Barney Yanchitis
Military![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/media/media-6700.png)
Handwritten caption on reverse: '28th September 1944 The day he shot down four'
Image courtesy of Stephen Trynosky
Object Number - UPL 6700 - First Lieutenant Ernest C Fiebelkorn of the 20th Fighter Group with his ground crew, Technical Sergeant Tucker, Sergeant Barney Yanchitis and...
Assigned to 77FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: EAME, WWII Victory.
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Units served with
![Official emblem of the 20th Fighter Group, approved 26 November 1942](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395174.jpg?itok=tk77TqjR)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-19705.jpeg?itok=ORBgCklE)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
![Captain Jack M. Ilfrey, one of the COs of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, at Kings Cliffe air base. He stands with other crew members beside P-38J Lightning (MC-O, serial number 43-28431), called "Happy Jack's Go Buggy".](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-377007.jpg?itok=dL-44Tpw)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Dearborn, Michigan | 30 September 1913 | Son of Anthony and Mary Yanchitis. Born in Detroit, Michigan. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / King's Cliffe Memorial Edition