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Source:
https://390th.org
Production-block:
B-17G-20-BO: 42-31432 to 42-31631
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 569th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: CC-A
MACR: 5314 / KSU/ME/KU: 2068
History of
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.
Last updated: 12. October 2020
B-17 42-31466 / Sitting Pretty Details
From MACR 5314
About 1215 hours near 5200 N – 1253 E, A/C #466 flying #6 position, High Squadron, 390th Group, fell out of formation with #4 engine feathered, right wind afire and tail damaged, after attack by enemy aircraft, one of which A/C #466 was observed to destroy. A/C turned over on its back and began to spin down. 1 chute seen
B-17 42-31466 / Sitting Pretty Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. October 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. October 2020 access_time 8:33
Thank you! I have corrected you father’s name.
29. July 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. January 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. March 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