MACR 16092

[Alex Smart]

Hello,
Has anyone got a copy of MACR 16092 ?
Perhaps a date of loss or a/c type ?
I cannot find it .
Thanks
Alex

[Revi16]

I'm don't think MACR's went that high numerically (16XXX).

May 1945 - https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/.../45MayMACR.htm
July 1945 - https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/.../45JulMACR.htm


MACR 14092 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/91150044

[Frank Olynyk]

MACRs went to 16607. 16092 is marked as 'Unknown; not stated'. One of many near the end of the sequence which are so noted.

Enjoy!

Frank.

[Rottler]

In RG 92 Missing Air Crew Reports Nos. 16092-16094 Fiche 5810 is noted:
MACR #16092 not located at the time of filming.

Regards
Leo

[Revi16]

Originally Posted by Frank Olynyk

MACRs went to 16607. 16092 is marked as 'Unknown; not stated'. One of many near the end of the sequence which are so noted.

Enjoy!

Frank.

If what I posted above is accurate and the May 1945 MACR's are in the 14XXX range & July 1945 still had MACR's in the 14XXX range; when/where did the 15XXX/16XXX range occur?

[RSwank]

Some (or All?) of the numbers may have been used for after the fact MACRs. As an example, look at MACR 16091.

https://www.fold3.com/image/30087019

Or see images for MACR 16091 starting at page 20 of 27 here: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/91172417
(Note: the above link starts with MACR 16089 which begins a series of after the fact MACRS. )

MACR 16091 was issued for the crash of B-24D 42-40861 (319th BS) in early 1945 by the 5th Air Force. This plane actually crashed on take-off on 28 November 1943. Originally no MACR was issued. However MACR 16091 notes that there has been a request for details of the crash (often initiated by the parents or the wife of one of the crewmen). So now the Army Air Force Headquarters in Washington D. C. wants "information be furnished to this headquarters similar to that called for in a Missing Air Crew Report, including a list of crew members and their positions in the plane."

Hence MACR 16091 was created after the fact.

[kaki3152]

There were many MACRs generated a long time after the airplane was lost. Many times, it was due to some relative of a missing crewman asking for more information on the demise of their loved one. Many times, these MACRS have very little information, apart from the crew list. Many times, the serial number is not there.

[Alex Smart]

Many thanks chaps for the detailed explanations . So it looks like we may never know of those "Unknown not stated" MACR's.
Perhaps when all of the known MACR's have been addressed the nonrecoverable listed in the DPAA lists may give up a few answers ?

Again my thanks,
Alex