| 2ND LT WADE D. PRATT |
P |
IIC |
12 MAY 45 CRASHED DISS -
ATTLEBORO RD. |
| 2ND LT HAROLD L. RINTOUL |
CP |
IIC |
12 MAY 45 CRASHED DISS -
ATTLEBORO RD. |
| 2ND LT JOHN CROTTY |
NAV |
FEH |
-- |
| 2ND LT WILLIAM G. WOODRUFF |
BOM |
FEH |
-- |
| CPL ERNEST T. DAMATO |
ROG |
FEH |
-- |
| CPL ANTHONY SZOTT |
TTE |
IIC |
12 MAY 45 CRASHED DISS -
ATTLEBORO RD. |
| CPL ROBERT G. GUIDI |
BTG |
IIC |
12 MAY 45 CRASHED DISS -
ATTLEBORO RD. |
| CPL HANSEL H. ADKINS |
TG |
FEH |
-- |
| CPL WILLIAM M. LUCAS |
WG |
FEH |
-- |
418th Sqdn.. Crew joined 100th on 21 Jan 1945Crew flew A/C 43-38821
LD-O "Girdle Girty" call sign "Rubber Oboe"
On 12 may 45 Pratt, Rintoul, Szott, Guidi, S/Sgt VINCENT FERRANICE and
2nd Lt James T. Brand took off from Thorpe Abbotts in A/C #44-6790 on a
night transition flight in the local area. Weather worsened, while the
tower tried for 1 hour and twenty minutes before contacting the crew. When
contact was established Pratt was advised to attempt a landing, the
aircraft struck a tree and crashed about five miles W/NW of the base on
the Diss - Attleboro Road.
Brand was KIC and all the others IIC. The aircraft was destroyed.
Records from Norton AFB 17 May 85....James R. Brown, Historian to pw
(June 1991)
Missions of 2nd Lt Wade D. Pratt (mpf):
| NBR |
DATE |
TARGET |
| 01 |
17/02/45 |
Frankfurt |
| 02 |
19/02/45 |
Munster |
| 03 |
21/02/45 |
Nurnburg |
| 04 |
23/02/45 |
Treuchtlingen |
| 05 |
24/02/45 |
Bremen |
| 06 |
28/02/45 |
Kassel |
| 07 |
2/3/1945 |
Dresden |
| 08 |
3/3/1945 |
Brunswick |
| 09 |
7/3/1945 |
Seigen |
| 10 |
8/3/1945 |
Giessen |
| 11 |
9/3/1945 |
Frankfurt |
| 12 |
14/03/45 |
Hanover |
| 13 |
17/03/45 |
Ruhland |
| 14 |
18/03/45 |
BERLIN (attacked by ME 262) |
| 15 |
19/03/45 |
Jena |
| 16 |
22/03/45 |
Alhorn |
| 17 |
23/03/45 |
Ziegenhain AF |
| 18 |
28/03/45 |
Hanover |
| 19 |
30/03/45 |
Hamburg |
| 20 |
31/03/45 |
Zeitz |
| 21 |
3/4/1945 |
Kiel |
| 22 |
4/4/1945 |
Kiel |
| 23 |
5/4/1945 |
Nurnburg |
| 24 |
7/4/1945 |
Buchen |
| 25 |
14/04/45 |
Royan |
| 26 |
15/04/45 |
Royan |
| 27 |
17/04/45 |
Aussig |
| 28 |
18/04/45 |
Straubing |
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