Roland Elias Yoders
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Added connection to Lewis Space's record
Object Number - UPL 17054 - B-24 Que-Bar-Quennie crew. Pilot Roland E Yoders is the first man on the left in the back row. S/Sgt Norbert Bengford is kneeling on the far right...
Roland Elias Yoders enlisted in the US Army Air Corp, completed pilot training & received the rank of First Lieutenant. He was assigned to the 567th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group. On 16 August 1944, he was killed in action when the aircraft he was piloting (B-24J, 42-109795, 'Q-Bar Queenie') was shot down in a field near Huntorf, Germany. Six other crew members were killed, three lived & were captured by the Germans and sent to Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow, Pomerania.
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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-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: “Q-Bar Queenie”
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Washington, PA 15301, USA | 21 August 1923 | |
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Died |
16 August 1944 |
Revisions
Information sent through to the American Air Museum by Diane Fast. Roland Yoders was her brother's father.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7909 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database