Donald Richard Ackerson
Military
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Object Number - UPL 12899 - 42-31433 SO-V, RUM POTT II
Shot down 13 April 1944 in B-17 #42-31433 'Rum Pot II' Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3867
POW Camp: Dulag Luft Gross tychow Dulag 12
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14101553, O-797956
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-799714
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32364054
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: MOS 748 - Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Rum Pot II
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 13 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Governors Island, New York, NY, USA | 25 August 1942 | Residence: Nassau County, New York Private, Branch Immaterial Enlisted ASN: 32437261 |
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Other Assigned |
12 November 1943 | Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #141 dated 12 November 1943, Maurice Booska Crew. 27 combat missons. | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 13 April 1944 | POW Camp: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12 |
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Born |
New York, NY, USA | ||
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Died |
Burial: Tappan Cemetery Tappan Rockland County New York, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3867 / MACR 3867, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
