Richard H Mungenast
MilitaryShot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30453 'Thunderbird. ' Crash landed in France. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Landed in the area of Epernay (Marne). Seriously injured - Operated by Doctors MACHET and MORAUX at the home of Mr and Mrs Pierre SERVAGNAT in Epernay. He then found himself after a long convalescence in QUIMPER where he was taken care of by Yves LE HENAFF who had to send off a fishing boat with airmen and many French Resistance fighters including Pierre BROSSOLETTE one of the heads of the B.C.R.A close to General DE GAULLE. There were two tests and the second time, the little pinnace was wrecked and the Germans arrested many passengers and Resistance fighters including Yves LE HENAFF (who died of suffocation in the train which took him to deportation) and Pierre BROSSOLETTE who committed suicide in PARIS not to speak. To date, I do not yet have proof that Richerd MUNGENAST was in the wrecked boat, the research is in progress.
Connections
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Units served with
![A B-17 Flying Fortress (TS-C, serial number 42-9768) of the 333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, takes off in front of another B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-Z) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-408477.jpg?itok=UyqnMIQS)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-379254.jpg?itok=W0xkZ-pu)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-38966.png?itok=hjVCOWKW)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Thunderbird
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
Places
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-17222.jpeg?itok=lJLpSyQU)
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Passaic in New-Jersey | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 14 October 1943 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Book of Pierre SERVAGNAT about airmen fallen in the area of Epernay.
Annexe C and testimonies after war of John WATLINGTON (R.C.A.F) who crossed the Pyrenees with the group of Chuck YEAGER (15 American airmen : WITT, LEACH...........)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 788 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database