10}} |birth_place = Racine, Wisconsin |death_place= Near Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. |placeofburial_label= Missing in Action or Buried at Sea |nickname= |allegiance=United States of America |branch= United States Army Air Forces |serviceyears= 1926-1945 |rank= Brigadier General |unit= |commands= |battles= World War II |awards= Legion of Merit |relations= |laterwork= }} Brigadier General James Roy Andersen (10 May 1904 – 26 February 1945) was a United States Army Air Forces officer. He was declared killed in action after an aircraft accident on 26 February 1945 over the Pacific Ocean. BackgroundGeneral Andersen was born on 10 May 1904, in Racine, Wisconsin, and married Esther Hau. He graduated from the United States Military Academy on the Hudson River at West Point, New York in 1926, served at various Army installations, and obtained his wings at Kelly Field, Texas, in 1936. During 1943-1944 he served on the U.S. War Department General Staff. In January 1945, General Andersen was assigned to HQ AAF, Pacific Ocean Area. DisappearanceAndersen is believed to have died on 26 February 1945 in an aircraft accident near Kwajalein Island. He and Lieutenant General Millard Harmon were traveling on Consolidated C-87A Liberator Express serial number 41-24174,[1] which disappeared between Kwajalein and Johnston Island while en route to Hawaii. The pilot of the aircraft was F. E. Savage.[2] AftermathAndersen Air Force Base in the United States territory of Guam is named in his memory.[3]See also
References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1941_3.html|title=1941 USAAF Serial Numbers (41-13297 to 41-24339)|website=www.joebaugher.com|access-date=2018-09-15}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Feb1945O.htm|title=February 1945 USAAF Overseas Accident Reports|website=www.aviationarchaeology.com|access-date=2018-09-21}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=Guam Airfield Dedicated |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2465217/james_roy_andersen_19041945/|newspaper=Corsicana Daily Sun|date=April 21, 1950|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 23, 2015}} {{Open access}} External links
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