Marion Jesse Akers

Military
media-47510.jpeg 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 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

A-26 Invaders, including (serial number 43-22575) of the 47th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force lined up in Italy.
  • 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

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].'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Grosetto Main

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Dows, Iowa 26 March 1920

Other

86th BS Commander

Grosetto Airfield, Italy 1 February 1945 - 15 June 1945

Died

Toppsfield, MA 14 November 2002

Buried

11 April 2003 Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map Plot Section 4-DD Row 26 Site 1

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