Charles E Ackerman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-34291.jpeg UPL 34291 Last seconds before impact - Isle of Man, 43-38856M, GD - 381st Bomb Group, 23.4.45. Don Madar Collection

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Object Number - UPL 34291 - Last seconds before impact - Isle of Man, 43-38856M, GD - 381st Bomb Group, 23.4.45.

KIS 23 April 1945 on excursion flight to Ireland. 31 men were picked to go on one-week vacation to Belfast, Ireland. Crashed into 2,000- foot peak on Isle of Man.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-38856

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

31 July 1922

Enlisted

20 August 1942

Died

23 April 1945

Buried

Plot D, Row 5, Grave 56.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added " / " in the "S/N" field as a separator to aid readability.

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ContributorAndycole0
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American Battle Monument's Commission www.abmc.gov
The National Archives and Records Administration.
FindaGrave.com

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ContributorLucy May
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Removed following info from record:
KIS On 14 Sept 43 plane took off on training mission. Pilot was Squadron. Commander. It somehow flew off course by some 50 miles and crashed into Skiddaw Mountain in Cumbria. All aboard were killed. . Rumor said plane really going to Scotland for special meeting. Was listed as passenger on this plane.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Mighty Men of the 381st: Heroes All; 381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; Roll of Honor

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