42-31466 Sitting Pretty

A battle-damaged B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-A, serial number 42-31466) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group at Manston, 17 April 1944. Official caption on image: "754(44) - W.P.U. - 4-17-44 - Manston - Battle Damage - B-17G 42-31455 - R.Z. FSAD." Handwritten caption on reverse: '390th Bomb Group, 13th Combat Wing, 3rd Air Division.' On reverse: Photographic Section USAAF Station 595 [Stamp]. media-414089.jpg FRE 8230 A battle-damaged B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-A, serial number 42-31466) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group at Manston, 17 April 1944. Official caption on image: "754(44) - W.P.U. - 4-17-44 - Manston - Battle Damage - B-17G 42-31455 - R.Z. FSAD." Handwritten caption on reverse: '390th Bomb Group, 13th Combat Wing, 3rd Air Division.' On reverse: Photographic Section USAAF Station 595 [Stamp]. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 8230 - A battle-damaged B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-A, serial number 42-31466) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group at Manston, 17 April 1944. Official...

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; Missing in Action Leipzig 29/5/44 with Pilot Wallace E. Shymanski, Co-pilot: Vernon A. Montrose, Navigator: Gordon A. Grip, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alexander Engleman, Ball turret gunner: Paul E. Goodling, Right Waist gunner: Maynard L. Peterson, Tail gunner: David C. Sullivan, Bombardier/Togglier Kenneth H. Dobson, Radio Operator: Thomas E. Sanderson, Left Waist gunner: Solomon Goldstein. 9 evaded; 1 evaded/POW (Kenneth Dobson). Enemy aircraft, #4 hit and feathered, right wing afire and tail damaged, went into spin and crash-landed at La Briqueterie, N of Rochefort, three miles SE of Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report 5314. SITTING PRETTY.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.

390th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Kenneth Henry Dobson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31159023
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier/Togglier

Alexander Engleman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12064547
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

Solomon Goldstein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32711732
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Paul Eugene Goodling

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33238118
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Gordon Alvin Grip

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-703243
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

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crash-landed

Rochefort, Belgium 29 May 1944 Shot down by enemy fighters, crash-landed near Rochefort, Belgium

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 5314
Research for the crew members' pages at https://www.evasioncomete.be

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5314 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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A battle-damaged B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-A, serial number 42-31466) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group at Manston, 17 April 1944. Official caption on image: "754(44) - W.P.U. - 4-17-44 - Manston - Battle Damage - B-17G 42-31455 - R.Z. FSAD." Handwritten caption on reverse: '390th Bomb Group, 13th Combat Wing, 3rd Air Division.' On reverse: Photographic Section USAAF Station 595 [Stamp].

Object number: FRE 8230 - A battle-damaged B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-A...