Albert E Ackerman Jr

Military

Albert Ackerman Jr was the son of a lifelong Nebraska farmer and is listed as working as a 'laborer' at West Branch, Pawnee in the 1940 census.



During World War II Albert served as a Radio Operator on John Beach's crew of the 490th Bomb Group.



He was taken as a Prisoner of War (POW) when B-17 (serial number 43-38324) crashed at Zweieichen, near Opladen, Germany on 9 September 1944. He was held at Stalag Luft IV until liberated on 18 July 1945.



He returned to Pawnee, Nebraska after the war and worked as a millwright.



He died in 2005.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 9 September 1944

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Burchard, NE 68323, USA 4 October 1920 Son of Albert and Anna (Johnson) Ackerman

Enlisted

13 June 1942

Other

Married Audrey Packett

8 June 1943

Based

Eye 8 September 1944

Other

Taken as Prisoner of War

Opladen, Leverkusen, Germany 9 September 1944

Died

Omaha, NE, USA 25 May 2005 Aged 84
Omaha, NE, USA

Buried

Pawnee City Cemetery, Cemetery Loop Road, Pawnee City, NE 68420, USA
Pawnee County, NE, USA West Branch, Pawnee

Revisions

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Adkins family tree now carries information about Albert E Ackerman Jr: http://www.adkins9.net/individual.php?pid=I10031

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ContributorLucy May
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Sources

Combined two entries for Albert E Ackerman. This entry now contains information from the following source:
MACR 8929 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8929