"My Day may-day"
Prints and story of Sgt John Mont.
John was the Ball Turret Gunner of 'My Day', a B17 Flying Fortress which
ditched off the Isle of Wight on Dec 30th 1943

Prints from the painting by John Howard Worsley.

Featured in a jonzflicks movie : See link at the bottom of this page

During the early nineteen forties, Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the American President, wrote a
regular newspaper column which she headed "My Day". It was in respect of this popular journal that a
B17 Flying Fortress was named by its pilot Lt. Phil Comella.
This was in the latter part of 1943 at Knettishall Aerodrome in Suffolk, England.

"My Day's" crew had all undergone intensive training in the U.S.A. to eventually meet up at
Salt Lake City before embarkation on a troop ship to Britain.
Their drive at night from a South coast port to their new base was somewhat enlivened by the threat of
an air raid as the sky was lit by falling flares. Welcome to the war zone!

Assigned to the 560th Bomb Squadron, a part of the Great 388th Bomb Group, 45th Combat Wing,
the young men were instantly embroiled in all-weather combat training in the
crowded skies.

John Mont's story eventually leads to the dramatic winter day when
"My Day" returned from a mission deep into enemy territory.
The engenes failed one by one until, with darkness falling, she
ditched into the sea just off St. Catherines Point on the Isle of Wight.

 

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Available as hand mounted prints 10" x 8" , 14" x 11" , 20" x 16".

Canvas prints also available to order