Victor R T Rentschler
Military
Object Number - UPL 48657 - Capt Victor R T Rentschler, 334FS, 4FG.
Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
A/C P-51D 44-15324 hit by Flak strafing Neuberg aerodrome, causing damage to coolant system, glycol seen to be streaming from A/C. Baled out 5 minutes later. POW. 16-Jan-45. MACR 11852.
Awards: DFC AM (7OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Illinois, USA | 20 September 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Omaha, NE, USA | 29 July 1942 | Omaha, Nebraska |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 11 June 1944 - 16 January 1945 | Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 11 September 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other Shot down |
Oberkessach, 74214 Schöntal, Germany | 16 January 1945 | A/C P-51D 44-15324 hit by Flak strafing Neuberg aerodrome, causing damage to coolant system, glycol seen to be streaming from A/C. Baled out 5 minutes later. POW. 16-Jan-45. MACR 11852. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 16 January 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
Fairbanks Rd, Arab, AL 35016, USA | 24 September 2010 | |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Northern Lights Memorial Cemetery Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alask | 27 September 2010 | Northern Lights Memorial Cemetery Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alask |
| Cicero, Illinois, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 11852
MACR 11852 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
