Finding Aid of the Neill L. Britt Letters, PC.7015
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Neill L. Britt Letters
- Call Number
- PC.7015
- Creator
- United States. War Department
- Date
- 01/29/1944 - 03/09/1944
- Repository
- Western Regional Archives, State Archives of North Carolina
Collection Overview
Two letters to Sarah Prevatte Britt about her husband Neill L. Britt's missing-in-action and prisoner of war status.
Biographical/Historical
Neill L. Britt (1918 - 1973) was born and grew up in Robeson County, North Carolina.
He attended Lumberton High School and Wake Forest University. In 1943, Britt graduated
from Army Advanced Forces Flying School at Moody Field, Georgia and was comissioned
a second lieutenant. Shortly afterwards, he married Sarah Prevatte of Whiteville,
N.C., a recent graduate of Queens College in Charlotte. N.C.
During World War II, Neill Britt flew a B-17 bomber out of England. He was shot down and went missing in action and was held in a German prisoner of war camp. Following the war, Britt worked as a legal aid for the Air Force in Washington, D.C., before returning to Robeson County to practice law. He also served in the Korean Conflict. He divorced and later remarried.
During World War II, Neill Britt flew a B-17 bomber out of England. He was shot down and went missing in action and was held in a German prisoner of war camp. Following the war, Britt worked as a legal aid for the Air Force in Washington, D.C., before returning to Robeson County to practice law. He also served in the Korean Conflict. He divorced and later remarried.