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Quelle:
https://390th.org
Produktionsblock:
B-17G-20-BO: 42-31432 bis 42-31631
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 569th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: CC-A
MACR: 5314 / KSU/ME/KU: 2068
Geschichte der
B-17 42-31466 / Sitting Pretty
Delivered Cheyenne 8/11/43; Gr Island 24/11/43; New Castle 4/12/43; Bangor 9/12/43; Assigned: 569BS/390BG [CC-A] Framlingham 5/1/44; MIA Leipzig 29/5/44 Pilot: Wallace Shymanski, Co-Pilot: Vernon Montrose, Navigator: Gordon Grip, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Alex Engleman, Ball Turret Gunner: Paul Goodling, Waist Gunner: Maynard Peterson, Tail Gunner: Dave Sullivan (7EVD); tog-Sgt Ken Dobson, Radio Operator: Tom Sanderson, Waist Gunner: Sol Goldstein (3POW)Enemy aircraft, #4 hit and feathered, right wing afire and tail damaged, went into spin and crashed La Briqueterie, N of Rochefort, three miles SE of Marche, Belgium. MACR 5314. SITTING PRETTY.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 12. Oktober 2020
B-17 42-31466 / Sitting Pretty Details
Aus dem MACR 5314
Etwa 12:15Uhr nahe 5200 N – 1253 E, Flugzeug #466 fliegt Position #6, Hohes Geschwader, 390. Gruppe, fiel nach einem Angriff durch feindliche Flugzeuge aus der Formation mit #4-Motor in Segelstellung, brennender rechte Tragfläche und beschädigtem Heck, wobei beobachtet wurde, dass eines feindliches Flugzeuch von #466 zerstört wurde. Das Flugzeug drehte sich auf den Rücken und begann abzustürzen. 1 Fallschirm gesehen.
B-17 42-31466 / Sitting Pretty Crew
| Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Wallace E. Shymanski | EVD | - |
| CP | 2LT | Vernon A. Montrose | EVD | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Gordon A. Grip | EVD | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Alexander Engleman | EVD | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Thomas E. Sanderson | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Paul E. Goodling | EVD | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Solomon Goldstien | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Maynard L. Peterson | EVD | - |
| TG | S/SGT | David C. Sullican | EVD | - |
| TOG | T/SGT | Kenneth H. Dobson | POW | - |
12. Oktober 2020 access_time 3:20
Fathers name, Vernon not Varnon, misspelled in description. Those who were not captured were helped by the Belgium underground by a Man AKA the Shadow. Thank You to those who under extreme sacrifice dared defy the Reich to help my Father and hundreds of others!!!
12. Oktober 2020 access_time 8:33
Thank you! I have corrected you father’s name.
29. Juli 2021 access_time 4:05
Thank YOU! this is a Great Job of showing the B-17’s crash sites & crew members! I wish I could find a shot of the Crew and nose art of Sitting Pretty!
08. Januar 2024 access_time 4:21
my great grandfather was the ground mechanic assigned to the Setting pretty, my grandmother (his daughter) has some amazing pictures of her. Private first class Dan Sargent started his military career on Tinnian as her ground mechanic and retired Brig Gen Dan Sargent in the Tennessee National Guard.
18. März 2024 access_time 21:07
At a place called “La Briquetterie” near Ciergnon. The 10 airmen were hidden by Jean Martin de Lessive in the pavilion of the Chêne Hebran in the royal domain. Guy NICAISE drew 1 B17 on a chalk wall and wrote the names of the airmen. King Leopold III and the future King Baudouin made sure that the design and inscriptions were preserved. They were brought back to England on 8 Sep 44