Marvin Chester Aaker

Military

Marvin Aaker served as a flight engineer and top turret gunner with the 735th Bomb Squadron of the 453rd Bomb Group, flying missions out of Old Buckenham, England.

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Units served with

453rd Bomb Group

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

Airmen of the 458th Bomb Group gather outside a hangar after a mission. Image via Lieutenant Vincent Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Intill smoke cigars, 753rd Hangar & operations. Kania W/O cap, Cullet W/ Cap, Vincent with cigar.'

735th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Old Buckenham

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	North Dakota, USA	12 July 1921	Parents: Gustav A. Aaker and Anna S. Aaker née Koldingness
Enlisted	Hastings, MN 55033, USA	26 October 1942
Died	Crookston, Minnesota	7 January 1995
	Traill County, ND, USA
Buried	Hatton, North Dakota		St. John's Cemetery, Hatton, North Dakota

Revisions

Date1 May 2021 22:14:54

Contributoracbernstein1

Changes

Sources

Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

Date25 Oct 2017 14:44:35

ContributorLucy May

Changes

Sources

NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&tf=F&q=Mar…

Date27 Sep 2014 18:19:45

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc