Robert George Yarian

Military
media-43034.jpeg UPL 43034 The George S. McClellan crew of the 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, taken in Scott Field, Illinois, August 1943.
Six of the crew pictured were flying on the 01 January 1944 mission.

Back L-R: T/Sgt David Tempesta (E)(KIA), S/Sgt Robert G. Yarian (BTG-POW),
Sgt Selig (R)(not with crew in England), S/Sgt Charles E. Dugan (TG)(POW), S/Sgt Robert H. McGrew (WG)

Front L-R: 2Lt Ernest G. Greenwood (CP), 2Lt Merlin L. Cornish (B)(POW),
2Lt John C. Kaliher (N)(POW), 1Lt George S. McClellan (P)(KIA) 303rd Bomb Group collection

303rd Bomb Group records

Object Number - UPL 43034 - The George S. McClellan crew of the 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, taken in Scott Field, Illinois, August 1943. Six of the crew pictured...

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by fighters on mission to Oschersleben on 11-Jan-44 in B-17 41-24587 'Bad Check'. Prisoner of War (POW).



Awards: PH, POW, American Campaign, EAME, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bad Check
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Sarasota, Florida, USA 12 July 1923 Born Nappanee, IN

Enlisted

12 September 1942 Enlisted Fort Benjamin Harrison IN

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 11 January 1944 - 1 March 1945 Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft IV

Died

7 June 1978 Died Wakarusa, IN

Buried

10 June 1978 Interred Olive Cemetery Wakarusa, Elkhart County, Indiana,

Revisions

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Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1922 / MACR 1922, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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