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Sheffield Scientific School
167
Cornell [Iowa] 1913, LittB. Columbia
1914), news editor Materials and Methods,
New York City, son of Nicholas and Anna
May (Audas) Knight of Mt Vernon,
Iowa Mother, Helen Swift (Brewer)
Knight (BA. Vassar 1914), daughter of
James Edward and Clarissa Bassett (Swift)
Brewer of Oneida, Utica, and Larchmont,
NY
Mamaroneck (NY) High School and
Taft School, Watertown, Conn Entered
Yale College September, 1940, transferred
to Sheffield Scientific School July, 1942,
pre-medical course, member Branford College and Presbytenan church Unmarried
Enlisted as aviation cadet, U S Army Air
Forces, September 8, 1942, withdrew from
college September 26, 1942, and called to
active duty March 3, 1943, received pre-
flight training at Nashville, Tenn , March-
May, navigation training at Selman Field
May-June, and aerial gunnery training at
Fort Myers July-August, trained in advanced navigation at Selman Field August-
December, commissioned Second Lieutenant and received wings as a navigator
December 25, 1943, assigned to heavy
bombardment group Pueblo, Colo, and
later to Westover Field December, 1943-
March, 1944, sent to Italy as member 344th
Bomber Squadron, 98th Bomber Group,
15th Air Force, March 25, 1944, completed
fifty missions over Italy, Southern France,
Yugoslavia, Rumania, Austria, Hungary,
and Greece as navigator of a Liberator
bomber; promoted First Lieutenant July
24, 1944, assigned as assistant to Wing
Navigator, 15th Air Force Headquarters,
Ban, Italy, December, 1944, flew incidental missions to maintain aviator status,
awarded Air Medal with three Oak Leaf
Clusters and Presidential Unit Citation
Lieutenant Knight was reported missing
m action December 18, 1944 As navigator
of a B-25, he was on a mission to drop
supplies to stranded aviators at Ghna, after
answering the signal to descend through
the clouds and proceed to the target his
plane disappeared (In compliance with
Section 5 of Public Law 490, as amended,
the presumptive date of death was fixed as
December 19, 1945) Survived by parents,
paternal grandmother and maternal grandfather
HARRY JAMES COOMBE
CLASS OF I945
Bom October 15, 1923, in Cincinnati, Ohio
Died July 18, 1945, in the Pacific area
Father, Harry E Coombe, '10, president
The Wm Powell Company, manufacturers
of valves, Cincinnati, son of Harry Hilts
and Lida Cora (Greenwald) Coombe of
Cincinnati Mother, Mary Chambliss (Anderson) Coombe, daughter of Vachel
Worthington and Mary Shoenberger
(Chambliss) Anderson of Cincinnati Yale
relatives include an uncle, William P Anderson, 3d, '16 S
The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn
Entered Yale in September, 1941, member
Trumbull College, NROTC at Yale, and
Christ Church (Episcopal), Cincinnati
Unmarried
Withdrew from college January 30, 1943,
went into active service as aviation cadet,
US Naval Reserve, March 12, 1943, received training at Pensacola, Fla, Chapel
Hill, N C, Olathe, Kans, and at Barm
Field, commissioned Ensign A-U(N), U S
Naval Reserve, April 28, 1944, assigned to
Composite Squadron 33 (VC-33), flying
fighter type aircraft, San Diego, in September, 1944, took Naval Air Spotters Gunnery Course, Field Artillery School, Fort
Sill, March-April, 1945, went overseas
April, 1945, took part in engagements over
Okinawa and Japan
Ensign Coombe was returning to the
carrier with his- squadron after covering an
infantry landing in the South Pacific when
his plane fell into the ocean Survived by
parents, a sister, Mary Anderson Coombe
(Vassar Class of 1949), a brother, Vachel
Anderson Coombe, '48 E, and paternal
grandfather
BOUTWELL HYDE FOSTER, JR
CLASS OF I945
Born January 17, 1923, in Orange, N J
Missing in action March 17, 1945, over
Kobe, Japan
Presumptive date of death March 18, 1946
Father, Boutwell Hyde Foster (B T E
Lowell Textile Inst 1917), textile engineer
United States Rubber Company, Passaic,
Object Description
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1945-1950 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1945-1950 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
Description
| Title | Page 167 |
| Transcript | Sheffield Scientific School 167 Cornell [Iowa] 1913, LittB. Columbia 1914), news editor Materials and Methods, New York City, son of Nicholas and Anna May (Audas) Knight of Mt Vernon, Iowa Mother, Helen Swift (Brewer) Knight (BA. Vassar 1914), daughter of James Edward and Clarissa Bassett (Swift) Brewer of Oneida, Utica, and Larchmont, NY Mamaroneck (NY) High School and Taft School, Watertown, Conn Entered Yale College September, 1940, transferred to Sheffield Scientific School July, 1942, pre-medical course, member Branford College and Presbytenan church Unmarried Enlisted as aviation cadet, U S Army Air Forces, September 8, 1942, withdrew from college September 26, 1942, and called to active duty March 3, 1943, received pre- flight training at Nashville, Tenn , March- May, navigation training at Selman Field May-June, and aerial gunnery training at Fort Myers July-August, trained in advanced navigation at Selman Field August- December, commissioned Second Lieutenant and received wings as a navigator December 25, 1943, assigned to heavy bombardment group Pueblo, Colo, and later to Westover Field December, 1943- March, 1944, sent to Italy as member 344th Bomber Squadron, 98th Bomber Group, 15th Air Force, March 25, 1944, completed fifty missions over Italy, Southern France, Yugoslavia, Rumania, Austria, Hungary, and Greece as navigator of a Liberator bomber; promoted First Lieutenant July 24, 1944, assigned as assistant to Wing Navigator, 15th Air Force Headquarters, Ban, Italy, December, 1944, flew incidental missions to maintain aviator status, awarded Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and Presidential Unit Citation Lieutenant Knight was reported missing m action December 18, 1944 As navigator of a B-25, he was on a mission to drop supplies to stranded aviators at Ghna, after answering the signal to descend through the clouds and proceed to the target his plane disappeared (In compliance with Section 5 of Public Law 490, as amended, the presumptive date of death was fixed as December 19, 1945) Survived by parents, paternal grandmother and maternal grandfather HARRY JAMES COOMBE CLASS OF I945 Bom October 15, 1923, in Cincinnati, Ohio Died July 18, 1945, in the Pacific area Father, Harry E Coombe, '10, president The Wm Powell Company, manufacturers of valves, Cincinnati, son of Harry Hilts and Lida Cora (Greenwald) Coombe of Cincinnati Mother, Mary Chambliss (Anderson) Coombe, daughter of Vachel Worthington and Mary Shoenberger (Chambliss) Anderson of Cincinnati Yale relatives include an uncle, William P Anderson, 3d, '16 S The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn Entered Yale in September, 1941, member Trumbull College, NROTC at Yale, and Christ Church (Episcopal), Cincinnati Unmarried Withdrew from college January 30, 1943, went into active service as aviation cadet, US Naval Reserve, March 12, 1943, received training at Pensacola, Fla, Chapel Hill, N C, Olathe, Kans, and at Barm Field, commissioned Ensign A-U(N), U S Naval Reserve, April 28, 1944, assigned to Composite Squadron 33 (VC-33), flying fighter type aircraft, San Diego, in September, 1944, took Naval Air Spotters Gunnery Course, Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, March-April, 1945, went overseas April, 1945, took part in engagements over Okinawa and Japan Ensign Coombe was returning to the carrier with his- squadron after covering an infantry landing in the South Pacific when his plane fell into the ocean Survived by parents, a sister, Mary Anderson Coombe (Vassar Class of 1949), a brother, Vachel Anderson Coombe, '48 E, and paternal grandfather BOUTWELL HYDE FOSTER, JR CLASS OF I945 Born January 17, 1923, in Orange, N J Missing in action March 17, 1945, over Kobe, Japan Presumptive date of death March 18, 1946 Father, Boutwell Hyde Foster (B T E Lowell Textile Inst 1917), textile engineer United States Rubber Company, Passaic, |
