Thomas M Yelvington

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Crashed shortly after takeoff believed due to severe icing conditions on a mission to Gilze-Rijen airfield, Holland in B-24J #42-100046 'Patsy Ann'. Killed in Action (KIA).

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The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

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

People

Lewis N Elwood

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35613569
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Lonnie Lewis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34450141
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

George L Lewman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 06575877
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Nose Gunner
A crumpled engine from a crashed B-24 Liberator of the 389th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(BAD-2-4-6ISC)(2-10-44)(A/C No 210004(-B.24.' Image via John H Woolnough. Handwritten caption on reverse: 389 BG Taverham.

Herbert H Loebs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19067096 and O-742437
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Pasquale P Mirando

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 32515508
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Aircraft

A crumpled engine from a crashed B-24 Liberator of the 389th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(BAD-2-4-6ISC)(2-10-44)(A/C No 210004(-B.24.' Image via John H Woolnough. Handwritten caption on reverse: 389 BG Taverham.

42-100046

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Patsy Ann
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron

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Died

10 February 1944

Buried

Texas

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces