Jack J Yelton
Military
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Object Number - UPL 25249 - 1Lt Jack Yelton 20th FG
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Lippstadt on 5 Apr 44 in P-38J s/n 42-67753
Air & ground kills-2 Fw190, 2 Fw200, 2 Me110
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Cactus Jack
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Texas, USA | 21 September 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Lubbock, TX, USA | 4 February 1941 | |
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Other Shot Down/Captured |
Lippstadt, Germany | 4 May 1944 | |
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Other Repatriated |
16 February 1945 | One of 900+ wounded Americans exchanged for German POW's. Came home on the neutral Swedish ship Gripsholm | |
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Died |
Poway, CA, USA | 30 December 1999 | |
| San Antonio, TX, USA | |||
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Enlisted |
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| Los Angeles, CA, USA |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3614 / MACR 3614, King;'s Cliffe Memorial Edition / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
