World War II Honoree

Stanley A. Yergey

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Omaha, Nebraska

Honored By

John Meurs

Relationship

Dutch Historian

SERVICE NUMBER 0-717010. BOMBARDIER WITH THE 491ST BOMB GROUP, 853RD BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS BOMBER, THE B-24 'DORTY TREEK' WITH THE SERIAL NUMBER 44-10485, ON A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY, WAS ATTACKED JUST AFTER BOMBING BY GERMAN FIGHTERS. THE BOMBER CRASHED NEAR SARSTEDT, GERMANY. SIX CREW MEMBERS COULD SAVE THEMSELVES BY PARACHUTE AND WERE TAKEN PRISONER. THE OTHER THREE, INCLUDING THE HONOREE, WERE KILLED DURING THE ATTACK OR IN THE CRASH OF THEIR AIRCRAFT.