Donald Norton Yates, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDonald Norton Yates
US Air Force general
Date of Birth: 25-Nov-1909
Date of Death: 28-Aug-1993
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Donald Norton Yates
- Donald Norton Yates (November 25, 1909 – August 28, 1993) was the US Army Air Force officer who helped select June 6, 1944 as the date for D-Day, the Allied invasion of Europe, in his capacity as chief meteorologist on General Dwight D.
- Eisenhower's staff.
- Yates and his British counterpart, James Martin Stagg, chose well - it turned out to be the only day that month the English Channel could have been successfully crossed.
- Yates was subsequently decorated by three governments.
- He went on to become the chief meteorologist of the newly formed U.S.
- Air Force, and Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida.
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