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Cpt Yuravich with family/friends
Cpt Yuravich's Ike jacket dated March 6, 1943. Tailored by Sullivan, Williams and Co at Saville Row, London
Cpt Yuravich's redskin B-3 flight jacket dated 1941
Yurri was an instructor on B-17's at McDill before joining the 91st at Bassingbourn. On the Lorient raid 30th December 1942 in Ll'LAUDREY, the pilots' compartment caught a 20mm shell
seriously wounding him. T/Sgt King, the engineer. replaced the unconscious Yurri in the pilot's seat so he could assist the also wounded but conscious Co-Pilot Bob Shaw sufficiently to help return and safely land the battered plane.
Yurri's wounds were serious, he lost an eye and was hospitalized for many months before returning to the States.
He went back to college for a Master's in Sociology and worked for the Catholic Family Charities for 35 years.
Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-N] Bangor 13/9/42; Bassingbourn 10/11/42; Missing in Action 19m Amiens 3/8/43 with Dick Rodman, Co-pilot: Stan Czerwinski, Navigator: Renis TeMaat, Bombardier: Saul Berson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leo Kane, Radio...
14 November 1942
The U-Boat pens of La Pallice, France are the Primary(P) target for a combined bomber force of 21 B-17s from 91BG (14) and 306BG (7); 93BG also joins the raid with 13 B-24s. However, La Pallice is completely clouded over, so instead, the bombers attack...
18 November 1942
The U-Boat pens at Lorient and La Pallice, France are the Primary (P) targets for this mission. However, those at St. Nazaire, France are attacked by 21 B-17s of 303BG when they are mistaken for those of Lorient. The force attacking Lorient is composed...
6 December 1942
The German airfield of Drucat at Abbeville, France is the primary target for 19 B-24s despatched from 44th Bomb Group but are recalled. One squadron of 6 does not hear the recall and proceeds to the target, 1 B-24 MIA.
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20 December 1942
The German Air Depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France is the Primary (P) target for a combined force of 80 B-17s despatched by 91BG (17), 303BG (21); 305BG (23) and 306BG (19). 60 B-17 are effective on the target, but 7 are MIA and 1 is DBR.
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30 December 1942
The U-Boat pens at Lorient, France are the target for this mission. A combined force of 77 B-17s are despatched by 91BG (19); 303BG (16); 305BG (13) and 306BG (18). Only 40 are effective on the target. All but 1 B-17 from the 18 despatched by 306BG is...
Military site : airfield
Now home to a museum all about the aifield and its USAAF residents (http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/) , Bassingbourn opened in 1938 as part of the RAF's pre-war expansion programme. The RAF continued to use it until late in 1942 when its long...
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Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of Joseph Yuravitch (Yurri). |
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Perosnal Collection |
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Personal Collection |
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| 25 May 2019 04:06:30 | FlyingFort | Changes to mission associations |
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91st |
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| 25 May 2019 04:04:33 | FlyingFort | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, highest rank, role, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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91st BG |
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