Ackerman, Wendell Durwood

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Ackerman, Wendell Durwood ‡ ⇗
Rank	Sergeant
Serial Number	11040507 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #79 dated 23 August 1943, effective 23 August 1943.
Duty	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
MOS	748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer
Last Duty Date	30 December 1943
Results	Wounded In Action
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart Medal for wounds received on 22 December 1943 per General Orders #51, Headquarters, 1st Bomb Division dated 8 March 1944.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 16 September 1921 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.

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 2 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
42⇗	13 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	42‑3429⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
45⇗	22 December 1943	Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Osnabrück, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	42‑29717⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗

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