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| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-25-BO: 41-24540 to 41-24584 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 303rd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 359th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | BN-T |
| Fate: |
, Battle damaged (18 March 1943) |
| Missions: | 59 |
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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.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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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.
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This page was last updated on 09 August 2020
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‘The Duchess’, B-17 41-24561, is one of the B-17’s that appears in the 1944 documentary, “Target for Today”.