Name and Rank, Zeeman 1st Klas Hendrik Prent (passenger).
Unit/Placed in, Hr. Ms. O 20 Submarine, Koninklijke Marine.
Hendrik was born on 15 July 1916 in Amsterdam.
Father, Franz Conradt.
Mother. Aafje Jacoba Cornelia van der Kooij,
Spouse, Antje Marta Devora (Pik) Prent.
Hendrik Prent was an orphan in the Citizens Orphanage.
Hendrik entered the service from Amsterdam with service number #. 3016.
Due to the POW card in his possession, he was interned in the North Point POW Camp, Hong Kong, China prison camp after his capture.
Henrik was a passenger aboard the plane a B-24 flown by the Crew were,
1st Lt. Robert S. Armacost Jr. Pilot
1st Lt. James T. Whitledge Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Herbert M. Ayres Navigator
TSgt. William J. Gunn Engineer
TSgt. James V. Oliver Radio Operator
Passengers,
Capt. James Maloney Passenger
——Thomas J. Handley Passenger
Corp. Romary Clifford Passenger
Pvt. Bernhard Gosney Passenger
Pvt. William McDonagh Passenger
Pvt. Howard Frederick Passenger
S1c. Hendrik Prent Passenger
Sgt. Gerald Colledge Passenger
Pvt. James Clapperton Passenger
Pvt. Maurice R. Doerfler Passenger
Corp. Alvin Rigdon Passenger
——John Clarke Passenger
Pfc. William R. Taylor Passenger
——William H. Waldron Passenger
——Richard Ward Passenger
——Charles Tucker Passenger
——Ernest Wardle Passenger
Pvt. James Smith Passenger
Pvt. Fred Parsons Passenger
Hendrik made the trip back as a passenger to the Netherlands with 866th Bomber Squadron, 494th Bomber Group, on Feb. 26, 1944, when the plane was shot down by a JU-88C on an Anti-Submission in the Bay of Biscay, Spain.
Hendrik survived the war and was buried in 1977 in De Nieuwe Ooster Cemetery, Kruislaan 126, Amsterdam.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
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POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
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Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
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The story about Hendrik Prent I found,
They leave on December 8, 1941 and are captured on December 20, 1941.
Hendrik Prent was an Engineer/Stoker/Seaman on board the Dutch Submarine O20 “Holiday”.
The O20 was under command by the CinCEF, British Operational Command (Eastern Fleet).
The assignment was to sail to the Naval Base in Singapore (A.M.), where approximately 40 tons of fuel will be loaded and some necessary repairs will be carried out.
Due to the many attacks by Sea and Air Force, the submarine is heavily damaged and no longer able to defend itself if attacked by the enemy.
For this purpose, given the condition of the boat and apparently no longer seeing any possibility of escaping persecution under or above water, the commander gives the order to the head of the engine room in the power station to bring all hands on deck and prepare the boat for to sink.
While the crew is in the water, the diesels are running at full power and the Submarine disappears into the depths, and finally the Head Chief of the Engine Room emerges through the tower hatch, unaware of the 6 crew members still on board.
The crew is picked up by the Japanese Destroyer Uranami and sails to a Naval base at Khota Bahru, Formosa (Taiwan) and from there to Cape St. Jacques in Vietnam.
The next day we sail with the ocean liner Otara Maru to the Naval Base on the grounds of the Texas Oil Company.
This is the last account I find of Hendrik Prent until I come across his name as a passenger list from a Bomber Group that was shot down near the Bay of Biscay.
And after this, outside his residence in Amsterdam, I found nothing in my research about him on the Internet.
Enkele namen van de geredde O-20 bemanningsleden;
Lips, M., kwartiermeester – Lorie, W.F., major-machinist.
Los, korporaal-machinist – Maridi, matroos.
Maenkom, A.P.H., korporaal-machinist – Ostmeijer, J.W.N., matroos Z.M. (12714).
Prent, H., machinist Z.M. (10316) – Raamsdonk, van, korporaal-monteur Z.M..
Ramelan, kok (12328) – Ratu, matroos.
Sarbin, hofmeester-bediende (14118) – Smit, sergeant-torpedomaker.
Steenwijk, J. van, majoor-monteur – Tilro, M., sergeant-machinist (9397).
Uden, G.J.A. van, korporaal-machinist (10464) – Vermeulen, P., matroos (14841).
Visser, G., korporaal-machinist – Waardenburg, korporaal-konstabel.
Wilsem, J.R.C. van, telegrafist (9947) – Zeventer, W. van, matroos (13518).
