Yee, Wilbert Y K

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Yee, Wilbert Y K ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-735224 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, effective 11 March 1943.
Duty	Bombardier
MOS	1035 - Bombardier
Last Duty Date	6 September 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 17 August 1943 per General Orders #91, Headquarters 1st Bomb Wing dated 23 August 1943. Awarded an oak leaf cluster to the Purple Heart for wounds received on 6 September 1943 per General Orders #477, Headquarters 1st Bomb Division dated 29 June 1945.
Additional Information	Graduated from Bombardier School at Williams Field, Mesa, Arizona, Class #43-01, 2 January 1943. Ordered to '8th Air Force Officers Rest Home, Stanbridge Earls, Hampshire' for seven days commencing on or about 20 August 1943, per Station 106 SO #75 dated 19 August 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 772⇓ (24.824 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Original 384^th Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
Flt. Ofcr. Bishop, Charles W, "CHICK"⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Grimaldi, Anthony Joseph⇗	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Yee, Wilbert Y K	Bombardier	POW
S/SGT. Morton, Cecil Gordon⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Edman, Bruno Edwin⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Kalas, Joseph Markus⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	EV
S/SGT. Parks, Howard David⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Kelly, Leonard Joseph⇗	Flexible Gunner	EV
S/SGT. Yeater, James Thomas⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 7 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
8⇗	14 July 1943	Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Bombardier	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
10⇗	25 July 1943	Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard Type: Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany	Bombardier	42‑30030⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off High Squadron Deputy. Turned back at 1435 hrs at Splasher 5 because prop on #2 engine ran away. Sortie Report⇗
11⇗	28 July 1943	Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Bombardier	42‑29700⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back with #2 engine supercharger trouble. Sortie Report⇗
12⇗	29 July 1943	Target: Naval Base Type: Military Location: Kiel, Germany	Bombardier	42‑30030⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
13⇗	30 July 1943	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Bombardier	42‑30196⇗	Combat Mission Credit Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back 62 miles into Belgium because hydraulic fluid was coming down into the ball turret, which was inoperative, the left waist gun and left top turret gun were out of order, and the tachometer on one engine was oscillating wildly. Sortie Report⇗
14⇗	12 August 1943	Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Bombardier	42‑30039⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
17⇗	17 August 1943	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Bombardier	42‑30196⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
19⇗	31 August 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France	Bombardier	42‑3455⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
21⇗	6 September 1943	Type: Industry Location: Stuttgart, Germany	Bombardier	41‑24507⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Two bomb runs due to overcast at target; enemy aircraft and flak knocked out two engines; insufficient fuel to reach England, crashed near Étrépagny, France; MACR 772. Sortie Report⇗

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