Ian Hunt covered this well, but I thought I’d add that this B-17F, 41-24406, actually flew again . . . I’ll quote from the book Ian mentioned, Pride of Seattle.

The centre rear section of All American was removed and replaced with a matching section from another wreck. This work took the 50th Service Squadron nearly three months, and the repaired aircraft was then assigned to the 353rd Squadron, 301st BG. M/Sgt Virgil E. “Hock” Annala was her ground crew chief and he says, “For all intents and purposes the marriage of the forward section and the after section made her look like a B-17. The flight characteristics were something else. . . her service with the 301st in a combat role was short-lived. She was extremely slow and plagued with problems”. All American’s last combat mission was to Bo Rizzo on May 10, 1943. All turrets, guns and armor plate were then removed and she was used as a utility aircraft until she was salvaged overseas in March 1945.

There’s a fuller version of the story in Claims to Fame: The B-17 Flying Fortress, a book I wrote with Roger Freeman.