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DE YAEGER, Raymond Alphonse - Date of
birth
8 June 1923 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Rochester, Monroe County, New York -
Hometown
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
12207912 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Ball Turret Gunner -
Unit
412th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
11 April 1944 - Place of
death
Dummerstorf, 6 miles southeast of Rostock, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 9 | 43 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Theophil J. De Yaeger (father)
Stephanie De Yaeger (mother)
Alphonse L. De Yaeger (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-39869 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Heaven Can Wait
Destination: Rostock, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Heinkel aviation industry
MACR: 3806
More information
S/Sgt Raymond A. De Yaeger graduated from Monroe high School and was manager of the Brighton Bowling Alleys.He volunteered for the Air Corps of the U.S. Army in Rochester, New York on 14 November 1942 and was sent overseas in January 1944.
The airplane was under attack by Fw-190s just before the target. It had a hole in the right aileron and another in the right wing where the main gas tanks are located. The airplane winged over to the left and back in a slicing dive, gas spraying out and enveloping it in flames. No parachutes were seen to leave the aircraft. The entire crew of 10 was killed.
The killed crew members were initially buried at the New Cemetery at Rostock on 17 April 1944. They were disinterred and evacuated to Ardennes Cemetery on 10 April 1947.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Dominique Potier, Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle