Dean J Yates
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 39558 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Peter Wabbit" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 July 1943."
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 8 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt raid 17-Aug-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, 6 miles W of Bingen, Germany Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1350
Award: AM, PH (OLC).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17003932 / O-731702
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Peter Wabbit
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dangerous Dan
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Missions
![Regensburg, after being bombed by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 385th Bomb Group, 17 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(O-5-1-385)(17-8-43)(30171-6 3/8 - 24,000)(Regensberg)." Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '#44: View of the target.' Censor no: 282458. On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413725.jpg.webp?itok=AMwIgGyH)
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Mona, Utah, USA | 22 November 1920 | Son of John Bryan and Mary Hortense [Gibbons] Yates. |
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Enlisted |
Salt Lake City, Utah | 5 August 1942 | Salt Lake City, Utah |
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Died |
Dorrebach, Germany | 17 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt raid 17-Aug-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, 6 miles W of Bingen, Germany KIA MACR 1350 |
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Buried |
Dorrebach, Germany | 18 August 1943 | Interred Dorrebach cemetery. |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Kimbolton | 17 August 1943 | Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Plot B Row 25 Grave 10 |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/529896929-dean-j-yates
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763704?rec=299449062
379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, November 1942-July 1945
http://8thairforce.com/members/missionsflownby.asp?perIdentification=24…
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=WR26&t…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56662599/dean-j-yates
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1350 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database