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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A propeller plane with the name "Lucky Stehley Boy" on its fuselage sits on the tarmac.

Flying Fortress

This Douglas B-17 Flying Fortress carried Army 2nd Lt. Robert Femoyer on the mission that would earn the navigator the Medal of Honor in 1944. As part of the 711th Bombardment Squadron, 447th Bombardment Group out of Royal Air Force Rattlesden in Suffolk, England, the bomber later went by the name Lucky Stehley Boy.

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