Donald Nicol Yennie

Military
A crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 25th Bomb Group. Veteran's caption handwritten on reverse: 'Back Row- Left to Right Edward Corner Tail Gunner (Deceased)- Sam Odensky RDG- Donald Yennie Engineer (Status Unknown) The Hawk RAF) 1st Row Kneeling L to R Warren Forgie (Pilot), Earnest York (Co-Pilot), Edward Sofranko (Navigator), Robert Poe (Ball Gunner) (Edward York Died Oct 15, 1988 Heart Attack).' media-378773.jpg FRE 597 A crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 25th Bomb Group. Veteran's caption handwritten on reverse: 'Back Row- Left to Right Edward Corner Tail Gunner (Deceased)- Sam Odensky RDG- Donald Yennie Engineer (Status Unknown) The Hawk RAF) 1st Row Kneeling L to R Warren Forgie (Pilot), Earnest York (Co-Pilot), Edward Sofranko (Navigator), Robert Poe (Ball Gunner) (Edward York Died Oct 15, 1988 Heart Attack).' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 597 - A crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 25th Bomb Group. Veteran's caption handwritten on reverse: 'Back Row- Left to Right Edward Corner Tail Gunner...

Assigned to 652BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF.





Awards: AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

25th Bomb Group

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

People

A crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 25th Bomb Group. Veteran's caption handwritten on reverse: 'Back Row- Left to Right Edward Corner Tail Gunner (Deceased)- Sam Odensky RDG- Donald Yennie Engineer (Status Unknown) The Hawk RAF) 1st Row Kneeling L to R Warren Forgie (Pilot), Earnest York (Co-Pilot), Edward Sofranko (Navigator), Robert Poe (Ball Gunner) (Edward York Died Oct 15, 1988 Heart Attack).'

Warren Forgie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 652nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Rochester, MN 31 October 1921 Son of Hazel Yennie.

Enlisted

San Francisco, CA 17 October 1942 San Francisco, California

Other

Discharged USAAF

5 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Sonoma County, CA 23 April 1974

Buried

Crescent Grove Cemetery Tigard, Washington County, OR 26 April 1974 Crescent Grove Cemetery Tigard, Washington County, Oregon

Based

Watton Assigned to 652BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Aerial Intelligence of the 8th Air Force, pg 33 (photo) / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Donald Nicol Yennie: Gallery (2 items)

Personnel of the 25th Bomb Group sit atop a B-17 Flying Fortress. Veteran's handwritten caption on reverse: 'This is my original crew- left to right Mark Nixon (Navigator) status unknown, Sam Odensky (Radio Operator Gunner), Warren Forgie (Pilot), Earnest York (Co-Pilot), Donald Yennie (Engineer Top Turret Gunner) staus unknown, Robert Poe (armour ball turret gunner), Edward Corner (Engineer Tail Gunner). Radio Operator Fired Waist Guns- I correspond with Warren Forgie, Robert Poe, York's Wife and Corners

Object number: FRE 596 - Personnel of the 25th Bomb Group sit atop a B-17...

A crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 25th Bomb Group. Veteran's caption handwritten on reverse: 'Back Row- Left to Right Edward Corner Tail Gunner (Deceased)- Sam Odensky RDG- Donald Yennie Engineer (Status Unknown) The Hawk RAF) 1st Row Kneeling L to R Warren Forgie (Pilot), Earnest York (Co-Pilot), Edward Sofranko (Navigator), Robert Poe (Ball Gunner) (Edward York Died Oct 15, 1988 Heart Attack).'

Object number: FRE 597 - A crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 25th Bomb...