Bert Trapani Prendergast
Military
Rear L-R: David Fackler, Wallace Paton, Paul Hogan, George Nance.
Front L-R: Harold McIntyre, Ray Brewer, Bert Prendergast, Jerome Schlottmann, Wilbert Pohlman , Bill Tipton.
Object Number - UPL 51052 - "Lt. Fackler and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group beside a Boeing B-17 'Knockout Dropper'. England, 1 April 1944." Rear L-R: David Fackler, Wallace...
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Fackler crew. 11 missions with Fackler completed 19-May-44. Transferred to 352BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Completed further 22 missions by 16-Oct-44. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32327884 / O-805799
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bad Penny
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Eight Ball III
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brooklyn, NY | 12 February 1922 | Son of Douglas Engle and Mary [Trapani] Prendergast. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Myer, Arlington, VA | 28 November 1942 | Fort Myer, Virginia |
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Based |
Lucera | 22 June 1944 - 16 October 1944 | Transferred to 352BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
14 September 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC | 9 February 2001 | |
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Buried |
Saint Gabriel Catholic Church - ColumbariumCharlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC | 12 February 2001 | Saint Gabriel Catholic Church - Columbarium Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina |
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Based |
Molesworth | 19 May 1944 | Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Hospitalised |
Treated for Hepatitis. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/32144913
https://www.fold3.com/image/538272175
https://www.fold3.com/record/7373570/bert-t-prendergast-social-security…
https://www.fold3.com/record/87128837/bert-t-prendergast-wwii-army-enli…
https://www.fold3.com/record/629416343/bert-prendergast-1922-veterans-a…
https://www.fold3.com/record/705093622/prendergast-bert-t-us-wwii-hospi…
http://www.303rdbg.com/prendergast_missions.pdf
http://www.303rdbg.com/359fackler.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209637022/bert-trapani-prendergast
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Hell's Angels Newsletter May 2001
