Brigadier General James Roy Andersen (May 10, 1904 – February 26, 1945) was a United States Army Air Forces officer.

He graduated from the United States Military Academy on the Hudson River at West Point, New York, on June 12, 1926, fourth in his class.

In January 1945, Andersen was promoted to brigadier general and assigned to HQ AAF, Pacific Ocean Area.

He and Lieutenant General Millard Harmon were traveling on Consolidated C-87A Liberator Express serial number 41-24174,[2] which disappeared between Kwajalein and Johnston Island while en route to Hawaii.

[3][4] Andersen Air Force Base in the United States territory of Guam is named in his memory.