James L Yarbrough
MilitaryReturning to Grafton Underwood from Istres, bad weather over England and poor navigation forced pilot to attempt a landing on Guernsey Island. Pilot ground-looped aircraft to prevent running off the end of the runway. There were no personnel injuries. James Yarbrough was a passenger.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
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AAIR 45-06-11-526;
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/SortieReport.php?SortieKey=1…
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Added "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…