Wendell Durward Ackerman

Military
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane.  Four men standing to the rear and six men kneeling in front. UPL 65710 UPL 65710 Morrison Crew, circa December 1943, 544th BS, 384th BG. The crew in this photo did not fly any missions together. Back row: Robert DeMille (CP), Earl Mason (B), Robert Belk (N), Don Morrison (P). Front row: Donald Engwer (BT), Raymond Pardee (TG), Joseph Burger (FG), Wendell Ackerman (E/TT), Frederick Plummer (FG), Nathan Striesfeld (RO).

Identifications in the photo applied by Robert DeMille. Photo courtesy of Bruce DeMille

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384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron Grafton Underwood Donald Sylvester Morrison Robert E DeMille Earl Carter Mason Robert K Belk Donald Leroy Engwer Raymond Floyd Pardee Joseph Earnest Burger Wendell Durward Ackerman Frederick W Plummer Nathan Striesfeld On

Object Number - UPL 65710 - Morrison Crew, circa December 1943, 544th BS, 384th BG. The crew in this photo did not fly any missions together. Back row: Robert DeMille (CP),...

•Sustained Moderately Severe Frostbite over Northwestern Germany on 22 December 1943.

• Transferred to the Detachment Of Patients, 303rd Station Hospital on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #178 dated 30 December 1943.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mr Five by Five
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

16 September 1921

Enlisted

19 August 1942 Residence: Belknap County, New Hampshire Private, Air Corps

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Assigned

23 August 1943 - 30 December 1943 Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #79 dated 23 August 1943, without crew. Two combat missions.

Died

24 March 2006 Burial: New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery Boscawen Merrimack County New Hampshire, USA  

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