Adolfos Joseph Antanaitis

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Richard Burr Prentiss

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11015817 / O-78920
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Robert Franklin Price

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-46327
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot - Squadron Commander

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Manchester, New Hampshire 9 August 1918

Enlisted

Manchester, New Hampshire 23 July 1942

Other

First 416th BG Combat Mission

Poix Airfield, France 3 March 1944

Died

Colchester, Connecticut 30 August 2005

Buried

Bedford, New Hampshire 4 September 2005 Saint Joseph Cemetery 448 Donald Street Bedford, NH 03110
Londonderry, New Hampshire Worked for the Fleischer Shoe Company

Other

Crashed/Wounded In Action/Purple Heart

Near Little Hadham, UK On the last day of the month, Staff Sergeant Adolfos J. Antanaitis, armorer-gunner, suffered a broken leg when his pilot, Lieutenant Lesher, successfully crash-landed his aircraft in Southern England. after he had lost an engine en route to the target. Antaniatis suffered breaks in both his tibula and fibia, which ended his combat tour

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