U.S. Army Air Forces · United States 
Staff Sergeant Robert H Yarnell served in the U.S. Army Air Forces. Robert served in World War II. Robert was 23 years old.
S/Sgt Robert H. Yarnell worked in a W.P.A. Office in Nicholasville, Kentucky before he enlisted in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio on 28 October 1942. | | Cloud cover obscured the primary targets, forcing the Group to seek targets of opportunity. Locating Achmer Airfield on the outskirts of Hesepe, the bombs were dropped on the second pass. | | German FW-190s shot down two B-24s and damaged several others. At 2:50 PM, exploding 20 millimeter shells killed the Ball Turret Gunner, S/Sgt Yarnell, and wounded the Radio Operator, Sgt Padgett. Sgt Loyd died after falling out of the aircraft without a parachute. The remaining crew survived the crash of the aircraft in the woods outside Horstel, Germany.
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