World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Richard F. Yergey
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Honored By
John Meurs
SERVICE NUMBER: 33831532. GUNNER WITH THE 491ST BOMB GROUP, 854TH BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE, BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS BOMBER, THE B-24 'BLUE CIRCLE' (WITH THE SERIAL # 44-40108), ON A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY, WAS ATTACKED BY GERMAN FIGHTERS. THE BOMBER CRASHED NEAR ANNATURM A.D. DEISTER, GERMANY. THE WHOLE CREW, INCLUDING THE HONOREE, WERE KILLED DURING THE FIGHTER ATTACK OR IN THE CRASH OF THEIR BOMBER.