J T Youmans

Military
media-52516.jpeg UPL 52516 "Lt. Fondryn and crew of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force base in England. 13 March 1945."

Rear L-R: Unk, Clyde Brobst, Henry Youmans, Herman Wilbers, Irving Falkowitz, John Wenzel, Unk.

Front L-R: Unk, John Fondren, John Coyne, James Via, John Wickline, Unk.

https://www.fold3.com/image/32168770

Object Number - UPL 52516 - "Lt. Fondryn and crew of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force base in England....

Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. John Fondren crew. 40 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).



Could be John Theodore Youmans:

BIRTH 21-Mar-16

DEATH 28-Mar-95 (aged 79)

BURIAL Lawtonville Cemetery, Estill, Hampton County, South Carolina, USA

Son of Hugh R Sr and Anna [Peeples] Youmans.

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Aircraft

43-38646

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

43-38677

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
A flight of B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 401st Bomb Group. B-17 (serial number 44-8153) is visible in the foreground. Printed caption on reverse: '59329 AC- 8th AF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses over Mannheim, Germany, 1 February 1945. A- 8th AF Beoing B-17 Flying Fortresses near Ludwigshafen, Germany, 1 February 1945.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'IW-N Becomin Back, 338738. IN-C, IW-F,-Q.'

43-38738

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gaposis, Becomin’ Back
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

44-6464

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Prop Wash Hare's Breath
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (IW-A, serial number 44-6508) of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '48.' On reverse: Griff Murphey [Stamp].

44-6508

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Maiden U.S.A., Mission to Moscow
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Missions

833

  • Date: 16 February 1945

832

  • Date: 15 February 1945

8AF 830

  • Date: 14 February 1945
  • Official Description:

825

  • Date: 10 February 1945
Ground crew attend to a crashed P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Baby Jo" of the 357th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: ' Lt Noel Breen ran out of fuel 9 Feb '45.'

824

  • Date: 9 February 1945

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Deenethorpe Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2378

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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2378
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=12101

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/?Search=yes

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