Donald Avery Younglas
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 44425 - Stele in Cousolre, France to the memory of three USAAF fighter pilots killed in action on 7 January 1944. Translation : “To the memory of American...
Donald Younglas was killed in action (KIA) on 7 January 1944, while providing fighter escort on a mission to Ludwigshaven, Germany. His P-47D Thunderbolt #42-75124 was shot down by German fighters. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 2003.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 358th Fighter Group 367th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 7 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
4 April 1919 | Michigan, the son of Avery John and Clara Belle Younglas | |
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Enlisted |
14 October 1940 | Detroit, Michigan | |
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Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
7 January 1944 | at Cousolre, France, in the crash of P-47D #42-75124, shot down by German fighters | |
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Buried |
10 January 1944 | in the Cimetière du Centre, Maubeuge, France | |
| Flint, Genesee County, Michigan | |||
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Buried |
after the war, his remains were brought back to the USA. Donald Younglas rests at the Sunset Hills Cemetery in Flint, Michigan |
Revisions
MACR 2003
US Census for 1930
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Headstone Applications
Information provided by Bernard Feutry, a French researcher who uncovered the wreck of Younglas' aircraft in Couslore, France
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2003 / MACR 2003, 8th AF losses, WWII Memorial / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
