Jonathan Bunion Akers
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UPL 63437
UPL 63437
T/Sgt Jonathan B. Akers
Jonathan Bunion 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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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
People
- 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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
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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Sources
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