Jerome S Yosick

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Jerome Yosick was Co-Pilot and GEE Navigator on B-26 Serial #42-107588 on the 14 January 1945 mission to bomb the bridge at Steinebrück, Saint-Vith, Belgium. He is reported as Killed in Action (KIA), but the cause of his death is not known. He rests at the Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupré, Belgium (Plot B Row 43 Grave 1.)

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Units served with

Private First Class Barbara O'Brien of the Womens Army Corps, paints the nose of a B-26 Marauder (YU-Y. serial number 41-34982) nicknamed "Jolly Roger" of the 323rd Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publcation 4 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '295589.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'W.A.C.S. on duty at a Bomber Station. Associated Press Photo shows:- Pfc: Barbara O'Brien painting the Jolly Roger on the nose of a Marauder with the crew looking on.'

323rd Bomb Group

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

People

Robert H Adams

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-667904
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Warren W Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18084765 and O-726105
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

George Price Burnett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18024532 and O-660867
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Jack William Pippin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34285298
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Louis R Prejean

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38310701
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Armorer; Gunner

Aircraft

A B-26 Marauder (VT-R, serial number 42-107588) of the 323rd Bomb Group in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Marauder. Credit USAAF.'

42-107588

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

792

  • Date: 14 January 1945

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio, United States 7 March 1941

Died

near Saint-Vith, Belgium 14 January 1945 T/Sgt Pippinn radio operator on his crew states in a 30 August 1945 letter that Lt Yosick had jumped immediately after him, did not notice anything wrong with his parachute and could supply no other information about Lt Yosick’s fate. Either Lt Yosick's parachute did not open or he survived but was killed later, in circumstances unknown, as the Battle of the Bulge was still raging in the area.

Born

Ohio the son of Stephen F. and Caroline E. Yosick
Wadsworth, Shelby County, Ohio, United States

Buried

Revisions

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

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Connections to crew members for whom new pages were created

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MACR 11926
NARA WWII Enlistment records
ABMC website
Personal research on the plane and crew

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Combat Chronology, WWII Memorial / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia