Carl Clayton Yates
MilitaryAssigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim in 43-38092; A/C disintegrated after hit by flak in bomb bay. Crashed Ludwigshafen. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 8845
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32357621 / O-758272
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Raub, IN | 10 February 1921 | Son of Wayne May Yates. MACR show DOB as 2-Oct-21, draft registration as 10-Feb-21. |
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Enlisted |
La Fayette, IN | 27 October 1942 | La Fayette, Indiana |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 9 September 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Blown out of A/C |
Ludwigshafen, Germany | 9 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim in 43-38092; A/C disintegrated after hit by flak in bomb bay. Crashed Ludwigshafen. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 8845 |
|
Other Discharged USAAF |
20 January 1946 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Chicago, IL | 20 December 2004 | |
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Buried |
Vicinity of Park Ridge, IL | 17 January 2005 | Internment location unknown. Ryan-Parke Funeral Home, Park Ridge, IL handled the funeral. |
| West La Fayette, IN | Residing West La Fayette, Indiana at time of draft registration. | ||
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Based |
Kimbolton | 9 September 1944 | Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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NOT KIA. Details taken from :
MACR 8845 - https://www.fold3.com;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8845 / MACR 8845; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 321 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database