Prescott Carlton Piper

Military

Prescott Piper was a Bombardier in the 463rd Bomb Group / 775th Bomb Squadron (15th Air Force), in Italy. He was killed on board B-17 # 42-31685 on the 10 May 1944 mission to the Wiener Neustadt aircraft factory, Austria. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 4660.

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People

John J Boros

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Service Numbers: 32719960
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

John Evans Boyett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Service Numbers: 38396309
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Manley Hovey Dale

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Service Numbers: O-750952
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Stanley Naismeth Dwyer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Service Numbers: 19005031 and O-751540
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Francis G Gilhooley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Service Numbers: 12120237 and O-814293
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

Places

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'

Celone

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, Illinois, United States 18 January 1918 the son of Prescott and Henrietta Marie (Ramp) Piper

Enlisted

Chicago, Illinois, United States 17 June 1942 as a Private in the Air Corps

Other

Killed In Action (KIA)

near Vöstenhof, Austria 10 May 1944 in the loss of B-17 # 42-31685

Buried

Pottschach, Austria 14 May 1944 Initially buried 14 May 1944 in the Pottschach Community cemetery; his remains were brought to Belgium after the war
Cook County, Illinois, United States

Buried

Prescott Piper rests at Plot A, Row 38, Grave 26

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MACR 4660
NARA WWII Enlistment records
"Searching for Stanley - Unforgotten Hero of World War II", by Kay Hughes, niece and Harold E. Dwyer, brother, of Pilot Stanley N. Dwyer (iUniverse books - 2011)
Contacts with the Stanley Dwyer family.