World War II Honoree

Walter K. Yount

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Lamar, Missouri

Honored By

Walter Lawrence

Relationship

Friend

STATIONED AT SHIPDAM AERODROME NEAR NORWICH, ENGLAND IN THE 8TH AIR FORCE, 2ND AIR DIVISION, 44TH BOMB GROUP, 506TH BOMB SQUADRON. HE WAS A MEMBER OF CREW FLYING AS RADIO OPERATOR ON HIS 25TH MISSION, ON JUNE 29, 1944 ON A MISSION TO BOMB THE KRUPP AIRCRAFT FACTORY AT MAGDEBURG, THEIR B-24 BOMBER WAS HIT BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE, ALONG WITH ANOTHER IN FORMATION WITH THEM AND BOTH EXPLODED. HE WAS ABLE TO PARACHUTE TO SAFETY BUT WAS CAPTURED AND REMAINED THE REST OF THE WAR AS A PRISONER OF THE GERMANS. HE RECEIVED THE AIR MEDAL WITH 2 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE POW MEDAL.