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John A. Prichard
John A. Pritchard Jr. (January 12, 1914 – November 28, 1942) was a United States Coast Guardsman who died while attempting to rescue the crew of a USAAF bomber that had crashed-landed in Greenland in November 1942. Pritchard was the pilot of the USCGC Northland (WPG-49), USCGC ''Northland'''s Grumman J2F-4 Duck floatplane. When a B-17 bomber crash landed near ''Northland'' his aircraft was assigned to search for it. He sighted the bomber, and landed as close to the wreck as possible. Pritchard and his radioman, Radioman, RM1 Benjamin A. Bottoms, were able to assist two of the injured bomber crew to their plane, and take them back to ''Northland''. However, on their second rescue visit they encountered bad weather, and crashed. It took seventy-five years to locate their bodies. Early life Pritchard was born in Redfield, South Dakota in 1914, and graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1931. He enlisted in the United States Navy on March 1, 1932. He attended the Naval Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redfield, South Dakota
Redfield is a city in and the county seat of Spink County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,214 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The city was named for J. B. Redfield, a railroad official. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. History The first settlers arrived in the Redfield area in 1878, and a post office was established two years later under the name "Stennett Junction." The "Redfield" name was adopted in 1881. The town became the seat of Spink County, South Dakota, Spink County in 1886, following a six-year legal and political battle among several Spink County towns. Redfield rapidly became a major town in the region, due in part to its status as a railroad center—the town was a crossroads of two lines of the Chicago and North Western Railway, and was also served by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, Milwaukee Road Railroad. Railroads brought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |