Anthony Joseph Yagley Jr

Military
media-52398.jpeg UPL 52398 Anthony J. Yagley

Anthony J Yagley scrapbook.

Object Number - UPL 52398 - Anthony J. Yagley

Assigned to 700BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 25 x combat missions





Awards: AM (4OLC), GC, WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Detroit, Michigan 1 November 1924 Son of Anthony J Sr and Florence Regina [Finch] Yagley.

Enlisted

21 January 1943

Other

Discharged USAAF

27 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Madison Heights, MI 24 July 2005

Buried

White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery Troy, Oakland County, MI 27 July 2005 White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery Troy, Oakland County, Michigan

Based

Tibenham Assigned to 700BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF.

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