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Personal info

Full name
PRATHER, John Trevor
Date of birth
15 September 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Warren County, Tennessee
Hometown
Cherokee County, Alabamba

Military service

Service number
34331209
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
407th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
25 August 1944
Place of death
Baltic Sea, The bay near Greifswald, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Hiram D. Prather (father)
Orrie B. (Green) Prather (mother)
Clyde F. Prather (brother)
Oscar J. Prather (brother)
George D. Prather (brother)
Catherine L. Prather (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-97958
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Peenemunde, Germany
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 8277

More information

Sgt Prather enlisted on 3 June 1942 at Fort McClellan in Alabama.

This A/C was hit by flak then went into flat spin and fell to about ten thousand feet pulling out for a few seconds and then into a tight spin and burning. Several members of crew were seen to bail out.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Herman Wolters, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.basher82.nl, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.archives.gov

Photo source: www.basher82.nl, Herman Wolters, Danny Prather