B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-24561 / Sure Stuff aka The Duchess

History of
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.

Last updated: 9. August 2020

B-17 41-24561 / Sure Stuff aka The Duchess Details

On 31 March 1944, it was the oldest operational B-17 in the 8th Air Force.

Related web sites about the B-17 41-24561 / Sure Stuff aka The Duchess

1. https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/41-24561/