First Lieutenant Anderson was one of eleven Army airmen killed when their Douglas C-67 Dragon (serial #39-029) struck a mountain peak at the 8,000 foot level, 36 miles west of Austin, Nevada, while on a flight leg from Colorado Springs to Reno, during World War II.
Those who perished aboard were:
Col. Philip R Love
1st Lt. George H Adams
1st Lt. Earle V Anderson
T/Sgt. Stanley Krysztowiak
Cpl. Don C Brill
Cpl. Warner L Corey
Cpl. Frank A Fugazza
Cpl. Freddie E Jones
Cpl. Albert R Schneider
Cpl. Hugo K Visscher, Jr
Pvt. Ralph N Goodsell
Entered the service from New Jersey; ASN O-415223
b. January 20, 1920, West New York, NJ-d. June 7, 1943, Austin, NV)
Attended Memorial High School
Entered Rutgers September 1937, BS, Business Administration, May 1941
Entered Service June 8, 1941, U.S. Army, commissioned 2nd Lt., transferred to U.S. Army Air Force, 1st Lt., April 1942
At Rutgers, Earl was enrolled in the advanced ROTC course. He was a member of the honors program, a brother of Sigma Delta Pi and was known for his love of chess. Entering the service in 1941, Earl was assigned to the Quartermaster Corps at Shaw Field in Sumter, SC. In April 1942, he transferred to the Army Air Forces with the rank of 1st Lt. On May 31, 1943, Earl was acting as copilot on a training mission. That day, his converted Douglas B-23 crashed into a cliff 115 miles east of Reno. Both he and his pilot, Colonel Philip Love, were killed. Because of poor weather and the height of the cliff, Earl's remains were not recovered until June 7, 1943.
First Lieutenant Anderson was one of eleven Army airmen killed when their Douglas C-67 Dragon (serial #39-029) struck a mountain peak at the 8,000 foot level, 36 miles west of Austin, Nevada, while on a flight leg from Colorado Springs to Reno, during World War II.
Those who perished aboard were:
Col. Philip R Love
1st Lt. George H Adams
1st Lt. Earle V Anderson
T/Sgt. Stanley Krysztowiak
Cpl. Don C Brill
Cpl. Warner L Corey
Cpl. Frank A Fugazza
Cpl. Freddie E Jones
Cpl. Albert R Schneider
Cpl. Hugo K Visscher, Jr
Pvt. Ralph N Goodsell
Entered the service from New Jersey; ASN O-415223
b. January 20, 1920, West New York, NJ-d. June 7, 1943, Austin, NV)
Attended Memorial High School
Entered Rutgers September 1937, BS, Business Administration, May 1941
Entered Service June 8, 1941, U.S. Army, commissioned 2nd Lt., transferred to U.S. Army Air Force, 1st Lt., April 1942
At Rutgers, Earl was enrolled in the advanced ROTC course. He was a member of the honors program, a brother of Sigma Delta Pi and was known for his love of chess. Entering the service in 1941, Earl was assigned to the Quartermaster Corps at Shaw Field in Sumter, SC. In April 1942, he transferred to the Army Air Forces with the rank of 1st Lt. On May 31, 1943, Earl was acting as copilot on a training mission. That day, his converted Douglas B-23 crashed into a cliff 115 miles east of Reno. Both he and his pilot, Colonel Philip Love, were killed. Because of poor weather and the height of the cliff, Earl's remains were not recovered until June 7, 1943.
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