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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13030018 / T-60158 / O-545816
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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