Pratt, Reginald Henry Murray (Pilot Officer)

Prisoner of War 1944-February-25

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RCAF

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622 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Bellamus Noctu We wage war by night

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Pilot Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/89330
PoW: 2116

Target
Google MapSchweinfurt Germany

Took off from Mildenhall at 20:40 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: GI-P Bomber Command) on an operation to Schweinfurt Germany.

While leaving the target area at 20000 feet they were engaged by a night fighter whose fire wounded Sergeant McFadden and caused very severe structural damage leading the aircraft to crash.

Killed: F/Lt Peter Hartley Doig RCAF J/18898 pilot KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. D. 5-8., Germany. Sergeant Frederick Kenneth Dench RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Collective grave 1. D. 5-8. Sergeant Charles Henry McFadden RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. D. 5-8. Sergeant Roy Sidney Custance Taylor RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. D. 5-8.

POWs including Pratt: Sergeant Arthur Charles Bromwich RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant Robert James Kerslake RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. F/Lt Alan Eric Odle RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.