Bernardo Marcos Yorba Jr

Military
Bernardo M Yorba UPL 60656 UPL 60656 2nd Lt Bernardo M. Yorba Jr

Object Number - UPL 60656 - 2nd Lt Bernardo M. Yorba Jr

Pilot, Yorba crew. 381st BG, 534th BS, 8th AF. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 42-29803 'Flat Foot Floogie'. Mission #39 to the Kugel-Fisher ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 1037. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III.

Fullerton, CA

 

Awards: AM, POW, EAME, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35292918
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802250
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-673488
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11088729
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12042502
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29803) nicknamed “Flat Foot Floogie” of the 305th Bomb Group.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flat Foot Floogie
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron 365th Bomb Squadron 534th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Anaheim, California 27 March 1921 Born Anaheim, California

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Prisoner of War

Stalag Luft III, Zagan Poland 14 October 1943 - 2 February 1945 Stalag Luft III Zagan Poland

Died

Anaheim, California 13 June 1998 Died Anaheim, California

Buried

Holy Sepulcher Cemetery, California 16 June 1998 Interred Holy Sepulcher Cemetery Orange, Orange County, California

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1037

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