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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785

  • Date: 7 January 1945

783

  • Date: 6 January 1945

781

  • Date: 5 January 1945
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5725) nicknamed "This is IT!" of the 381st Bomb Group opens her bomb bay doors during a mission.

770

  • Date: 30 December 1944
B-17s of the 398th Bomb Group bombing the railyard at Bingen, 29 December 1944. Printed caption on reverse: '57548 AC- With bomb bay doors open, the first of a large formation of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses send their bombs plummeting earthwards on rail installations at Bingen, Germany, as heavy bombers of US Eighth Air Force press home their attack of December 29, 1944. US Air Force Photo.'

769

  • Date: 29 December 1944

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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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