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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Kenneth E. Youst

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Pottsville, Pennsylvania

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

STAFF SERGEANT, BASED AT HETHEL, ENGLAND AND WAS AN AERIAL GUNNER ABOARD A B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER. HIS AIRCRAFT WAS FORCED TO LAND IN NEUTRAL SWITZERLAND ON MARCH 18, 1944 AFTER A BOMBING MISSION ON FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, GERMANY. HE WAS ONE OF 11 SURVIVING AIRMEN WHO WERE INTERNED AT CAMP WAUWILERMOOS IN SWITZERLAND. HE WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE FROM THE CAMP ON HIS THIRD TRY. BELATEDLY RECEIVED THE PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL.