Charles Yandell - WWII Prisoner of War

Last Name: YANDELL	First Name Middle Initial: CHARLES R		Nick Name:
Street: PO BOX 69	City & State: PINEVILLE, NE		E-Mail: linday.dove@home.com
Zip: 68134	Phone:		Spouse: Frances Eubanks
Conflict: WWII	Service Branch: 8 AF 390 BG		Unit: 89th AF 390 BG
Theater: ETO	Where Captured: Northern Germany		Date Captured: 9/9/44
Camps Held In: STALAG LUFT 1			How Long Interned: 274 days
Liberated / repatriated: liberated	Date Liberated: 5/10/45		Age at Capture:
Medals Received: POW
Military Job: Army Air Corp Navigator		Company: Eli Lilly and Company
Occupation after War:

Bio:

Charles Yandell was a navigator for the 390 Bomb Group 570th Squadron. On a Mission to Dusseldorf, Germany his plane was shot down and 4 of the crew members died with 5 men surviving. Charles spent the next 9 months as a POW in Luft 1. His fellow crew members were Robert Gallager, Murle Rodda, Leonard Gilky, Ed Duseck, Joe Costa, Edward Marshall, Ballard, and Hayes.
Charles is a former member of the METROLINA EX-POW chapter.