44-6151 Sure Shot

Sure Shot, 91st BG UPL 74049 UPL 74049 Sure Shot, 91st BG/ 324th BS; 44-6151

Photo from 91st BG website 

 

http://www.91stbombgroup.com/photo_history/sure_shot_spencer.html

91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron 720 789 42-107040 Bassingbourn On

Object Number - UPL 74049 - Sure Shot, 91st BG/ 324th BS; 44-6151

Delivered Tulsa 16/5/44; Kearney 27/5/44; Dow Fd 6/6/44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-J/Q] Bassingbourn 7/6/44; slight mid-air collision over Peterborough with 42-107040 (Shirley Jean) but returned to base with Tom Martin 5/12/44; `71m` Returned to the USA Bradley 31/5/45; Sth Plains 3/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45. SURE SHOT.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

William E Gladitsch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Missions

789

  • Date: 10 January 1945

720

  • Date: 21 November 1944

Aircraft

42-107040

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shirley Jean
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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ContributorTallPaul19
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http://www.91stbombgroup.com/photo_history/sure_shot_spencer.html

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ContributorTallPaul19
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Aircraft details and associations added, plus photo from 91st BG

 

http://www.91stbombgroup.com/photo_history/sure_shot_spencer.html

 

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Contributoracbernstein1
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http://www.91stbombgroup.com/photo_history/sure_shot_spencer.html

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

44-6151: Gallery (3 items)

Sure Shot, 91st BG

Object number: UPL 74049 - Sure Shot, 91st BG/ 324th BS; 44-6151

44-6151 'Sure Shot'

Object number: UPL 74529 - 'Sure Shot', 44-6151 of the 91st BG.

'Sure Shot', 44-6151

Object number: UPL 74538 - 'Sure Shot', 44-6151 of the 91st BG.