~ IN MEMORY ~
WWII hero, WCA/RW (NWA) Captain Kennon
'Ken' Boyd Sorgenfrei
December 31, 1921 ~ March 6,
2015
Word has been received with the passing
of WWII veteran retired West Coast Airlines/AirWest (NWA) pilot Captain Ken
Sorgenfrei, age 93.
To date we have only been able to locate
the Seattle death notice thus arrangements are not yet known. Last July we
printed some of Capt Sorgenfrei's story as was taken from various news
articles: Kennon Boyd Sorgenfrei,
born 12-31-1921 in Oregon, was raised in Washington state and was a 1939
graduate of Snohomish High School. He enlisted May 27, 1942 in the Army Air
Corps. A July 1943 archived Seattle news article reads: “Among the men
reporting to Brooks Field, Tex., for advanced flying training, which will lead
to winning their ratings of pilot and aerial observer, were the following men
from Washington state.....Kennon B. Sorgenfrei...”. Salute to our Service Men,
a Sept. 19, 1944 news article column reads: “A second Oak-Leaf Cluster to the
Air Medal to 1st Lieut. Kennon B. Sorgenfrei, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack D.
Sorgenfrei of Snohomish, for action as a pilot, from bases in Italy”. An Oct.
18, 1944 article notes The Purple Heart awarded to 1st. Lieut. Kennon B.
Sorgenfrei.
Capt. Sorgenfrei had most recently
resided at 4525 378th Pl SE ,
Snoqualmie, WA 98065-9107 ... (425) 888-5570...please see more below.
Should we receive more information as to
arrangements, we will be sure to pass it along.
Thank you,
~ Carol for the
PCN
Sorgenfrei, Kenno: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA) - Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Deceased Name: Sorgenfrei, Kenno
93 of Issaquah, March 6.
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Good Read - HL 212 (3)
From: Carol
Date: 7/21/2014 11:16:12 PM
Subject: good read.....WWII veteran 1st Lieut. Kennon
B Sorgenfrei/WCA Capt. Ken Sorgenfrei
of
interest ....passing along a good read....one of the chapters in this book
chronicles WWII veteran WCA/RW (NWA) Capt. Ken Sorgenfrei and his
crew....
read
more of his personal story in this 1994 news article athttp://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19940724&slug=1921802
Kennon
Boyd Sorgenfrei, born 12-31-1921 in Oregon, was raised in Washington state and
was a 1939 graduate of Snohomish High School. He enlisted May 27, 1942 in the
Army Air Corps. A July 1943 archived Seattle news article reads: “Among the men
reporting to Brooks Field, Tex., for advanced flying training, which will lead
to winning their ratings of pilot and aerial observer, were the following men
from Washington state.....Kennon B. Sorgenfrei...”. Salute to our Service Men,
a Sept. 19, 1944 news article column reads: “A second Oak-Leaf Cluster to the
Air Medal to 1st Lieut. Kennon B. Sorgenfrei, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack D.
Sorgenfrei of Snohomish, for action as a pilot, from bases in Italy”. An Oct.
18, 1944 article notes The Purple Heart awarded to 1st. Lieut. Kennon B.
Sorgenfrei.
Heros Of WWII -- A Hero's Welcome In France (1994 article)
The French have told the story
of the Sorgenfrei crew for 50 years.................How 11 American fliers and
their 21-year-old commander from Seattle fell out of the sky and into the
washboard foothills of the Alps during World War II.............How they joined
the French maquis who were in guerrilla warfare against
Germany............................How they climbed a mountain to help evacuate
a rebel field hospital from avenging German troops..........................And,
finally, how they came down off the mountain at war's end to a champagne
welcome, greeted by village women who wore silky blouses sewn from their
parachutes.............................. Sorgenfrei, a retired commercial
airline pilot from Seattle........... knighted by the French government into the
Legion of Honor.................The order - France's highest award - was created
in 1802 by Napoleon to honor anyone of any nationality for service to
France.....................Sorgenfrei, ..........accepting the award on behalf
of his crew. ........................The
Sorgenfrei crew were trained to fight World War II from a B-24
bomber................ for 37 days after their plane was shot down over a
mountain village in France, the 11 young American fliers belonged to the maquis,
the scraggly guerrillas who harassed the German occupation forces across France,
keeping the dream of freedom until the war was over............Ken Sorgenfrei
was 21 when he was sent to Europe to fight for that principle.He and the crew
had been together for six months, training in Texas and Kansas. He had 250 hours
of flying time when he signed them up for their first B-24.They were assigned to
a base in Spinazzola, Italy, and began flying bombing missions over industrial
and transportation targets in Germany.............Just one more raid . . .Fifty
years ago last Tuesday - July 19, 1944 - the Sorgenfrei crew was on its 43rd
combat mission. One more raid on one more German bridge, railyard or highway and
their tour would be over.......................
more
information at http://forum.armyairforces.com/losses-of-460-BG-07191944-m92953.aspx
..... information about the 460th Bomb Group losses on 19 July
1944. This was a bad day for us. We lost seven planes. The target was the
Allach Engine Factory at Munich. Here is a list of the losses.
Veterans
History Project
Kennon B. Sorgenfrei
Collection
(AFC/2001/001/75583), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
(AFC/2001/001/75583), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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THE SHELBURNE ESCAPE
LINE
Anacortes author Réanne Hemingway-Douglass announces the release of her new book: The Shelburne Escape Line – Secret Rescues of Allied Aviators by the French Resistance, Britain’s Royal Navy and London’s MI-9. A lifelong Francophile, Réanne tells the true story of the Shelburne Line, a secret escape route for Allied aviators stranded in WWII France, and the only line not infiltrated by the Gestapo. The book pays tribute to the audacity and heroism of the French Resistance members and Allied military and intelligence personnel who made the escapes possible. It also recounts the experiences of some of the numerous Allied airmen who were shot down over Occupied France. Réanne brings a personal touch to these histories, as many of the people she writes about are her friends.
Anacortes author Réanne Hemingway-Douglass announces the release of her new book: The Shelburne Escape Line – Secret Rescues of Allied Aviators by the French Resistance, Britain’s Royal Navy and London’s MI-9. A lifelong Francophile, Réanne tells the true story of the Shelburne Line, a secret escape route for Allied aviators stranded in WWII France, and the only line not infiltrated by the Gestapo. The book pays tribute to the audacity and heroism of the French Resistance members and Allied military and intelligence personnel who made the escapes possible. It also recounts the experiences of some of the numerous Allied airmen who were shot down over Occupied France. Réanne brings a personal touch to these histories, as many of the people she writes about are her friends.
Subject: Captain Ken Sorgenfrei, WCA
Captain Ken Sorgenfrei,
WCA
Thought I would pass
along that a lady author Reanne Hemingway-Douglass, has written a book
entitled The Shelburne Escape
Line, and it has an entire chapter dedicated to Ken and his comrades during
their escape out of harms way.A great read if anyone is interested in that
history during WW II. Please pass along and hope you enjoy the
book.
Vern
Jones
The
Shelburne Escape Line
by Reanne Hemingway-Douglass
(Goodreads Author)
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This book tells the story of the
"Shelburne Line," a secret Breton evacuation route for Allied airmen stranded in
occupied France during World War II. It pays tribute to the audacity and heroism
of the men and women—French Resistance volunteers and Allied military
personnel—who made the Line possible. It also recounts the experiences of some
of the numerous Allied airmen w...more
Paperback, 197
pages
Published February 4th 2014 by
Cave Art Press
ISBN13
9781934199053
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21566837-the-shelburne-escape-line
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