Francis C Prendercast

Military
media-32890.jpeg UPL 32890 First Lieutenant Francis C. Prendergast, 447th Bomb Group . He joined the Group at Rattlesden in March 1944. He flew two missions on D-Day; returning from the second his aircraft ran off the runway and struck another bomber fully loaded with bombs and gas; amazingly it didn't explode. After the war he transferred to ATC in Bermuda as a navigator on an air-sea rescue C-54. and - following his discharge in October 1948 -attended Iowa State University, resumed farming and joined the Iowa Air National Guard, from which he retired in 1964 with the rank of Lt. Colonel. Charles D Taylor collection

Iowans of the Mighty Eighth

Object Number - UPL 32890 - First Lieutenant Francis C. Prendergast, 447th Bomb Group . He joined the Group at Rattlesden in March 1944. He flew two missions on D-Day; returning...

Prendercast suffered a mild injury on 6 June 1944, D-Day after his aircraft skidded into another on return from a mission.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-102591

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cactus Pete
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron

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Wounded in Action

Rattlesden 6 June 1944
Des Moines, IA, USA

Revisions

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Hutchinson & Cortright

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Bishop & Hey, Losses of the 8th and 9th

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Changed spelling of surname in accordance with Bishop & Hey, Losses of the 9th and 9th

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"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster as of 01 August 1945

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