Name:
James Robert Prendergast
Rank:
Flight Officer
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Unit:
753rd Bomber Squadron, 458th Bomber Group (Heavy)
Date of Death:
1945-01-22
State:
Louisiana
Cemetery:
Saint Louis Cemetery Number 3, Louisiana
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James Robert Prendergast was born on September 1, 1922. He was the son of Robert Leon Prendergast and Mary L. Prendergast.
James served in the 753rd Bomber Squadron, 458th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Flight Officer and Co-Pilot on the B-24 #42-94811 “Tommy Thumper II” during World War II. He was Killed in Action during a training flight on January 22, 1945, in Old Catton, England. Attempting to return to the airfield, the four-motored bomber lost power and crashed just southeast of modern-day Norwich International Airport.
F/O Prendergast is now buried in the Saint Louis Cemetery Number 3, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA.
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