B-17 MIA Gunner Identified
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See fat print.
Boeing B-17G-100-BO 43-39031
Delivered Hunter 11/11/44; Grenier 25/11/44; Assigned 368BS/306BG Thurleigh 17/12/44; Missing in Action Bingen, Ger 29/12/44 with Edwin Woellner, Navigator: Theo Pollard, togg-Frank Arnold, Radio Operator: Glenn Korf, Waist gunner: Franklin Lehnert (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Carmon Nickols, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Gibbs, Ball turret gunner: Homer Nyberg,Tail gunner: Yuen Hop (4 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Bingen; Missing Air Crew Report 11254.
He flew on Richard Jones crew. Reported to the ETO on 22 Sept 1944. Transferred to the 367th BS on 24 Sept 1944; then transferred back to the 368th BS on 30 Oct 1944.
On 29 Dec 1944 B-17 #43-39031 crashed near Bingen-on-the-Rhine. He was part of a nine man crew bombing Bingen river ports and railway yards. He was the tail gunner. A/C was hit by flak just as all bombs were away. The bomb bay doors were still open when shell came into the bomb bay area and started a fire. A/C left formation and started to spiral down to crash. it was smoking badly. Followed by a P-51 for a while. Unknown if Sgt Hop bailed out or not since he was in rear of the plane. Five crew members survived and became German POWs. Four men were KIA after the crash. Sgt Hop was buried in American Cemetery, Lorraine, France but moved to his home state California in 1969 Golden Gate National Cemetery.
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Boeing B-17G-100-BO 43-39031
Delivered Hunter 11/11/44; Grenier 25/11/44; Assigned 368BS/306BG Thurleigh 17/12/44; Missing in Action Bingen, Ger 29/12/44 with Edwin Woellner, Navigator: Theo Pollard, togg-Frank Arnold, Radio Operator: Glenn Korf, Waist gunner: Franklin Lehnert (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Carmon Nickols, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Gibbs, Ball turret gunner: Homer Nyberg,Tail gunner: Yuen Hop (4 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Bingen; Missing Air Crew Report 11254.
He flew on Richard Jones crew. Reported to the ETO on 22 Sept 1944. Transferred to the 367th BS on 24 Sept 1944; then transferred back to the 368th BS on 30 Oct 1944.
On 29 Dec 1944 B-17 #43-39031 crashed near Bingen-on-the-Rhine. He was part of a nine man crew bombing Bingen river ports and railway yards. He was the tail gunner. A/C was hit by flak just as all bombs were away. The bomb bay doors were still open when shell came into the bomb bay area and started a fire. A/C left formation and started to spiral down to crash. it was smoking badly. Followed by a P-51 for a while. Unknown if Sgt Hop bailed out or not since he was in rear of the plane. Five crew members survived and became German POWs. Four men were KIA after the crash. Sgt Hop was buried in American Cemetery, Lorraine, France but moved to his home state California in 1969 Golden Gate National Cemetery.
Yuen Hop | American Air Museum
SSGT Yuen Hop (1924-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial
Press Release | Nov. 15, 2024 Airman Accounted For From World War II (Hop, Yuen) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Yuen Hop, 20, of Sebastopol, California, killed during World War II, was accounted for June 18, 2024...
nl.findagrave.com
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fubar57
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American Air Museum website contradicts itself and is in error. Sgt Hop's name was on a cenotaph at the cemetery in Lorraine. His remains have been recovered from Germany but the family has not yet made funeral arrangements. https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/I...airman-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-hop-y/See fat print.
Boeing B-17G-100-BO 43-39031
Delivered Hunter 11/11/44; Grenier 25/11/44; Assigned 368BS/306BG Thurleigh 17/12/44; Missing in Action Bingen, Ger 29/12/44 with Edwin Woellner, Navigator: Theo Pollard, togg-Frank Arnold, Radio Operator: Glenn Korf, Waist gunner: Franklin Lehnert (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Carmon Nickols, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Gibbs, Ball turret gunner: Homer Nyberg,Tail gunner: Yuen Hop (4 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Bingen; Missing Air Crew Report 11254.
He flew on Richard Jones crew. Reported to the ETO on 22 Sept 1944. Transferred to the 367th BS on 24 Sept 1944; then transferred back to the 368th BS on 30 Oct 1944.
On 29 Dec 1944 B-17 #43-39031 crashed near Bingen-on-the-Rhine. He was part of a nine man crew bombing Bingen river ports and railway yards. He was the tail gunner. A/C was hit by flak just as all bombs were away. The bomb bay doors were still open when shell came into the bomb bay area and started a fire. A/C left formation and started to spiral down to crash. it was smoking badly. Followed by a P-51 for a while. Unknown if Sgt Hop bailed out or not since he was in rear of the plane. Five crew members survived and became German POWs. Four men were KIA after the crash. Sgt Hop was buried in American Cemetery, Lorraine, France but moved to his home state California in 1969 Golden Gate National Cemetery.
Yuen Hop | American Air Museum
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SSGT Yuen Hop (1924-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial
Press Release | Nov. 15, 2024 Airman Accounted For From World War II (Hop, Yuen) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Yuen Hop, 20, of Sebastopol, California, killed during World War II, was accounted for June 18, 2024...
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So find a grave is in error too?
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"findagrave" copied the DPAA press release. They contradict your "fat print". The photo of a tombstone in "findagrave" doesn't indicate location of remains as VA will provide a tombstone for unrecovered remains, remains buried at sea, donated to medical research, or cremated and scattered; in effect, it's just a cenotaph.
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The initial press release for gunner Homer Nyberg who was on the same plane as Sgt. Hop. Apparently, his family may not have been located yet. Sgt. Hop's sister was found because someone at DPAA searched the Chinese American Citizens Alliance list of WW2 vets and contacted them for help in finding relatives. https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/I...7831/airman-accounted-for-from-wwii-nyberg-h/
