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Barney Yanchitis

Military

media-6700.png UPL 6700 First Lieutenant Ernest C Fiebelkorn of the 20th Fighter Group with his ground crew, Technical Sergeant Tucker, Sergeant Barney Yanchitis and Sergeant Nicolas Trynosky

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

20th Fighter Group

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

77th Fighter Squadron

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".

Kings Cliffe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Dearborn, Michigan	30 September 1913	Son of Anthony and Mary Yanchitis. Born in Detroit, Michigan.

Revisions

Date2 Dec 2022 17:45:28

ContributorAl_Skiff

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https://www.fold3.com/image/662184831

Date27 Sep 2014 18:04:19

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / King's Cliffe Memorial Edition

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Object number: UPL 6700 - First Lieutenant Ernest C Fiebelkorn of the 20th...