Jonathan Bunion Akers

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Object Number - UPL 63437 - T/Sgt Jonathan B. Akers

Assigned to 49FS, 14FG. Passenger aboard C-47 41-7803 crashed at Moel y Gaer mountain 23-Aug-42. Died Non Battle (DNB).



Awards: PH.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 18th Troop Carrier Squadron 64th Troop Carrier Group
  • Service Numbers: 17025843 / O-433764
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 18th Troop Carrier Squadron 64th Troop Carrier Group

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Young County, TX, USA 22 December 1911 Son of Claude Wallace and Lillie Ostrilla [Tate] Akers.

Enlisted

Fort Bliss, TX 79906, USA 5 October 1940 Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas

Died

Coed Moel-Y-Gaer, Denbigh LL16, UK 23 August 1942 Passenger aboard C-47 41-7803 crashed at Moel y Gaer mountain 23-Aug-42. Died Non Battle (DNB).

Buried

25 August 1942 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Texas, USA

Based

23 August 1942 Assigned to 49FS, 14FG.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hey p. 27

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