Lumir Joseph Prucha

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media-48553.jpeg UPL 48553 1LT Lumir Joseph "Lou" Prucha
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416th BG - 668th BS - 9th AF

Object Number - UPL 48553 - 1LT Lumir Joseph "Lou" Prucha Pilot 416th BG - 668th BS - 9th AF

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Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Dodge, Nebraska	29 April 1917
	Omaha, Nebraska	16 October 1940	3309 N. 59th Street
Other Assigned to the 46th BG	Will Rogers Army Airfield, Oklahoma	28 March 1943	Began training in the DB-7 Boston and B-25 Mitchell
Other Assigned to the 410th BG	Will Rogers Army Airfield, Oklahoma	1 July 1943	Purcha did not go overseas with the 410th BG
Other Arrived in the ETO	Stornaway Airfield, UK	7 September 1944	Ferried over A-20 #44-484
Other Assigned to the 416th BG	Wethersfield Airfield, UK	21 September 1944
Other First 416th BG Combat Mission	Erkelenz, Germany	6 December 1944	Erkelenz, Germany, another defended village was the picture seen through the bombsight. Again this was a PFF mission, and bombing was don thru the clouds. The bombing was done by boxes from 13,000, and 154 x 500 lb. GP’s hurtled thru the clouds to fall on the target. There was little flak, and no fighter action present, and the formation returned to the base for the day.”
Other Final 416th BG Combat Mission	Plattling, Germany	26 April 1945	Prucha flew 37 combat missions. More information about his tour can be found here: http://rgprucha.com/prucha_brennan/lou_wwii/lou_wwii_combat.htm
Died	Omaha, Nebraska	16 January 1981
Buried	Elkhorn, Nebraska	19 January 1981	Mount Calvary Cemetery Elkhorn, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA

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