MACR PILOT: 1Lt Walter J. Grenier O-793319
MACR #: 00687
Fiche #: 00227
Organization
Location: AAF Station #139
Group: 100th Bomb Gp (H) AAF
Squadron: 350th BS
Command: VIII AF
Detachment:
Detail
Departure/Base: AAF Station #139
Initial Course: ESE
Intended Destination: Stuttgart
Mission Type: Operational
Weather
Weather: Overcast with three (3) to eight (8) tenths cloud cover
Give
Date: September 6, 1943
Time: 09:50
Location: Colmar, France
Specify: Last Sighted
Confirmed or believed reason for loss
Loss due to: Enemy aircraft
Other reason for loss:
Engines
Model: R-1820-97
A: 43-53549
B: 43-58365
C: 43-61285
D: 41-23907
Weapons
A: 495717
B: 502220
C: 495087
D: 495673
E: 495659
F: 495394
G: 495645
H: 494993
I: 384220
J: 464091
L: 464066
Persons are listed as
Casualty Type: Battle casualty
Number of persons on board
Crew: 10
Pass: 0
Total: 10
Personnel
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| Position | Name | Rank | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | |||
| P2 | Walter J. Grenier | 1Lt | O-793319 |
| CP | Michael R. D | 2Lt | O-745636 |
| NAV (N) | Saul Trauner | 2Lt | O-671143 |
| BOM (B) | David H. Plant | 2Lt | O-676319 |
| RAD | Carl H. Phillips | TSgt | 18160274 |
| ENG | Howard C. Aufschlag | TSgt | 33325502 |
| BAL | Anthony J. Fusco | SSgt | 12138211 |
| WG (W) | Francis X. Donnellan | Sgt | 31157034 |
| WG (W) | William I. Chang | SSgt | 39535646 |
| TG (T) | Robert N. Schrum | Sgt | 17086798 |
Persons who are believed to have last knowledge of aircraft
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| Name | Knowledge | Rank | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|
| William H. McDonald | Last sighted | 2Lt | O-572372 |
Personnel who are believed to have survived
Reason:
Other:
Eyewitness description of crash
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| Last Name | First name | Report |
|---|---|---|
| Saw A/C #335 at Colmar, France,nose down through attacking fighters. No #1 and #3 engines were dead. Eight chutes seen. (Lt. W. H. McDonald) A/C actually crash landed at Mönchweiler, Germany The following documentation has beeen obtained from the Municipal Archiv of Mönchweiler, Baden-Württemberg, Germany File 67, Number AI 526 Mönchweiler 22nd of May 1946 Reference: Crash landing of an American airplane on 6th of September 1943 On 6th of September 1943 about 11 o'clock an American airplane touched down at the outskirts of the village in direction to Obereschach. It had been an airplane with four engines, which came along solo. Mister Haas, who had been Mayor at this time, had given me the information, that there had been one man injured during the crash landing. I immediatley hasten to the place where the airplane had touched down. When I arrived, medical orderlies from the reserve military hospital at Königsfeld had already been there. The injured had been taken out of the airplane and had been addressed. The soldier had a stomach wound. He complained about heavy pain. I helped to put the injured on a strecher. Thereafter he had been transferred by motor ambulance to the military hospital for POW's at the Waldhotel in Villingen. The injured has been a big strong man with somehow chinese outlook. Albert Marquardt. Notes: Albert Marquardt has been the head of the local German Red Cross Organisation Villingen: town 4,5 km to the south of Mönchweiler Königsfeld: village 4 km north of Mönchweiler Obereschach. Village 4 km east of Mönchweiler Ernst Burgbacher police-officer Mönchweiler 22nd of May 1946 I have been one of the first men who arrived at the place of landing of the American airplane. The plane had made a belly landing and the landing gear had been torn off. When I came to the airplane the crew had disembarked and the heavy wounded man had been laid on the ground. I have heard that the airceaft had come under attack by German fighters over Rottweil. The two left engines had been shot to pieces. The airplane came from direction southeast from the area of Schwenningen. The crew consisted of 10 men. An officer presumably a captain could talk in broken German. Names of the prisoners have not been made known here. The American soldiers have been moved by German soldiers presumably to Villingen, 1 ½ hours after the accident occurred. The prisoners have been delt with correctly in every respect. At that time people from the village made a lot of pictures. I can no longer remember the number of the aircraft and other details. The airplane has been later dismantled by members of the Freiburg air-base and should have been brought to Paris. Ernst Burgbacher Notes: Rottweil town 30 km east of Mönchweiler Schwenningen town 5 km southsoutheast of Mönchweiler Swiss border is only about 30 km to the south Translation by J. D. Pechmann July 19th 2009 dieterpechmann@gmx.de | ||
| No Data | The following documentation has beeen obtained from the Municipal Archiv of Mönchweiler, Baden-Württemberg, Germany File 67, Number AI 526 Mönchweiler 22nd of May 1946 Reference: Crashlanding of an American airplane on 6th of September 1943 On 6th of September 1943 about 11 o'clock an American airplane touched down at the outskirts of the village in direction to Obereschach. It has been an airplane with four engines, which came along sole. Mister Haas who had been mayor at this time, had given me the information, that there has been one man injured during the crashlanding. I immediatley hasted to place where the airplane had touched down. When I arrived there, there had been already medical orderlies from the reserve military hospital at Königsfeld there. The injured had been already taken out from the airplane and had been dressed. The soldier had a stomach wound. He complained about heavy pain. I helped to put the injured on a strecher. Thereafter he had been transfered by motor ambulance to the military hospital for POW's at the Waldhotel in Villingen. The injured has been a big strong man with somehow chinese outlook. Albert Marquardt. Notes: Albert Marquardt has been the head of the local German Red Cross Organisation Villingen: town 4,5 km to the south of Mönchweiler Königsfeld: village 4 km north of Mönchweiler Obereschach. village 4 km east of Mönchweiler Ernst Burgbacher police-officer Mönchweiler 22nd of May 1946 I have been one of the first men who arrived at the place of landing of the American airplane. The plane had made a belly landing and the landing gear had been torn off. When I came to the airplane the crew had disembarked and the heavy wounded man had been layed on the earth. I have heard that the airceaft had come under attack by German fighters over Rottweil. The two left engines had been shot to pieces. The airplane came from direction southeast from the area of Schwenningen. The crew consisted of 10 men. An officer presumably a captain could talk in broken German. Names of the prisoners have not been made known here. The American soldiers have been moved by German soldiers presumably to Villingen, 1 ½ hours after the accident occured. The prisoners have been delt with correctly in every respect. At that time people from the village made a lot of pictures. I can no longer remember the number of the aircraft and other details. The airplane has been later dismantled by members of the Freiburg air-base and should have been brought to Paris. Ernst Burgbacher Notes: Rottweil town 30 km east of Mönchweiler Schwenningen town 5 km southsoutheast of Mönchweiler Swiss border is only about 30 km to the south Translation by J. D. Pechmann July 19th 2009 |
Description of search effort
Detail: No search made.
Preparing Officer
Prepared by: CLAUDE L. HOSFORD 1st Lt Air Corps Personnel Officer
Date prepared: Unknown
