Kenneth Pratt
Military1st Lt Kenneth Pratt was Pilot of B-24D Serial 42-63784 shot down by Flak over Belgium on Carpetbagger mission "OSRIC 81 DZ". Crashed near La Hulpe, Belgium. Evaded. Ultimately hidden in a secret camp in the Belgian Ardennes; freed there by US troops on 7 September 1944. Driven to Le Bourget airfield, Paris, France and flown back from there to England on 10 September (see the story of his evasion at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fprattke.html )
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 13091630
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 38060592
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner/Dispatcher
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
29 April 1921 | ||
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Other |
6 June 1944 | hit by Flak over Belgium, blown out by explosion of the ship, | |
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Other evaded capture |
6 June 1944 - 7 September 1944 | helped by Belgian citizens in several safe houses; liberated by US troops | |
| Firth, Idaho |
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Combat Chronology Supplement p.539 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia