Levi M Pratt
MilitaryPrisoner of War (POW). A/C #42-30499 damaged on mission to Berlin, Ger. on June 21, 1944. Crew bailed out over Germany and were taken POW (7 POW). The pilot, co-pilot and navigator flew back to the UK and landed the badly damaged plane (3 RTD).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: My Princess
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 21 June 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Copied the "Summary biography" from a member of his crew, "David M Harman".
Added a connection to A/C #42-30499 and the Waist gunner, Levi Pratt, mentioned in the A/C description.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.351st.org/ken.harbour/