Joel Milton Acker Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 54242 - 2nd Lt Joel Milton Acker Jr, 384BG.
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 12-Aug-43 in B-17 42-30046 'Merrie Hell', Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 289
Awards: AM, PH.
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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
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36501970
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39827007
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Merrie Hell
- Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Raider
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hell's Belles II
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 August 1943
- Date: 30 July 1943
- Date: 29 July 1943
- Date: 28 July 1943
- Date: 24 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Belton, SC 29627, USA | 9 March 1915 | Son of Joel Milton Sr and Helen Cheshire Acker. |
|
Enlisted |
Charlotte, NC, USA | 25 February 1942 | Residence: Mecklemburg County, North Carolina As a Private in Air Corps |
|
Based Assigned |
Grafton Underwood | 28 June 1943 - 12 August 1943 | Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squasdron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #38 dated 28 June 1943, Ernest J. Sierens Crew. 7 combat missions. |
|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 12 August 1943 | |
|
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot N Row 18 Grave 14 |
Revisions
Added a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56296198.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56296198/joel-milton-acker
Updated S/N per info in the event Description section.
Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
384th BG's list of personnel who were Killed in Action: http://www.384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/KIAList.php
384thbombgroup.com
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 289 / MACR 289, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
