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Press Release | Oct. 27, 2026
Airman Accounted For From World War II (Yaw, M.)
WASHINGTON –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Sgt. Myron L. Yaw, 20, who was killed during World War II, was accounted for June 25, 2026.
On Dec. 26, 1944, Yaw was the ball turret gunner aboard a B-24J Liberator aircraft, assigned to the 828th Bombardment Squadron, 485th Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force. The aircraft received a direct flak hit during a bombing mission targeting the synthetic oil refinery in Blechhammer, Germany, and crashed near the village of Korzonek, Poland. All nine crew members were killed in the crash, and his remains were not accounted for following the war.
This is an initial release. The complete accounting of Yaw's case will be published once the family receives their full briefing.