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Last Name: ` YANDELL	First Name Middle Initial: CHARLES		Nick Name:
Street: PO BOX 69	City & State: PINEVILLE, NC		E-Mail: linday.dove@home.com
Zip: 28134	Phone: 704-889-8821		Spouse: Frances Eubanks
Conflict: WWII	Service Branch: Army Air Corp		Unit: 89th AF 390 BG
Theater: ETO	Where Captured: Northern Germany		Date Captured: 9/9/44
Camps Held In: LUFT 1			How Long Interned: 274 days
liberated / repatriated: liberated	Date Liberated: 6/10/45		Age at Capture:
Medals Received: POW PURPLE HEART
Military Job: Army Air Corp Navigator		Company: Eli Lilly and Company
Occupation after War: Pharmachist

Military Bio:

Charles Yandell was a navigator for the 390 Bomb Group 570th Squadron. On a Mission to Duseldorf, 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.