Alvin Bernard Prukop
Military
Object Number - UPL 48925 - S/Sgt Alvin B. Prukop, 749BS, 457BG
Assigned to 749BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Oranienburg in B-17 44-8368 10-Apr-45; shot down by enemy jet, crashed Bernau, Germany; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13882
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-822900
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 13C
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Telferner, Texas | 18 January 1925 | Son of John J Jr and Christina [Jablonski] Prukop. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Hammelburg, Bavaria | 10 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XIIIc. |
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Died |
16 February 2017 | ||
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Buried |
Saint Joseph Cemetery Inez, Victoria County, TX | 19 February 2017 | Saint Joseph Cemetery Inez, Victoria County, Texas |
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Based |
Glatton | 10 April 1945 | Assigned to 749BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate record to include information from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
- www.457thbombgroup.org/roster/Pnames.html
Place Connection and service information from :
http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=105290
1993 457th BGA Roster MACR 13882 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
