James L Prusa
Military
Added caption
Object Number - UPL 5497 - Photo taken at the 8th Air Force Historical Society reunion in Nashville, TN, October 2014
Flew 24 missions. Shot down and crash landed on Bornholm Island on 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42-31156. Prisoner of War (POW). Forced march across Austria.
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster, POW, GC, ETO; Purple Heart
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Big Stoop
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Cleveland, Ohio | 12 November 1922 | |
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 11 April 1944 - 21 July 1945 |
Revisions
Added Purple Heart to Prusa's list of awards.
POW info - see - http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=105295
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3824 / MACR 3824, self / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
