Charles Morris Yant

Military
Charles Yant UPL 60704 UPL 60704 S/Sgt Charles M. Yant

Object Number - UPL 60704 - S/Sgt Charles M. Yant

Completed 25 missions. The majority of missions were with the 446th BG. Then the entire crew was transferred to the 389th BG.



EAME w/ 2 battle stars/ GC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main airfield gate is also situated, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/930. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Flixton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Minerva, Ohio 3 May 1920 Born Minerva, Ohio

Enlisted

Akron, Ohio 2 November 1942 Enlisted Akron, Ohio

Other

Discharged

6 September 1945

Died

Minerva, Ohio 20 September 2001 Died Minerva, Ohio

Buried

Liberty Cemetery Minerva, Ohio 23 September 2001 Interred Liberty Cemetery Minerva, Stark County, Ohio

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self

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