42-31466 Sitting Pretty
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-819012
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37558456
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18063652
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-813793
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other crash-landed |
Rochefort, Belgium | 29 May 1944 | Shot down by enemy fighters, crash-landed near Rochefort, Belgium |
Revisions
MACR 5314
Research for the crew members' pages at https://www.evasioncomete.be
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5314 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database