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The
Yavis crew (first 35 missions): standing left to right are Joseph
Doran Jr. waist gunner; Ted Davenport tail gunner; Eugene Sikorski radio
operator; Vernon Mueller ball turret gunner; Finis Johnson engineer. Front
row are John Annes Navigator; Emery Edwards co-pilot; Jack Yavis pilot;
Henry Schwarz bombardier. 1944
(©
91st BG, USAAF, via Jean Yavis
Jones)
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Lt
John Yavis, 323rd BS, 91st Bomb Group (H)
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Here
are some photos I found among my Dad's belongings. He was Lt John "Jack"
Yavis and was a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress pilot with the 323rd
BS, 91st
BG, stationed at Bassingbourn from August 1944 to April 1945, he flew
52 combat missions.
Thanks very much for keeping this website to memorialize the brave men of the 8th US Army Air Force and their valiant contributionsto the air war in WW2. Jean Yavis Jones |
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RAF
Bassingbourn airfield - 91st BG (H) -
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B-17G
'Tower of London'
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B-17G
'Irish Lassie' -
'Nancy'
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B-17G
'Ramblin Rebel'
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323rd
Bomb Squadron sign
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91st
Bomb Group at RAF Bassingbourn airfield
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RAF
Bassingbourn 91st BG airfield + watch office = www.controltowers.co.uk
© robert truman 2006
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