Elwood David Yeakel
Military
Official USAAF photo – NARA
Object Number - UPL 44967 - Elwood Yeakel, Molesworth, 21 November 1943. (Official USAAF photo – NARA)
Shot down 1 December 1943 in B-17 #42-39781, Prisoner of War (POW).
Connections
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12051907 at enlistment, then O-671085
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37232879
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19082184 at enlistment, then O-678377
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18217123
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14101673 at enlistment, then O-679083
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Career Girl
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Moorestown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania , United States | 20 December 1919 | the son of Robert Elmer and Estella Yeakel |
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Enlisted |
Newark, New Jersey, USA | 6 February 1942 | |
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 1 December 1943 | Interned at Stalag Luft 3 Sagan/Zagan, Poland. NARA WWII POW records: “Returned to Military Control 25 July 1945.” |
|
Died |
Nazareth, Pennsylvania, USA | 2 January 2010 | |
| Nazareth, Pennsylvania, USA |
Revisions
Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
MACR 1325
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft card
NARA WWII POW records
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/mcall/obituary.aspx?n=elwood-d-yeakel…
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1325 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
