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PANHANDLE
DOGIE
42-5084
B-17F
91/323
OR
 Lt.
Anderson
lost
little
time
in
transferring
his
affections
and
name
to
his
replacement
plane
which
arrived
at
Bassingbourn
on
14th
December.
He
would
have
even
worse
misfortune
with
this
replacement
ship.
On
3rd
January
1943
the
group's
target
was
St.
Nazaire
and
they
encountered
intense
and
accurate
flak
over
the
target.
Andersen's
crew
were
flying
their
new
"Panhandle
Dogie"
that
day,
escorted
by
RAF
Spitfires
but,
as
soon
as
the
escort
withdrew,
the
Luftwaffe's
Fw
190s
swept
in
to
attack.
The
assault
continued
until
the
formation
was
80
miles
out
to
sea
but
Panhandle
Dogie
had
been
an
early
victim,
last
seen
going
down
in
the
vicinity
of
the
target.
Lt.
Anderson
and
six
of
his
crew
were
killed
and
two
others
were
never
found.
Only
the
navigator,
1
Lt.
Roten
is
thought
to
have
survived.
This
is
one
of
the
original
Nine
B-17
Flying
Fortresses
that
formed
the
323rd
Bomb
Squadron
of
the
91st
Bomb
Group.
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