Samuel W Suttle
MilitaryAssigned to 4th Path Finding Sqn, 9th Troop Carrier Path Finding Group, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne hit by ground small arms fire in starboard engine, which was feathered, subsequently the port engine was hit and began windmilling, pilot achieved controlled belly landing. Severely injured in landing, hospitalised with back trauma Prisoner of war (POW). 23-Dec-44 MACR 11026.
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Vigo County, IN, USA | 9 March 1918 | Son of John and Dona Suttle. |
Enlisted |
Indiana, USA | 8 November 1941 | Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana |
Other Shot down |
Sth of Assenois, Belgium | 23 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne hit by ground small arms fire in starboard engine, which was feathered, subsequently the port engine was hit and began windmilling, pilot achieved controlled belly landing. Severely injured in landing, hospitalised with back trauma POW 23-Dec-44 MACR 11026. |
Other Hospitalised |
54634 Bitburg, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Hospitalised with back trauma from belly landing. |
Died |
17 June 1989 | ||
Based |
Membury | 23 December 1944 | |
Other Prisoner of war (POW) |
Barth, Germany | Prisoner of war (POW). Stalag Luft I. | |
Indiana, USA |