B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-24439 / Chief Sly

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-24439 / Chief Sly
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-5-BO: 41-24390 to 41-24439
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 91st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 322nd Bomb Squadron
RCL LG-Q
Fate: , Battle damaged
(20 December 1942)
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History of
B-17 41-24439 / Chief Sly

Delivered Dow Fd 2-Sep-42; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-Q] 6-Sep-42; Bassingbourn 29-Sep-42; battle damaged 20-Dec-42 on mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. Crash-landed Parsonage Farm, Fletching, Sussex, UK; badly damaged by flak and enemy aircraft attacks, just limped home across Channel. 10RTD Salvaged.

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