| 1st Lt Alexander W. Kinder |
P |
POW |
12/5/44 |
BRUX, CZECH OIL REF |
| 2nd Lt Theodore R. Schmuck |
CP |
POW |
12/5/44 |
BRUX, CZECH OIL REF |
| 2nd Lt Dale R. Wynn |
NAV |
POW |
12/5/44 |
BRUX, CZECH OIL REF |
| 2nd Lt William J. Dodd |
BOM |
POW |
12/5/44 |
BRUX, CZECH OIL REF |
| T/Sgt Robert W. Mazzacane |
ROG |
POW |
12/5/44 |
BRUX, CZECH OIL REF |
| T/Sgt Charles J. Wllson |
TTE |
POW |
12/5/44 |
BRUX, CZECH OIL REF |
| S/Sgt Charles R. Daniels |
BTG |
POW |
12/5/44 |
BRUX, CZECH OIL REF |
| S/Sgt Eugene W. Wayrynen |
RWG |
POW |
12/5/44 |
BRUX, CZECH OIL REF |
| S/Sgt David F. Castles |
LWG |
POW |
12/5/44 |
BRUX, CZECH OIL REF |
| S/Sgt Charles R. Stewart |
TG |
POW |
12/5/44 |
BRUX, CZECH OIL REF |
418th Sqdn. Crew, as above, taken from the MACR. Crew assigned on in
February 1944. Crew was flying A/C 42-31504 "Rosie's Riveters", MACR #4865,
Micro_fiche #1735
MISSIONS OF LT AL KINDER CREW (PROVIDED BY T/SGT MAZZACANE 2007)
| # |
DATE |
TARGET |
A/C |
COMMENT |
| |
10 APR 1944 |
MALDEGEM, (AIR FIELD) |
A/C OUR BABY |
(LT KINDER FLEW AS CP ON LT RICE CREW) |
| . 1 |
11 APR 1944 |
ROSTOCK,(T. O. ) |
A/C MESSIE BESSIE |
FIRST MISSION FOR CREW) |
| |
12 APR 1944 |
SCHKEUDITZ(AC FACTORY |
A/C "ROSIE'S RIVETERS" |
(RECALL) |
| 2. |
13 APR 1944 |
AUGSBURG(AC FACTORY |
A/C "ROSIE'S RIVETERS" |
(FLAK DAMAGE TO #1 ENGINE AND GAS TANKS) |
| 3. |
18 APR 1944 |
GENSHAGEN(BERLIN, AC ENGINES) |
A/C "ROSIE'S RIVETERS" |
|
| 4. |
19 APR 1944 |
LIPPSTADT & WERL
(AIR FIELD) | A/C "ROSIE'S RIVETERS" |
|
| 5. |
22 APR 1944 |
SOEST (T. O. ) |
A/C "ROSIE'S RIVETERS" |
|
| 6. |
26 APR 1944 |
BRUNSWICK (S. T. ) |
A/C "ROSIE'S RIVETERS" |
|
| 7. |
27 APR 1944 |
FLOTTEMANVILLE(NO BALL) |
A/C "ROSIE'S RIVETERS" |
|
| 8. |
27 APR 1944 |
THIONVILLE(AIR FIELD) |
A/C "ROSIE'S RIVETERS" |
|
| 9. |
28 APR 1944 |
SOTTEVAST |
A/C"ROSIE'S RIVETERS" |
(NO BALL, COL KELLY SHOT DOWN) |
| 10. |
7 MAY 1944 |
BERLIN |
A/C "ROSIE'S RIVETERS" |
(FLAK DAMAGE) |
| 11. |
11 MAY 1944 |
LIEGE (MY) |
A/C "ROSIE'S RIVETERS" |
|
| 12. |
12 MAY 1944 |
BRUX, CZECH (OIL REFINERY) |
A/C "ROSIE'S RIVETERS" |
SHOT DOWN, FLAK & EAC |
On 12/5/44 flak caused failure of 2 engines and crew was forced to bail out.
(Report of Channel ditching were in error from information provided
by David Castles 2001)
However the crew did not ditch as the following German report indicates:
"On 12 May 1944 at 14:30 hours a four engine American bomber crashed on the
south exit of the township Niederbachheim, District of St. Goarshausen. The
bomber exploded and was competely destroyed. Type and number of the bomber
could not be determined. The engines were Studebaker type. The crew bailed
out prior to the crash, they were captured by the Land Guard and the people.
. NAMES OF CAPTURED FLYERS: The crew names are listed above. . The POW enemy
airmen were sent to Armed Forces Land Guard Battalion 786 in St Goarshausen
and from there on 15 May 1944, at 0940 hours to Dulag Luft Oberursel. "
My name is Markus Obel and I`m living in Germany. My hometown lies 1 mile
north of Niederbachheim, the town, were after the attack to Brux on the 12
May 1944 a B-17G had been crashed and exploded. The plane was the "Rosies
Riveters", 100th BG, 418th Sq. , Serial Number: 42-31504, pilot 1st Lt
Alexander W. Kinder. In my childhood I was living in Niederbachheim. My
parents were the owner of the garden in which the plane crashed. So I
remember that every time we had been working there, we found some pieces of
that plane. This was in the early 1970’s. A lot of eyewitnesses (Germans)
told me, they had seen the plane flying alone, a long time after the bomber
formation had passed by. The plane had been attacked by three German
fighters. There was no fighter support (P-38). The plane was shoot down and
the crew bailed out. They were captured by farmers and police. The plane had
crashed beside the parsonage of Niederbachheim, setting it on fire. The
parson and his housekeeper were rescued by the people from a window
upstairs. The captured crew was sent to the Armed Forces Land Guard
Battalion. 786 in St. Goarshausen (the town beside the famous rock "Loreley"
at the Rhine river) and later to Dulag Luft in Oberursel near Frankfurt.
Best regards
Markus Obel
S/Sgt Eugene Wayrynen’s Son was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in
Vietnam.
2nd Lt Dale R. Wynn is also known as Richard Wynn.
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