B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30147 / Flak Dancer aka M’Honey.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30147 / Flak Dancer aka M’Honey.
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 to 42-30231
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 384th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 544th Bomb Squadron
RCL SU-O
MACR 291
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(17 August 1943)
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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.

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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
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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