Pervis Earl Youree

Military
media-20320.jpeg UPL 20320 Pervis Youree Crew, 306th Bomb Group, 423rd Squadron

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Object Number - UPL 20320 - Pervis Youree Crew, 306th Bomb Group, 423rd Squadron

He was the 7th Officer to complete tour of 25 missions at the end of May 1943. Transferred to the CCRC on 05 June 1943. According to his file, he was transferred to the 401st Provisional Combat Wing as tactical advisor to Gen. Nathan Bedford Forest III. Name of all three of his planes was 'Old Faithful' [pg. 91 in First Over Germany describes what happened to plane 2].



AM 3Oak Leaf Cluster, DFC

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

George S Horner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Walters, Oklahoma 11 January 1920

Died

11 July 2006

Buried

Walters, Oklahoma

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Added a connection to George S Horner his bombardier.

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Sources

306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition, First Over Germany pg. 23, 40, 58, 86, 91 & 138; Combat Crews pg. 126, 423rd Combat Squadron Book,

http://www.306bg.org/PDFs/90oct154b.pdf [pg. 10 "Old Faithful" and crew photograph], / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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