42-30147 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 (6 Prisoner of War); Dewey Brown and Vern Long evaded capture as did John DesRochers and Ellis Klein and were subsequently returned to England; enemy aircraft, crash landed Rheims, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 291. FLAK DANCER aka M’HONEY.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32414759
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32393571
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33248462
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Missions
![Regensburg, after being bombed by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 385th Bomb Group, 17 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(O-5-1-385)(17-8-43)(30171-6 3/8 - 24,000)(Regensberg)." Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '#44: View of the target.' Censor no: 282458. On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413725.jpg.webp?itok=AMwIgGyH)
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 14 July 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 17 August 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 291 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database