Produktionsblock:
B-17F-25-BO: 41-24540 bis 41-24584
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 303rd Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 359th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BN-T
Einsätze: 59
Geschichte der
B-17 41-24561 / Sure Stuff aka The Duchess
Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-T] Bangor 10/9/42; Molesworth 16/10/42; 59m transferred 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 7/7/44; Returned to the USA Altus 18/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 14/8/45. Over Vegasack 18/3/43 with Capt Harry Stouse, Navigator: Jesse Elliott, brought damaged ship home with severely wounded Jack Mathis-b (awarded posthumous MOH). SURE STUFF aka THE DUCHESS.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 9. August 2020
B-17 41-24561 / Sure Stuff aka The Duchess Details
Am 31. März 1944 war sie die älteste einsatzfähige B-17 der 8. Luftwaffe.
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