Stephen Casimir Prekel

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media-26680.jpeg UPL 26680 Stephen C. Prekel, 93rd Bomb Group

Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25119

Object Number - UPL 26680 - Stephen C. Prekel, 93rd Bomb Group

Assigned to 330BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. B-24 41-23712 'Ambros' crashed at Porlock Bay, Somerset, killing all crew except Sergeant. H. B. Thorpe. 29-Oct-42 Killed in Service (KIS)



Per 1990s letter from ground crew members to daughter of pilot Williams, there is some doubt regarding the airplane involved in this crash. That crew indicate the aircraft involved was actually 41-23721 "Reddy Teddy".



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ambros
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Oran Tafraoui Airport

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pittston, Pennsylvania 30 March 1920 Son of Frances Prekel.

Enlisted

Wilkes Barre, PA 19 August 1941 Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

Died

Porlock, Somerset 29 October 1942

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery Re-Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot C Row 0 Grave 22

Based

29 October 1942 Assigned to 330BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Crewmate page

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Letter shared with me by Capt. Williams's daughter in 2021.

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Associated media and aircraft from ‘Losses of the US 8th & 9th Air Forces’, Bishop and Hey

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ABMC, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 40 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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