Derwood Page Sawtelle
MilitaryBefore “Janey”, temperature conditions in the waist were especially
bad. There were [tw?]o waist windows, and the 200 mph breeze blowing through
the large waist cutouts was brutal. McAleer and Sawtelle smeared Vaseline all
over their faces and wore Coast Guard masks, but still looked like hell after a
mission. From "Kimmel Notes"
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Janey, Janie Gal
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Waterville, ME | 29 March 1924 | |
Enlisted |
Portland, ME | 29 October 1942 | On his 18th birthday |
Died |
3 November 1983 |
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Sources
Rougham Control Tower memorial plaques
"Kimmel Notes," remembrances of Elias Kimmel, via 94th Facebook public group, contributed by Marc Benson
Enlistment Records, Death Record and Social Security records accessed at ancestry.com and Fold3