Richard Burr Prentiss

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media-27625.jpeg UPL 27625 Capt Richard B Prentiss

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Object Number - UPL 27625 - Capt Richard B Prentiss

Assigned to 668BS, 416BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ahutte Railhead. Hit by flak over target, seen to be spinning end over end. Crashed near Schuller, Germany Killed in Action (KIA) 25-Dec-44. MACR 11668.



Awards: AM (9OLC), PH.

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Units served with

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'

416th Bomb Group

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

People

Daniel M Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35514148
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Arm/Gunner

Francis H Bursiel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11024931 / O-749712
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Alvin O Wylie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13170122
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Arm/Gunner

Aircraft

43-21717

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron

Places

Melun

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Melun, Alsace

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Burlington, VT, USA 2 February 1916 Dr. Orlow Frederick and Marjorie B [Elms] Prentiss.

Enlisted

Rutland, VT 05701, USA 4 September 1941

Died

Schüller, Germany 25 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Ahutte Railhead. Hit by flak over target, seen to be spinning end over end. Crashed near Schuller, Germany Killed in Action (KIA) 25-Dec-44. MACR 11668.

Based

Wethersfield 25 December 1944 Assigned to 668BS, 416BG, 9AF USAAF.

Buried

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial

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