He was a graduate of Auburn University.
John enlisted in the Army in May 1941.
He was stationed at Ellington Field in Houston Texas.
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The Montgomery Advertiser , April 25,1942
Lieut. Rencher, 22 Buried in Opelika
This city paid tribute to its first war casualty today at funeral services for Lieut. John L Rencher, 22, killed in a plane crash neat Agate, Colo., April 18.
Flags lined downtown streets through which the cortege passed and a squadron of Air Corps planes from Lawson Field, Fort Benning – with one ship missing-- roared overhead as the flag draped casket was lowered into the grave.
Local business houses were closed during the funeral. Lieut. Rencher is survived by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. D M Rencher, a brother Lieut D M Rencher, Jr of Fort Sill Okla., and a sister Mrs Paul Scruggs, Birmingham.
The Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, Mt. Apr 21 1942
Denver, April 21
The bodies of two army fliers, killed Saturday in the crash of their training place 25 miles northwest of Simla, were recovered from the plane wreckage and brought to Denver last night by Lowry Field Officers.
The crash victims were Second Lieutenants Richard J. Rosebush and John L. Rencher, both based at Ellington Field, Texas.
Home addresses were not available.
Lt. Aubrey Cookman, Lowry Field public relations officer, said Rosebush and Rencher left Ellington Field with two other plane crews Saturday morning on a routine training flight to Lowry Field near Denver
The other two planes reached Lowry Field safely.
Bert Shirkey, a highway worker, reached the wrecked plane on horseback after observing searching planes flying over the scene in a sparsely settled region about 50 miles Southeast of Denver
About 30 Lowry planes participated in the search. The missing craft was sighted by Maj. Charles H. Leitner and Staff Sergeant D P Little.
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Colorado WWII Fatal Crash Site #1
AGATE
April 18, 1942
One of two Cessna AT-17's Bobcat (#42-25), flown by a relatively inexperienced pilot became separated from the leader on a navigation training flight and crashed at 1745 MWT while attempting to fly "contact" over unfamiliar, irregular terrain east of Denver in poor weather conditions. The two men were killed instantly.
2nd Lt. Richard G. Rosebush, 0-432659, pilot, Port Edwards, WI
2nd Lt. John L. Rencher, 0-432657, co-pilot, Lee Co., AL
This crash site is recorded as being 16 miles west and 2 miles south of Agate.
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record
Name: John L Rencher
Birth Year: 1919
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Alabama
State: Alabama
County or City: Lee
Enlistment Date: 31 May 1941
Enlistment State: Alabama
Enlistment City: Montgomery
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade Code: Aviation Cadet
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of college
Civil Occupation: Actor (Motion picture actor. ) or Director, Motion Picture (Motion picture director.) or Entertainer
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 72
Weight: 160
John enlisted in the Army in May 1941.
He was stationed at Ellington Field in Houston Texas.
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The Montgomery Advertiser , April 25,1942
Lieut. Rencher, 22 Buried in Opelika
This city paid tribute to its first war casualty today at funeral services for Lieut. John L Rencher, 22, killed in a plane crash neat Agate, Colo., April 18.
Flags lined downtown streets through which the cortege passed and a squadron of Air Corps planes from Lawson Field, Fort Benning – with one ship missing-- roared overhead as the flag draped casket was lowered into the grave.
Local business houses were closed during the funeral. Lieut. Rencher is survived by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. D M Rencher, a brother Lieut D M Rencher, Jr of Fort Sill Okla., and a sister Mrs Paul Scruggs, Birmingham.
The Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, Mt. Apr 21 1942
Denver, April 21
The bodies of two army fliers, killed Saturday in the crash of their training place 25 miles northwest of Simla, were recovered from the plane wreckage and brought to Denver last night by Lowry Field Officers.
The crash victims were Second Lieutenants Richard J. Rosebush and John L. Rencher, both based at Ellington Field, Texas.
Home addresses were not available.
Lt. Aubrey Cookman, Lowry Field public relations officer, said Rosebush and Rencher left Ellington Field with two other plane crews Saturday morning on a routine training flight to Lowry Field near Denver
The other two planes reached Lowry Field safely.
Bert Shirkey, a highway worker, reached the wrecked plane on horseback after observing searching planes flying over the scene in a sparsely settled region about 50 miles Southeast of Denver
About 30 Lowry planes participated in the search. The missing craft was sighted by Maj. Charles H. Leitner and Staff Sergeant D P Little.
_____________________
Colorado WWII Fatal Crash Site #1
AGATE
April 18, 1942
One of two Cessna AT-17's Bobcat (#42-25), flown by a relatively inexperienced pilot became separated from the leader on a navigation training flight and crashed at 1745 MWT while attempting to fly "contact" over unfamiliar, irregular terrain east of Denver in poor weather conditions. The two men were killed instantly.
2nd Lt. Richard G. Rosebush, 0-432659, pilot, Port Edwards, WI
2nd Lt. John L. Rencher, 0-432657, co-pilot, Lee Co., AL
This crash site is recorded as being 16 miles west and 2 miles south of Agate.
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record
Name: John L Rencher
Birth Year: 1919
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Alabama
State: Alabama
County or City: Lee
Enlistment Date: 31 May 1941
Enlistment State: Alabama
Enlistment City: Montgomery
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade Code: Aviation Cadet
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of college
Civil Occupation: Actor (Motion picture actor. ) or Director, Motion Picture (Motion picture director.) or Entertainer
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 72
Weight: 160
He was a graduate of Auburn University.
John enlisted in the Army in May 1941.
He was stationed at Ellington Field in Houston Texas.
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The Montgomery Advertiser , April 25,1942
Lieut. Rencher, 22 Buried in Opelika
This city paid tribute to its first war casualty today at funeral services for Lieut. John L Rencher, 22, killed in a plane crash neat Agate, Colo., April 18.
Flags lined downtown streets through which the cortege passed and a squadron of Air Corps planes from Lawson Field, Fort Benning – with one ship missing-- roared overhead as the flag draped casket was lowered into the grave.
Local business houses were closed during the funeral. Lieut. Rencher is survived by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. D M Rencher, a brother Lieut D M Rencher, Jr of Fort Sill Okla., and a sister Mrs Paul Scruggs, Birmingham.
The Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, Mt. Apr 21 1942
Denver, April 21
The bodies of two army fliers, killed Saturday in the crash of their training place 25 miles northwest of Simla, were recovered from the plane wreckage and brought to Denver last night by Lowry Field Officers.
The crash victims were Second Lieutenants Richard J. Rosebush and John L. Rencher, both based at Ellington Field, Texas.
Home addresses were not available.
Lt. Aubrey Cookman, Lowry Field public relations officer, said Rosebush and Rencher left Ellington Field with two other plane crews Saturday morning on a routine training flight to Lowry Field near Denver
The other two planes reached Lowry Field safely.
Bert Shirkey, a highway worker, reached the wrecked plane on horseback after observing searching planes flying over the scene in a sparsely settled region about 50 miles Southeast of Denver
About 30 Lowry planes participated in the search. The missing craft was sighted by Maj. Charles H. Leitner and Staff Sergeant D P Little.
_____________________
Colorado WWII Fatal Crash Site #1
AGATE
April 18, 1942
One of two Cessna AT-17's Bobcat (#42-25), flown by a relatively inexperienced pilot became separated from the leader on a navigation training flight and crashed at 1745 MWT while attempting to fly "contact" over unfamiliar, irregular terrain east of Denver in poor weather conditions. The two men were killed instantly.
2nd Lt. Richard G. Rosebush, 0-432659, pilot, Port Edwards, WI
2nd Lt. John L. Rencher, 0-432657, co-pilot, Lee Co., AL
This crash site is recorded as being 16 miles west and 2 miles south of Agate.
________________
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record
Name: John L Rencher
Birth Year: 1919
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Alabama
State: Alabama
County or City: Lee
Enlistment Date: 31 May 1941
Enlistment State: Alabama
Enlistment City: Montgomery
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade Code: Aviation Cadet
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of college
Civil Occupation: Actor (Motion picture actor. ) or Director, Motion Picture (Motion picture director.) or Entertainer
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 72
Weight: 160
John enlisted in the Army in May 1941.
He was stationed at Ellington Field in Houston Texas.
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The Montgomery Advertiser , April 25,1942
Lieut. Rencher, 22 Buried in Opelika
This city paid tribute to its first war casualty today at funeral services for Lieut. John L Rencher, 22, killed in a plane crash neat Agate, Colo., April 18.
Flags lined downtown streets through which the cortege passed and a squadron of Air Corps planes from Lawson Field, Fort Benning – with one ship missing-- roared overhead as the flag draped casket was lowered into the grave.
Local business houses were closed during the funeral. Lieut. Rencher is survived by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. D M Rencher, a brother Lieut D M Rencher, Jr of Fort Sill Okla., and a sister Mrs Paul Scruggs, Birmingham.
The Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, Mt. Apr 21 1942
Denver, April 21
The bodies of two army fliers, killed Saturday in the crash of their training place 25 miles northwest of Simla, were recovered from the plane wreckage and brought to Denver last night by Lowry Field Officers.
The crash victims were Second Lieutenants Richard J. Rosebush and John L. Rencher, both based at Ellington Field, Texas.
Home addresses were not available.
Lt. Aubrey Cookman, Lowry Field public relations officer, said Rosebush and Rencher left Ellington Field with two other plane crews Saturday morning on a routine training flight to Lowry Field near Denver
The other two planes reached Lowry Field safely.
Bert Shirkey, a highway worker, reached the wrecked plane on horseback after observing searching planes flying over the scene in a sparsely settled region about 50 miles Southeast of Denver
About 30 Lowry planes participated in the search. The missing craft was sighted by Maj. Charles H. Leitner and Staff Sergeant D P Little.
_____________________
Colorado WWII Fatal Crash Site #1
AGATE
April 18, 1942
One of two Cessna AT-17's Bobcat (#42-25), flown by a relatively inexperienced pilot became separated from the leader on a navigation training flight and crashed at 1745 MWT while attempting to fly "contact" over unfamiliar, irregular terrain east of Denver in poor weather conditions. The two men were killed instantly.
2nd Lt. Richard G. Rosebush, 0-432659, pilot, Port Edwards, WI
2nd Lt. John L. Rencher, 0-432657, co-pilot, Lee Co., AL
This crash site is recorded as being 16 miles west and 2 miles south of Agate.
________________
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record
Name: John L Rencher
Birth Year: 1919
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Alabama
State: Alabama
County or City: Lee
Enlistment Date: 31 May 1941
Enlistment State: Alabama
Enlistment City: Montgomery
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade Code: Aviation Cadet
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of college
Civil Occupation: Actor (Motion picture actor. ) or Director, Motion Picture (Motion picture director.) or Entertainer
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 72
Weight: 160
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