John Alden Pruis
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Photo via "USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries"
Photo via "USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries"
Object Number - UPL 45415 - 1st Lt John Alden Pruis, 654BS, 25BG, 8th AF. Photo via "USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries"
Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. Landing accident, RAF Watton, in Mosquito RG113 6-Apr-45 RTD.
Shot down in Mosquito NS792, by Free French Airforce P-51 Mustang on Graypea (chaff drop) mission to Germany 9-Apr-45. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: DFC, AM (4 OLC), PH.
*Possible previous service in heavies with 491st Bomb Group.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- 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: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Oklahoma City, OK | 30 September 1923 | Son of John L and Hazel Jane Taylor Pruis. |
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Enlisted |
Cincinnati, OH | 9 November 1942 | Cincinnati, Ohio |
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Died |
Waldkatzenbach, Germany | 9 April 1945 | Shot down in Mosquito NS792, by Free French Airforce P-51 Mustang on Graypea (chaff drop) mission to Germany 9-Apr-45. KIA |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold Plot D Row 14 Grave 37 | ||
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Based |
Watton | 9 April 1945 | Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Baltimore, MD | Employed by Glenn L Martin Co. at time of draft registration. |
Revisions
ABMC; Aerial Intelligence of the 8th Air Force, pg 177 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
