World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Gordon F. Anderson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Lancaster, Minnesota
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
HE WAS A COPILOT OF A B-25 ‘MITCHELL’ MEDIUM BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED JANUARY 11, 1943 DURING A TRAINING MISSION. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RECOVER FROM A SPIN, FIVE OTHER CREWMEN ALSO DIED WHEN THE BOMBER CRASHED EAST OF FALCON, COLORADO.