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Title: Jerry Yellin, 93, Dies; Flew the Last World War II Combat Mission
Post by: rangerrebew on December 28, 2017, 09:32:53 am

Jerry Yellin, 93, Dies; Flew the Last World War II Combat Mission

by Anonymous · Published 2017/12/25 18:03 · Updated 2017/12/25 18:03

 


When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, plunging the United States into World War II, Jerry Yellin was a teenager living with his family in Hillside, N.J.

Having been intrigued by flight since he was a youngster — he constructed planes modeled on World War I aircraft — he joined the Army Air Corps in February 1942, on his 18th birthday, and became a fighter pilot.

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Title: Re: Jerry Yellin, 93, Dies; Flew the Last World War II Combat Mission
Post by: Fishrrman on December 29, 2017, 01:33:34 am

Happy landings, Mr. Yellin. Ya did good!