Montgomery D Givens
Military
Object Number - UPL 7286 - LT Monty D. Givens 388th BG - 562nd BS Pilot of B-17G-5-BO #42-31135 "Suzy Sagtitz" Shot down 6 March 1944 Photo is post war and shows Givens...
Shot down in a frontal attack by fighters on the return from a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31135 'Suzy Sagtitz' crashed near Schoonebekerveld, Holland. Prisoner of War (POW). Held in POW camp Stalag Luft 1, Barth Vogelsang, Prussia
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-807969
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Quarterback
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Suzy Sagtitz
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mister Yank II
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Browder, Kentucky, USA | 1 December 1919 | |
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Died |
1 April 1980 | ||
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Buried |
25 April 1980 | Arlington, Virginia, USA Plot: Sec: 69, Site: 5334 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
7761 Schoonebeek, Netherlands | 6 March 1944 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
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Other Korean War Combat Tour |
Gunsan-si, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea | Flew A-26 Invaders with the 3rd Bomb Group |
Revisions
Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
from Jim Karr (son of M/Sgt Jack Karr)
466th BG Historian
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3082 / MACR 3082, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
