Howard H Pratt
MilitaryOn 16-February-1943 in B-17F 42-5175 while serving as Navigator the aircraft was damaged by flak and 2 engines were hit on the bomb run. Fighters then attacked and Lt Downing gave orders to bale out. Nine crew members bailed out safely and 2 were able to evade. Gunner Harvey Ross was the only casualty. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11.
POW
Connections
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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
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
France | 16 February 1943 - 12 June 1945 | Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland) moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 12-Jun-45. |
Died |
31 January 1991 | ||
Born |
Maine |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 21-Feb-2015. Added SN per MACR 15471; Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added crew position and loss details to Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15471 / MACR 15471, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 78 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database