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Sittin' Pretty

 
 
Sittin' Pretty Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
1. Sittin' Pretty Marker
Group Mission 268 Target : Berlin, Germany
Inscription.
96th    337th
Bomb Group   Squadron
Sittin' Pretty
Lt Charles L Shinault     P
Lt Harold L Barlow     P
Lt John B Connell     CP
Lt Rex L Maluy          N
Lt Fred A Huston     B
T/Sgt William H Wayland     E
T/Sgt Robert L Breese     R
S/Sgt Wm Max Shirley     G
S/Sgt George W Youngs     G
S/Sgt Cleon A Ayer               TG
S/Sgt Wm E Reynolds          G
S/Sgt Donald W Bouts          G

Sittin' Pretty Lost Over Berlin Feb. 3, 1945

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 32° 6.953′ N, 81° 14.249′ W. Memorial is in Pooler, Georgia, in Chatham County. It can be reached from Bourne Ave near 175 Bourne Avenue.. Located adjacent to I-95, Georgia exit 102, (US 80 east), at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Pooler GA 31322, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain, on the Georgia Coast and the Golden Isles, and in Greater Savannah. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 55th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); Members Of The Rüsselsheim Death March (here, next to this marker); 1st Lt. Harlan Leroy Cook (here, next to this marker); "Hard 17" (here, next to this marker); Crew Of Fritz Blitz
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(here, next to this marker); Lt. Alpheus L. Kilmer Crew (here, next to this marker); To The War Time Mothers of America (here, next to this marker); "Stubborn Jean" (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pooler.
 
Sittin' Pretty Marker indicated by white arrow image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
2. Sittin' Pretty Marker indicated by white arrow
Sittin' Pretty Marker located at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
3. Sittin' Pretty Marker located at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 2, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 688 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on August 3, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
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