Virgil V Prior

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21940.jpeg UPL 21940 Virgil V Prior - Cedar Rapids, 448th BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

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

Object Number - UPL 21940 - Virgil V Prior - Cedar Rapids, 448th BG, KIA

Killed in Action (KIA). Shot down by flak and crashed near Villers in B-24 42-50369

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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.

448th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-50369

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in action

27 June 1944

Born

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 6726 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6726

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Object number: UPL 21940 - Virgil V Prior - Cedar Rapids, 448th BG, KIA