Louis Stanley Prangl
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 56886 - S/Sgt Louis S. Prangl, 390BG.
Assigned to 569BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. 21 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Chemnitz in B-17 43-39079 14-Feb-45; downed by flak near Wiesbaden. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12350
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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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: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-768507
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chicago, Illinois, USA | 24 August 1924 | Son of John Joseph and Matilda [Pazur] Prangl. |
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Died |
Wiesbaden, Germany | 14 February 1945 | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Framlingham | 14 February 1945 | Assigned to 569BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot H Row 16 Grave 24 |
Revisions
Source is from the late Elaine Prangl Jameson the sister of Louis Stanley Prangl
Source is the late Elaine Prangl Jameson sister of Louis Stanley Prangl
Source is the late Elaine Prangl Jameson sister to Louis Stanley Prangl
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12350 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
