Background

Enlisted at Euston

Training

No. 24 Combined Air Observers School, Moffat, Rhodesia 1/43

No. 15 Operational Training Unit, Harwell 5/43

No. 1658 Heavy Conversion Unit, Riccall 6/43

Service

Posted to No. 158 Squadron at Lissett 5/9/43

Flew as Rear Gunner to Pilot Officer R.W Hilton RAAF on Operations to

15/9/43 – Montlucon

22/9/43 – Hanover

23/9/43 – Mannheim

27/9/43 – Hanover

29/9/43 – Bochum

3/10/43 – Kassel

8/10/43 – Hannover

3/11/43 – Dusseldorf

Detached to No. 1484 BAT Flight, Driffield 6/11/43 – 13/11/43

19/11/43 – Leverkusen

22/11/43 – Berlin

25/11/43 - Frankfurt

26/11/43 – Stuttgart

3/12/43 – Leipzig

20/12/43 - Frankfurt

15/2/44 – Berlin The aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Ragelin, 14km NW of Neuruppin. All were killed except the Pilot, Navigator and Mid Upper Gunner who became Prisoners of War.

Decorations

None

Promotions

Sgt.

Sgt Yates was shot down and made a PoW on the 15th February 1944.



Extract from W R Chorley's Bomber Command Losses