Charles Alden Prindle
Military
Left to Right:
SSGT Arthur L. Nielsen
SSGT William E. Fields
SSGT Morton Rosenstein
SSGT Everett T. Epps
SSGT Charles A. Prindle
SSGT Roger W. Nicks
SSGT Foster M. Citty
SSGT Charles L. Webb
SSGT Alexander J. Huber
Object Number - UPL 48392 - A group of 416th BG - 669th BS gunners after receiving the Air Medal, 11 July 1944 Left to Right: SSGT Arthur L. Nielsen SSGT William E....
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-26346
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-747906
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Irish
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Daddy Land's Commando
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Desperate Ambrose
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Melun, Alsace
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Aurora, Iowa | 9 September 1918 | |
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Other First 416th BG Combat Mission |
Conches, France | 6 March 1944 | |
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Other Bailed out over England |
RAF Bradwell Bay, UK | 10 April 1944 | The third plane crash-landed at Bradwell Bay. It was flown by 1st Lt. Marion Street. His two gunners bailed out before he landed. The plane, badly shot up, was brought down in an excellent belly-landing so that Lt. Street was able to walk away from the wreckage uninjured. A-20G 43-9370 |
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Other Final 416th BG Combat Mission |
Langerwehe, Germany | 13 October 1944 | Flew 67 combat missions |
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Died |
Waterloo, Iowa | 21 November 1991 | |
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Buried |
Waterloo, Iowa | 24 November 1991 | Mount Olivet Cemetery Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA |
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