nice painted jacket - request help for possible ID

[dujardin]

helloooo all

a friend on the french forum have this jacket ...... these beautiful jacket since +- 1 year.
he bought her when visiting Minnesota.
alas, not many info on the original owner (unit)
the name must (could) be Gordon Anderson

2 pics of the jacket






and here follow the possible NARA
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ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 17026273 17026273
NAME ANDERSON#GORDON#R####### ANDERSON#GORDON#R#######
RESIDENCE: STATE 74 MINNESOTA
RESIDENCE: COUNTY 053 HENNEPIN
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT 7435 FT SNELLING MINNESOTA
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 15 15
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 08 08
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 41 41
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION AV#C Aviation Cadet
GRADE: CODE 9 Aviation Cadet
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION AC# Air Corps
BRANCH: CODE 20 Air Corps
FIELD USE AS DESIRED # #
TERM OF ENLISTMENT 0 Undefined Code
LONGEVITY ### ###
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL 0 Civil Life
NATIVITY 74 MINNESOTA
YEAR OF BIRTH 17 17
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP 1 White, citizen
EDUCATION 5 1 year of college
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION 101 Bookkeepers and cashiers, except bank cashiers
MARITAL STATUS 6 Single, without dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY 1 Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
CARD NUMBER # #
BOX NUMBER 0241 0241
FILM REEL NUMBER 2.98# 2.98#

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someone with more info ????????????????????????????????????????

idea about unit ???

help will be much appreciated and welcome

many thanks

 

[Treetopflyer]

Which town in Minnesota did he purchase this? Here is a possibility http://www.virginiamn.com/obituaries/ar ... 963f4.html

 

[Treetopflyer]

I noticed that the birth date was wrong on the obituary that I posted the link to. This might be him in this link http://www.locategrave.org/l/3218450/Go ... nderson-MN Although it does not say which units he was in during the war.

 

[dujardin]

already thanks for this first help

i ask to the friend in wich town he baught the jacket

will give answer on your request as soon as possible

 

[dujardin]

the town was (is) called Dulut, something like that

 

[Treetopflyer]

It's Duluth. It is a city located on Lake Superior.

I ran across the Minnesota Historical Society website: http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/sv000150d.xml The MHSC lists photos they have from the Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper. They have a photo listed of "Anderson, Gordon R., Air Force, Minneapolis," located in "box 60." You may be able to contact them to see if they have a scanned copy of the photo. Since the photo was published in the newspaper it more than likely has a caption or some info about Gordon R. Anderson and the unit he was in when he was in the Army Air Corps, later called the Air Force.

 

[dujardin]

thank you very much for your precious help
it's really appreciated

 

[EMBLEMHUNTER]

The jacket has a C-47/DC-3 so I would say had most likely was in a Troop Carrier Group or a Combat Cargo Group