Lucky Bag Yearbook

From the 1952 Lucky Bag:

Warren Randolph Anderson

Bud was a Congressional Appointee from Menominee, Michigan. He completed high school in 1948 at the age of seventeen, and wasted only two months before entering Navy. During his tour of duty at Navy, he was active in batt football, company cross-country, company touch football, and the Russian Club. Bud’s favorite pastime was painting neckties, which he did very well. He hoped to fly with the Navy after graduation, providing of course, his OAO didn’t persuade him to enter the Marine Corps. Bud’s ready smile and friendly manner will stand him in good stead among his many friends and future acquaintances.

Loss

Warren was lost when the B-57 Canberra light bomber he was aboard crashed on April 2, 1957 near Laon Air Base, France.

Other Information

From Shipmate, July 1957:

… He was attached to the 71st Bombing Squadron, APO 17, New York. He is survived by his wife, Eleanor Loring Anderson, and his son and daughter who were living in France … He is also survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Anderson, Menominee, Mich.

From researcher Kathy Franz:

In the 1948 Menominee yearbook, “Bud” ran track ’46 and was chemistry squad leader ’48. “I know a little bit about a lot of things.” Warren and classmates John Farley, Curt Peterson proposed the dandelion for school flower; they lost to the white rose. In the Prophecy section, they found 150 new uses for the dandelion.

Warren died shortly after takeoff when his B57 Canberra light bomber caught fire and tried to return to Laon for a landing. It crashed and exploded in a field outside of the town.

He was survived by his wife Eleanor and three children who were living in Laon.

He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Photographs

From his high school yearbook