Richard Allen Pratt

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-21938.jpeg UPL 21938 Richard A Pratt, Lohrville, 352nd FG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21938 - Richard A Pratt, Lohrville, 352nd FG, KIA

Assigned to 328FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) weather recon mission with Capt Robert Hillard Sharp Jr, lost in North Sea MIA/FOD Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5558

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

328th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

352nd Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

People

Robert Hillard Sharp

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-793544
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-106868

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 352nd Fighter Group

Places

Bodney

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney

Cambridge American Cemetery

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Lohrville, Iowa	16 March 1923	Son of Clarence A and Cora May [Reed] Pratt.
Died Killed non-combat	North Sea	9 June 1944	Failed to Return (FTR) weather recon mission with Capt Robert Hillard Sharp Jr, lost in North Sea MIA/FOD Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5558
Based	Bodney	9 June 1944	Assigned to 328FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF.
Buried			Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs
Enlisted			Cp Dodge Herrold Iowa Enlistment Date: 18 Sep 1942