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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!