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Personal info

Full name
YOST, Harlen Linville
Date of birth
17 May 1913
Age
30
Place of birth
Maxwell, Lincoln County, Nebraska
Hometown
Denver, Denver County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37329133
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
332nd Bombardment Squadron,
94th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
5 November 1943
Place of death
North Sea, 300 yards off the coast of Haamstede, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Clarence L. Yost (father)
Reyn (Sperry) Yost (mother)
Vergil C. Yost (brother)
Auburn Yost (sister)
Wade I. Yost (brother)
Marjorie E. Yost (sister)
Dannie D. Yost (brother)
Ila Yost (sister)
Ira Yost (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30166
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: You Cawnt Miss it
Destination: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard and the synthetic oil refineries
MACR: 1043

More information

The following was written by Harry Slater formerly of the 94th Bombardment Group:
"On November 5th, the 94th launched 32 aircraft to bomb the synthetic oil refineries northwest of Gelsenkirchen. Since the Ploesti oil production center had been bombed, this target was considered important to the German cause. Nineteen aircraft formed the lead group of the 1st Air Task Force.
Flak was light over the Dutch coast but became intense in the target area. Lt. James K. Killian and crew of the 332nd squadron in aircraft 42-30166 (You Cawn't Miss it) were observed under heavy attack. After a time, the aircraft exploded with one parachute blossoming out of the debris. Eight aircraft suffered minor flak damage".

Two crew members survived and were taken prisoner, eight were killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.ancestry.com - 1910-1920 Census / U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918, Nebraska / Williams - Denman Family Tree / Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com, www.angelfire.com/my/mighty8thlh/hodyost.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Odin Downey