MACR PILOT: 2Lt Winton L. MacCarter O-798008
MACR #: 01020
Fiche #: 00338
Organization
Location: AAF Station #139
Group: 100th Bomb Gp (H) AAF
Squadron: 349th BS
Command: VIII AF
Detachment:
Detail
Departure/Base: AAF Station #139
Initial Course: E
Intended Destination: Munster
Mission Type: Operational
Weather
Weather: Clear with ground haze.
Give
Date: October 10, 1943
Time: 15:00
Location:
Specify: Last Sighted
Confirmed or believed reason for loss
Loss due to: Enemy aircraft
Other reason for loss:
Engines
Model: R-1820-97
A: 43-56969
B: 43-56364
C: 43-65631
D: 43-57069
Weapons
A: 493596
B: 493904
C: 494579
D: 494553
E: 494436
F: 494565
G: 495867
H: 494652
I: 593740
J: 494434
L: 494500
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 | Winton L. MacCarter | 2Lt | O-798008 |
| CP | Daniel Barna | F/O | T-60786 |
| NAV (N) | Harold L. Weachter | 1Lt | O-667462 |
| BOM (B) | George H. Ziegler | 1Lt | O-732603 |
| RAD | Alexander F. Sawicki | TSgt | 31097277 |
| ENG | Jack C. Rogers | TSgt | |
| BAL | Robert W. Sandy | TSgt | 37143333 |
| WG (W) | Roy D. Graff | SSgt | 17155983 |
| WG (W) | Raymond J. Manley | SSgt | 31083234 |
| TG (T) | Cosimo A. DeMonica | SSgt | 39434534 |
Persons who are believed to have last knowledge of aircraft
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| Name | Knowledge | Rank | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Rosenthal | Last sighted | 2Lt |
Personnel who are believed to have survived
Reason: Any other reason
Other: Under control
Eyewitness description of crash
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| Last Name | First name | Report |
|---|---|---|
| A/C #090 was seen to pull away about half way between Haltern and Munster witrh #1 engine and left wing on fire. It was under control when last seen. (Lt. Rosenthal) | ||
| No Data | In a letter of 30/l/1979 to Jim Brown, Hal Weachter tells of the mission of lO/lO/43 as follows: "Our plane was hit in the wing behind #3 engine with a rocket from a ME-109. It blew a large hole in the wing and started a fire. We could not get the fire out by side slipping so we all bailed out. All landed safely with co-pilot Dan Barna, radio operator Sawicki, and I each breaking an ankle. We were rounded up and put in a jail at an airfield overnight. The next day Barna, Sawicki & I were taken to a POW hospital near Dusseldorf. The gunners went to Stalag #4, I believe and MacCarter and Ziegler to Stalag #3 as I recall. Barna, Sawicki & I and some others who had come into the hospital after being shot down were sent (19 Nov. 43) to Frankfort for interrogation where we arrived at 2AM. We slept in a Railroad station and caught a Tram to Obestel at SAM. Our clothes were taken away and we were put in solitary, On 30 Nov. we were given British army clothes, a Great coat & shoes and shipped to Stalag #1. The Germans had just reopened this camp and we were in the first 100 prisoners. The camp was expanded as the war progressed and at war's end there were close to 9000 POWs. We were packed into a box car at Frankfort & given a box of food from the Red Cross and black bread and bologna from the Germans. We arrived at Barth, Germany at 5P11 on 4 Dec. 1943 and marched to the Stalag which is a couple of miles west & north of the city - a few miles from the Baltic sea. In March we were liberated by the Russian army. The German commandant wanted to march the whole camp west to stay out of Russian hands, but Col. Zabreski (Fighter ace the senior officer, convinced him that it was useless. One morning we woke up and all of the guards were gone. The Russians came through the next day. We sat in camp until the end of the war when the Air Force sent in planes to fly us to Camp Lucky Strike in France. We left Le Harve on the USS General Butner and docked at Newport News on 20 June 1945. " |
Description of search effort
Detail: No search made.
Preparing Officer
Prepared by: CLAUDE L. HOSFORD 1st Lt Air Corps Personnel Officer
Date prepared: October 21, 1943
