Jackman Jr. , Lon Emert

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Lon Emert Jackman Jr.

Unit/Placed in, 427th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomber Group (Heavy).

Lon was born approx. on 1923 in Fall River County, Nebraska.

Father, Lon E. Jackman.

Mother, Clara E. Jackman.

Brother, Bruce Jackman.

Lon entered the service from South Dakota with service number # 18071792.

Lon’s crewmembers and their position onboard the plane a B-17 were,

2nd Lt. Alexander Alex Pilot

2nd Lt. Lon E. Jackman Jr. Co Pilot

2nd Lt. Nicolas J. Goldschmidt Jr. Navigator

2nd Lt. Albert L. Farrah Bombardier

S/Sgt. Joseph Adamczyk Engineer/Top Turret

Sgt. Robert J.Newcomb Asst.Engineer/Left Waist Gunner

S/Sgt. William R.Carren Radio Operator

Sgt. Harold L. Micheles Asst. Radio Operator/Ball Turret Gunner

Sgt. Harold A. Brown Right Waist Gunner

Sgt. Stewart G. Hall Tail Gunner

Lon Jackman Jr. was a Co Pilot (B-17) in the 427th Bomber Squadron.

Lon was KIA on a Bomb Mission to Bremen Germany and crashed, was hit by a shell in his stomach, then his oxygen mask caught fire and took his own life on Dec. 20, 1943, and he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Lon is buried at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands.

Thanks to http://www.303rdbg.com/

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com