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MEMO 1:CREW 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 1945 Crew flew A/C 43-38821 LD-O "Girdle Girty" call sign "Rubber Oboe" and also "Lay or Bust" 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) 1. 17/02/45 Frankfurt 2. 19/02/45 Munster 3. 20/02/45 Nurnburg(crash landed Lay or Bust in Belgium due to flak damage) 4. 23/02/45 Treuchtlingen 5. 24/02/45 Bremen 6. 28/02/45 Kassel 7. 02/03/45 Dresden 8. 03/03/45 Brunswick 9. 07/03/45 Seigen 10. 08/03/45 Giessen 11. 09/03/45 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. 03/04/45 Kiel 22. 04/04/45 Kiel 23. 05/04/45 Nurnburg 24. 07/04/45 Buchen 25. 14/04/45 Royan 26. 15/04/45 Royan 27. 17/04/45 Aussig 28. 18/04/45 Straubing ---> SUBMITTER INFORMATION SUBMITTER: Beth Berry EMAIL: xray-tech@comcast.net PURPOSE: Report a death (TAPS) INTEREST: I am the veteran's niece or nephew ---> TAPS REPORT VETERAN: Hansel H. Adkins DATE OF DEATH: 03/27/2006 FAMILY CONTACT: 163 Beechwood Lane Chambersburg, PA 17201MEMO 2:
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Part of the Wade D. Pratt crew; kneeling L to R, John E. Crotty, William Lucas, standing; Wade Pratt ,Hansel H. Adkins, Anthony Szott,. Picture courtesy of Michael Pratt. Detailed Information (100th Photo Archives)

Part of the Wade D. Pratt crew, kneeling L to R, William Lucas, Robert Guidi, standing; Ernest T.DaMato, Anthony Szott, Hansel H. Adkins. Picture courtesy of Michael Pratt. Detailed Information (100th Photo Archives)