Production-block:
B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 to 42-30231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 384th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 544th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: SU-O
MACR: 291
History of
B-17 42-30147 / Flak Dancer aka M’Honey.
Delivered Cheyenne 16/4/43; Smoky Hill 25/4/43; Presque Is 15/5/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-O] Grafton Underwood 28/6/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 17/8/43 with Clayton Wilson, Co-pilot: Dewey Brown, Navigator: Fred Bloesch, Bombardier: Herman Stevens, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vern Long, Radio Operator: John DesRochers, Ball turret gunner: George Kendall, Waist gunner: Gene Penick, Waist gunner: Jack Hook,Tail gunner: Ellis Klein (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Rheims, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 291. FLAK DANCER aka M’HONEY.
Last updated: 12. August 2020
B-17 42-30147 / Flak Dancer aka M’Honey. Crew
Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
P | 1LT | Clayton R. Wilson | POW | - |
CP | 2LT | Dewey C. Brown, Jr. | POW | - |
NAV | 2LT | Fred R. Bloesch | POW | - |
BOMB | 2LT | Herman D. Stevens | POW | - |
ENG/TT | T/SGT | Vern P. Long | POW | - |
RO | T/SGT | John M. DesRochers | POW | - |
BT | S/SGT | George J. Kendall | POW | - |
WG | S/SGT | Jack F. Hock | POW | - |
WG | S/SGT | Eugene W. Penick | POW | - |
TG | S/SGT | Ellis H. Klein | POW | - |
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