Wendell O Pruitt
Military
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Captain Wendell O. Pruitt (Left) with a member of his ground crew
P-51C "Alice-Jo"
332nd FG - 302nd FS - 15th AF
P-51C "Alice-Jo"
332nd FG - 302nd FS - 15th AF
Credited with downing three Bf-109's
Awarded a DFC for his attack of a German Navy vessel in the harbor of Trieste, Italy
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Saint Louis, MO, USA | 20 June 1920 | |
Other Graduated Pilot Training/Commissioned |
Tuskegee, AL, USA | 13 December 1942 | Class 42-K-SE |
Died |
Tuskegee, AL, USA | 15 April 1945 | On April 15, 1945, during one of the training missions, Pruitt and a trainee were killed in an air accident. After his death, the city of St. Louis named the Pruitt-Igoe public housing project after Captain Pruitt and William L. Igoe, a former United States Congressman |
Buried |
Normandy, MO, USA | 20 April 1945 | Saint Peter's Cemetery Normandy St. Louis County Missouri, USA Plot: Section 29, Lot 192 |