Ronald Ackerley

Military

Flew 45 combat missions. Some were aboard 'Clay Pidgen', a B-24



distinquished flying cross air medal oak leaf with four clusters european theatre of operations ribbon two bronze stars for major engagements and others

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Tarrytown, New York 24 February 1917

Died

4 November 1998

Buried

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown, New York

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Sources

Birsic, 31 July 1944 Roster AAF #124 / relative:Edward Ackerley / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia