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2nd Lt. Wade D. Pratt

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The Wade D. Pratt crew in Belgium.
The Co-pilot and the Toggalier remained behind to guard the aircraft.  They are not in the pictures.
100th BG Photo Archives

The Wade D. Pratt crew in Belgium.
The Co-pilot and the Toggalier remained behind to guard the aircraft.  They are not in the pictures.
100th BG Photo Archives
 
2ND LT WADE D. PRATT P IIC
2ND LT HAROLD L. RINTOUL CP IIC
2ND LT JOHN CROTTY NAV FEH
2ND LT WILLIAM G. WOODRUFF BOM FEH
CPL ERNEST T. DAMATO ROG FEH
CPL ANTHONY SZOTT TTE IIC
CPL ROBERT G. GUIDI BTG IIC
CPL HANSEL H. ADKINS TG FEH
CPL WILLIAM M. LUCAS WG FEH

All IIC (Injured In Crash) - 12 May 45 Crashed Diss - Attleboro Rd.

418th Sqdn.. Crew joined 100th on 21 Jan 1945 - 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.

Missions of 2nd Lt Wade D. Pratt (mpf)

Date Target
17/02/45 Frankfurt (See below)
19/02/45 Munster (See below)
20/02/45 Nurnburg (See below)
23/02/45 Treuchtlingen
24/02/45 Bremen
28/02/45 Kassel
2/3/1945 Dresden
3/3/1945 Brunswick
7/3/1945 Seigen
8/3/1945 Giessen
9/3/1945 Frankfurt
14/03/45 Hanover
17/03/45 Ruhland
18/03/45 BERLIN (attacked by ME 262)
19/03/45 Jena
22/03/45 Alhorn
23/03/45 Ziegenhain AF
28/03/45 Hanover
30/03/45 Hamburg
31/03/45 Zeitz
3/4/1945 Kiel
4/4/1945 Kiel
5/4/1945 Nurnburg
7/4/1945 Buchen
14/04/45 Royan
15/04/45 Royan
17/04/45 Aussig
18/04/45 Straubing

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