T/SGT Nolan D. KREITENSTEIN |
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| UNIT: 351st BOMB Sqdn | POSITION: TTE | |
| SERIAL #: 35114035 | STATUS: EVA | |
| MACR: 00686 | CR: 00686 | |
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Comments1: 3 SEP 43 BEAUMONT Le ROGER S.T. (MID-AIR COL /# 42-30089) |
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COMMENTS & NOTES
MEMO 1:CREW CREW #21 A/C #42-30086 "BLACKJACK"; THIS WAS AND "ORIGINAL 100TH CREW". 1ST LT VICTOR E. FIENUP P; POW 3 SEP 43 PARIS RENAULT PLANT 2ND LT EUGENE V. MULHOLLAND CP; EVA 3 SEP 43 PARIS RENAULT PLANT 1ST LT PAUL PASCAL NAV; EVA 3 SEP 43 PARIS RENAULT PLANT 2ND LT BLANTON G. BARNES BOM; POW 3 SEP 43 PARIS RENAULT PLANT T/SGT ROY A. EVENSON TTE; POW 3 SEP 43 PARIS RENAULT PLANT S/SGT MARVIN E. MILLER WG; KIA 3 SEP 43 PARIS RENAULT PLANT S/SGT WALTER L. PROBST ROG; CPT Replaced by C.F. Wright S/SGT NORMAN D. KREITENSTEIN BTG; EVA 3 SEP 43 PARIS RENAULT PLANT S/SGT CHARLES T. DANIELS TG; KIA 3 SEP 43 PARIS RENAULT PLANT S/SGT ROBERT H. BROWN WG POW 3 SEP 43 PARIS RENAULT PLANT S/SGT SMITH J. YOUNG WG; KIA 10 OCT 43 MUNSTER (Replaced by Robert H. Brown on the 3 Sep 43 Paris Mission) 351ST SQDN.. ORIGNAL CREW.. MISSIONS OF LT VICTOR FIENUP CREW: 1. 04/07/43 LaPALLICE a/c 230086 BLACK JACK 2. 10/07/43 LeBOURGET a/c 230086 BLACK JACK 3. 14/07/43 LeBOURGET a/c 230086 BLACK JACK 4. 17/07/43 HAMBURG a/c 230086 BLACK JACK 5. 24/07/43 TRONDHEIM a/c 230086 BLACK JACK 6. 25/07/43 KIEL a/c 23271 NINE LITTLE YANKS AND A JERK 7. 26/07/43 HANOVER a/c 230086 BLACK JACK 8. 29/07/43 WARNEMUNDE a/c 230086 BLACK JACK 9. 30/07/43 KASSEL a/c 230086 BLACK JACK 10. 12/08/43 WESSELING a/c 230086 BLACK JACK 11. 15/08/43 MERVILLE a/c 25865 JANIE 12. 17/08/43 REGENSBURG a/c 230086 BLACK JACK 13. 03/09/43 PARIS a/c 25865 JANIE ON 3 SEP 43, WALTER PROBST AND SMITH YOUNG WERE REPLACED BY T/SGT CHARLES F. WRIGHT AND S/SGT ROBERT H. BROWN RESPECTIVELY. BOTH WRIGHT AND BROWN BAILED OUT SUCCESSFULLY AND BECAME POWS ALONG WITH BARNES AND FIENUP. PROBST COMPLETED HIS TOUR BUT SMITH J. YOUNG WAS KILLED ON THE MUNSTER MISSION FLYING WITH THE LT MAURICE BEATTY CREW. HE WAS BURIED 13 OCT 43 IN THE DOORNENBURG CEMETERY, DOORNENBURG, HOLLAND--ROW #7, GRAVE #8. THERE ARE CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS AS TO WHAT OCCURED, THE CONSENSUS APPEARS TO BE THAT WHILE ON THE BOMB RUN, THE PLANE FLOWN BT LT RICHARD KING (CREW 26) RECIEVED A DIRECT FLAK HIT AMIDSHIPS THUS MOVING UPWARD STRIKING THE SHIP OF CREW #23 (CHARLES FLOYD) WHICH EXPLODED. FIENUP'S CREW #21 MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE MID-AIR AS A CREW MAN LATER STATED, "THE SHIP ON OUR RIGHT CRASHED INTO OUR TAIL, PROABLY KILLING MARVIN MILLER." WITH THE PLANE UNCONTROLLABLE, FIENUP GAVE THE BAIL-OUT ORDER AND ALL EXCEPT MILLER GOT OUT. DANIELS WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED PRIOR TO THE BAIL-OUT ORDER. A EYEWITNESS SAW ONE CHUTE BURST INTO FLAMES. THE GERMANS THOUGHT THAT DANEILS HAD COME DOWN WITH A DAMAGE CHUTE. HE WAS BURIED IN THE SOUVERNIX FRANCAIS EVREUX CEMETERY; GRAVE #220 ROW #7. Crew #21 M.A.C.R. #686 Mission: Paris - Renault Plant Aircraft #42-5865 "JANIE" 3 Sept.1943 351st Sqdn. Time 0925 A/C last seen: 10 mi. SE of Paris Cause: Flak 1st Lt Victor E.Fienup P POW 2nd Lt Eugene V.Mulholland CP EVADEE 1st Lt Paul Pascal NAV EVADEE 2nd Lt Blanton G.Barnes BOM POW T/Sgt Charles F.Wright ROG POW T/Sgt Roy A.Evenson TTE POW S/Sgt Nolan D.Kreitenstein BTG EVADEE Sgt Marvin Miller TG KIA S/Sgt Charles T.Daniels WG KIA S/Sgt Robert H.Brown WG POW Of the above,Sgt.Wright was a replacement for S/Sgt Walter L,Probst and Sgt. Brown a replacement for S/Sgt Smith T.Young. Eyewitness Report: "Just before reaching Paris,observed Fienup's ship with #4 engine afire. Saw 3 or 4 men bail out and chutes opened. Ship was going down but seemingly under control." There actually appears to have been a mid-air collision between 3 Or 4 ships of the 100th on this mission. An A/C did strike the tail section of this plane and this may have killed or wounded Miller. Wright's statement at end of the war says that Daniels was badly wounded by flak & Wright helped him put on his chute. Wright believod Daniels waa probably "blown out of the ship when it exploded". A 351st crewman said he saw a chute break into flames and "Germans said that Daniels had come down without a full chute. Brown was wounded and in a field hospital. Daniels buried in the Souvernix Francais Evreux cemetary -Row 7,grave 200.MEMO 2:
KIA / MIA / EVA / INT INFORMATION:
| TARGET: Paris,BEAUMONT le ROGER, AF (S.T.) | DATE: 1943-09-03 | |
| AIRCRAFT: "Janie"(42-5865) | CAUSE: MID-AIR COL with A/C 42-30089) |
BURIAL INFORMATION
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PHOTOS:
Victor Fienup Crew from the 351st. Standing from left: Walter L. Probst, Smith J. Young, Norman D. Kreitenstein, Roy A. Evenson, Charles T. Daniels: Kneeling from left: Blanton G. Barnes, Paul Pascal, Victor Fienup and Eugene V. Mulholland. Detailed Information (100th Photo Archives)