Marion Jesse Akers
Military
Top Row L to R: William J. Hanna (Group Ops Officer), Robert V. DeShazo (Group Exec Officer), Malcom Green (future Group C.O.), Frederick Terrell (Group Commander(
Bottom Row L to R: Reginald Clizbe (85th BS C.O.), Richard Horner (86th BS C.O.), Marion Akers (97th BS C.O.)
Object Number - UPL 47510 - Command Staff of the 47th Bomb Group at Souk-el-Arba, Tunisia Top Row L to R: William J. Hanna (Group Ops Officer), Robert V. DeShazo (Group Exec...
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
![Ground personnel of the 51st Fighter Group, 10th Air Force work on a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-29264). Handwritten caption on reverse: '51 FG, 316 FS, [illegible].'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-457064.jpg.webp?itok=K4c3SuWM)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grosetto Main
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Dows, Iowa | 26 March 1920 | |
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Other 86th BS Commander |
Grosetto Airfield, Italy | 1 February 1945 - 15 June 1945 | |
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Died |
Toppsfield, MA | 14 November 2002 | |
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Buried |
11 April 2003 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map Plot Section 4-DD Row 26 Site 1 |
Revisions
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