YATES Harlin V - 10 FS 50 FG

Harlin Vance YATES

YATES Harlin Vance

Source : Arie-Jan van Hees - USAAF Class Book Photo Project

NUMBER OF SERVICE

O-793576

AGE

28 yo

DATE OF BIRTH

18 March 1916 Bowdon, Carroll County, GEORGIA

ENLISTMENT STATE

GEORGIA

FAMILY

Single

RANK

Captain

FONCTION

Pilot

JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT

Bookkeepers and cashiers, except bank cashiers

DATE of ENLISTEMENT

13 January 1942 Fort MacPherson Atlanta GEORGIA

SQUADRON

10^th Fighter Squadron

GROUP

50^th Fighter Group

ARMY

9^th Air Force

DATE OF DEATH

31 July 1944

YATES Harlin Vance

Source : Frogman

STATUS

KIA

PLACE OF DEATH

Saint Pellerin

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

CEMETERY TEMPORARY of La Cambe N°3539

3539 LA CAMBE

Story of Cemetery Temporary

CEMETERY

NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE

Plot	Row	Grave
H	11	25

DECORATION & BREVET

Air Medal with 9 Oak Leaf Clusters

Distinguished Flying Cross

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

Brevet Pilote - Pilot license

Air Medal with 9 Oak Leaf Clusters

Distinguished Flying Cross

Photo FDLM

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

STORY

School memory albums, United States, 1933

Decatur, Georgia (Géorgie), USA (États-Unis)

Source : Ancestry

KIlled on an Operational Mission (KOM) on 31st July 1944 as pilot of P-47D / #42-25908 / T5-?.

Captain Yates was scheduled to lead the 10th Fighter Squadron on an escort mission. Taking off from Carentan airfield he planned to call the other members of his Squadron on R/T if he thought it advisable to continue with the mission, after checking the weather.
He took off, circled the airfield and was returning to land. On his final approach the aircraft stalled and his left wing struck te ground. The aircraft burst info flames on impact and Captain Yates was fatally injured.

Captain Yates is buried at Normandy Cemetery, H-11-25.
The nespaper clippings were very kindly supplied by Mr. Robert Blakemore of the Bowdon Area Historical Society.

In finding this photograph the USAAF Class Book Project has now found the photographs of all (21) members of the 50th Fighter Group who were KIA / MIA or died Non Battle and who are buried or commemorated on an ABMC cemetery.

YATES Harlin Vance