Fred Bernard Yelsky
Military![Fred Yelsky](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/2023-02/Lt.%20Young%20And%20Crew%20O....jpg)
Object Number - UPL 61104 - 1st Lt Fred B Yelsky
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 13 x combat missions
Awards: AM, EAME, WWII Victory.
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Units served with
![Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395045.jpg?itok=caWLp9v9)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Insignia associated with the 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395047.jpg?itok=YlKbQqYM)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
![Aerial photograph of the east end of Molesworth airfield looking north, the control tower and two T2 hangars are right of the vertical runway, 5 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/889. English Heritage (RAF Photography).](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/eh/eh-94.jpg?itok=WdxJYMU6)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brooklyn, New York | 11 July 1915 | Born Brooklyn, New York |
Enlisted |
Richmond, Virginia | 9 September 1941 | Enlisted Richmond, Virginia |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-wxyz.html#W