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James T Yeater

Military

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear.

UPL 66260 UPL 66260 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 23 September 1943/Nantes, France Submarine Facility.
Standing L-R: James Clifton McClanahan (B), Richard Vance Wolf (TG), Frank A. Celantano (N), Philip Morris Algar (P), George Warren Harris (CP)
Kneeling L-R: John Francis Shimenek (BT), James Thomas Yeater (WG), Francis Gerow (RO), Roland B. Laviolette (TT)
Not in the photo: Casmer Robert Majewski (WG)

https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/88743/category/LeadCrews

546th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group VIII Bomber Command 100 Grafton Underwood Casmer R Majewski James Clifton McClanahan Richard V Wolf Frank A Celentano Philip Morris Algar George W Harris John Francis Schimenek James T Yeater Francis Gerow Roland B Laviolette On

Object Number - UPL 66260 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 23 September 1943/Nantes, France Submarine Facility. Standing L-R: James Clifton McClanahan (B), Richard Vance Wolf...

Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-17 #42-31740, Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

A B-17 Flying Fortress (BK-H, serial number 42-37781) nicknamed "Silver Dollar" of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group goes down after losing its tail. Image via Havelaar. Printed caption on reverse: 'Silver Dollar, a Flying Fortress operating from Grafton Underwood, has its complete tail severed during one of the first 8th Air Force raids on Berlin.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Berlin missile, BK-H, Fort goes down.'

546th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Personnel of the 384th Bomb Group don their flight gear before a mission to Berlin in their B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 24 Mar 1944.' [stamp] and '313403.' [Censor no.] A printed caption was previously attached to the reverse, however this has been removed. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Berlin, 22/3/44, 231740.'

42-31740

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Grafton Underwood airfield looking north east, Geddington village is on the left, 22 April 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC309. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Grafton Underwood

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Grafton Undermud

Events

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Date

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Born

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany

9 April 1944

Revisions

Date13 Apr 2020 00:39:27

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:14:56

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3653 / MACR 3653, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear.

Object number: UPL 66260 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 23 September 1943...