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Wendell O. Pruitt

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Wendell O. Pruitt
Born(1920-06-20)June 20, 1920
St. Louis, Missouri
DiedApril 15, 1945(1945-04-15) (aged 24)
Tuskegee, Alabama
AllegianceUnited States
Service/branchUnited States Army
Years of service1942–1945
RankCaptain
Unit332nd Fighter Group
AwardsDistinguished Flying Cross

Wendell Oliver Pruitt (June 20, 1920 – April 15, 1945) was an American military pilot and Tuskegee Airman[1] originally from St. Louis, Missouri. He was killed during a training exercise in 1945.[2] After his death, his name, along with that of William L. Igoe, was given to the Pruitt–Igoe public housing complex in St. Louis.

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Biography

Pruitt grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, as the youngest of ten children to Elijah and Melanie Pruitt[3] and attended Sumner High School.[4] He then furthered his education at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, becoming a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.[3]

Military career

Pruitt, already a licensed pilot, enlisted in the Army Air Corps Cadet Flying Program in Tuskegee, Alabama, eventually graduating and being commissioned as a second lieutenant on December 11, 1942.[3]

After graduating from flight school at Tuskegee, Pruitt was assigned to the 332nd Fighter Group, then stationed in Michigan. The 332nd was transferred to the Mediterranean theater in late 1943 where Pruitt flew the P-47 Thunderbolt.

In June 1944, Pruitt and his occasional wingman, 1st Lt. Gwynne Walker Peirson,[5] landed direct hits on an enemy destroyer that sank at Trieste harbor in northern Italy. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross for this action. Thereafter, the 332nd flew the P-51 Mustang as their primary fighter aircraft.

Pruitt teamed with Lee Archer to form the famed "Gruesome Twosome", the most successful pair of Tuskegee pilots in terms of air victories.[6] The "Gruesome Twosome" are featured in a History Channel show entitled Dogfights: Tuskegee Airmen.[7] Pruitt flew seventy combat missions, was credited with three enemy kills, and reached the rank of captain.[8]

Overall, Pruitt was one of the Tuskegee Airmen pilots with at least three confirmed kills during World War II.[9]

Death

Pruitt was killed, along with a student pilot, during a training exercise in Tuskegee, Alabama, on April 15, 1945.[10]

Honors

U.S. decorations and badges

 		Distinguished Flying Cross (with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters)[11]

Things named for Pruitt

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tuskegee Airmen Listing". Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b Mound City on the Mississippi, a St. Louis History. Accessed July 28, 2008.
  3. ^ a b c AMVETS post 41 Accessed July 28, 2008.
  4. ^ Short Biography on youngsaintlouis.com. Accessed July 28, 2008.
  5. ^ "Destroyer sunk by Tuskagee Airmen - More information needed". 27 June 2005. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  6. ^ Distinguished African Americans in Aviation and Space Science By Betty Kaplan Gubert, Miriam Sawyer and Caroline M. Fannin (Greenwood, 2001) at pages 242–44. link
  7. ^ "History Asia". History Asia. Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  8. ^ Tuskegee Airman Statistics. Accessed July 28, 2008.
  9. ^ "The Tuskegee Airmen: 5 Fascinating Facts". HISTORY. 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  10. ^ "Wendell O. Pruitt, Hero of Air War, is Killed in South". St. Louis Star and Times. April 16, 1945.
  11. ^ Distinguished Flying Cross Society Honor Roll Accessed July 28, 2008.
  12. ^ "Spirit Mission Manager Reports". NASA. 2008-03-06. Retrieved 2020-12-28. Spirit is currently wrapping up a campaign of scientific studies of the rock target known as Wendell Pruitt
  13. ^ "BlackVoices.org-Wendell O. Pruitt". Pruitt, Wendell Oliver (1920–1945) on BlackVoices.org. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2014.

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