B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

B-17 Makes & Serial Numbers 1936 - 1945 

36-149/161 Boeing Y1B-17 

c/n 1973/1985 

149 w/o Dec 11, 1942. 

150 w/o Dec 30, 1942. 

151 w/o Jan 15, 1943. 

152 w/o Apr 13, 1943 

153 w/o Jun 22, 1943. 

154 w/o Jan 15, 1943. 

155 w/o Jan 29, 1943. 

156 w/o Apr 2, 1942. 

157 crashed east of San Jacnito, CA Dec 18, 

1940. 

158 w/o Dec 18, 1942. 

159 w/o Jan 15, 1943. 

160 w/o Jan 5, 1943. 

161 w/o Dec 18, 1942. 

37-369 Boeing Y1B-17A 

c/n 1987 

Originally intended as as static test 

article, 

but made flyable to test turbosupercharged 

engines. 

38-211/223 Boeing B-17B Fortress 

c/n 2004/2016 

211 crashed 8 mi ENE of Hendricks,w/o Sep 24, 

1943. 

214 crashed in Santa Catalina Mts near Davis 

Monthan AAF after inflight engine 

fire Apr 6, 1942. 2 bailed out, 6 

killed. 

215 attached to Cold Weather Testing 

Detachment at Ladd Field, Alaska 1941-42. 

Participated in bomb strikes against 

Japanese fleet during the Dutch Harbor 

operation and was involved in air 

battle above Umnak Pass June 4, 1942. 

Crashed Jul 18, 1942 while returning 

from weather recon to Kiska. All 6 crew KIA. 

216 crashed near Lovelock, NV while enroute 

to Wright Field Feb 6, 1941. All 8 killed. 


c/n 2017/2029

258 crashed Jan 25, 1943, Hendricks 

267 w/o Jun 1942 

269 w/o Dec 1, 1942 


c/n 2030/2031 

38-610 Boeing B-17B Fortress 

c/n 2032 

- 1939 - 


c/n 2033/2042 

1 to CL-26 Sep 13, 1943 

2 to CL-26 Aug 4, 1943 

3 to CL-26 Sep 14, 1943 

4 returned to USA Sep 11, 1943. Surveyed Jan 

26, 1945 

5 crashed outside of USA and dropped from 

records Aug 6, 1942 

6 to reclamation Jan 3, 1946 

7 to reclamation Jan 3, 1946 

8 scrapped at North Reading, MA Oct 2, 1942. 

9 crashed in Newfoundland Jan 16, 1942. 

10 to CL-26 Aug 6, 1943. 

39-11 Boeing B-17B Fortress 

Contract cancelled 

40-2042/2079 Boeing B-17C Fortress 

c/n 2043/2080 

2042 bailed to Boeing for 2 years before 

returning to USAAF. w/o Jan 29, 1943. 

2043 to RAF as Fortress I AN518. Returned 

to USAAF Dec 1, 1942, apparently with 

serial numbver 40-2066. 

2044 to RAF as AN519. SOC Dec 12, 1943. 

2045 (30th BS, 19th BG) shot down by fighters 

Dec 10, 1941 

Luzon, Philippines. Colin P. Kelly 

killed. 

2046 to Wright field Nov 1940. To Eglin Air 

Proving Ground 

May 1942 for testing 2 20-mm cannon in 

nose. RFC Oct 4, 1945. 

2047 crashed Nov 2, 1941 Georgetown, CA while 

being ferried

from Salt Lake City to McClellan Field 

near 

Sacramento, CA. Of the 9 crew, 8 

survived. Pilot was killed. Wreck still there. 

2048 (19th BG) strafed on ground at Clark 

Field, Dec 8, 1941. 

2049 (38th RS, 11th BG) damaged during 

approach to Bellows Field, Pearl Harbor 

Dec 7, 1941. Not repaired, and used as 

spares source. 

2050 overshot landing at McClellan Field Jun 

11, 1941. Salvaged 

May 6, 1942. 

2051 to RAF as AN520. SOC Aug 14, 1944. 

2052 to RAF as AN521. Abandoned after 

engine fire near Shallufa Jan 10, 1942. 

2053 to RAF as AN522. Broke up in midair 

near Catterick Bridge, UK Jun 22, 1941. 

2054 was one of the planes that arrived over 

Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941. 

2055 to RAF as AN523. Damaged by enemy 

aircraft over Brest, France Aug 16, 1941. 

w/o after crash landing at Roborough, 

UK. Freeman has 2055 being AN537. 

2056 to RAF as AN524. Relegated to 

instructional airfram 3355M Sept 1942. 

2057 to RAF as AN525. Shot down by Bf 109s 

near Kristiansand, Norway Sep 8, 1941. 

2059 w/o Aug 4, 1943. 

2060 to RAF as AN526. Relegated to 

instructional airframe 4449M Oct 1942. 

2061 to RAF as AN527. SOC Sep 15, 1943. 

2062 (93rd BS, 19th BG) shot down 10 mi S of 

Malang, Java Feb 3, 1942. 

2063 (38th RS, 11th BG) w/o Langley Field May 

29, 1943. It was one of the planes that arrived 

over Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941. 

2064 to RAF as AN528. Caught fire on ground 

at Polebrook, UK Jul 3, 1941. 

2065 to RAF as AN529. W/o after forced 

landing near Fort Maddalena, Libya Nov 8, 1941. 

2066 to RAF as AN530. SOC Sep 11, 1943. 

Fremen says that it was AN532 and was returned 

to USAAF Dec 1, 1942 and subsequently

urnt out. 

2067 (19th BG) destroyed Clark Field, 

Philippines Dec 8, 1941. 

2068 to RAF as AN531. SOC Jan 17. 1945. 

2069 to RAF as AN532. Returned to USAAF Dec 

1, 1942, appearently with serial 

40-2079 (Freeman says it was AN524, 

returned to USAAF Dec 1, 1942 and 

crashed at Hendricks Jan 3, 1943 and 

scrapped) 

2070 destroyed Hickam Field, Oahu, HI Dec 7, 

1941. 

2071 to RAF as AN533. Shot down by Bf 109s 

over Norway Sep 6, 1941. 

2072 (19th BG) heavily damaged on Davao 

mission Dec 25, 1941 and converted into transport. With 46th 

Troop Carrier Squadron, 317th 

Transport Group, crashed Bakers Creek, Queensland, Australia, 

June 14, 1943 while ferrying troops to 

New Guinea. Six crew and 34 GIs killed. One survived. 


over Wilbarston, UK Jul 18, 1941. 


Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941. Hit by 

Japanese gunfire while attempting to 

land at Wheeler Field, setting its 

magnesium flare box on fire. Fuselage 

buckled on landing, splitting the 

plane in two. A flight surgeon on 

board was killed by strafing fire as he 

tried to scramble away from the burning 

plane. The plane was not repaired. 

2075 to RAF as AN535. Damaged by Bf 109s 

over Norway Sep 8, 1941 and written off in 

crash landing at Kinloss, Scotland. 


over Shepreth, UK, Jan 9, 1942. 

2077 (c/n 2078) upgraded to B-17D standard 

Jan 1941. Strafed on ground at 

Hickam Field Dec 7, 1941. Salvaged Dec 

8, 1941. 

2078 crashed Duncan Ford, Texas Oct 11, 1941. 

2079 to RAF as AN537. SOC Sep 1, 1944, 

Freeman says it was

AN518 and Returned to USAAF Sept 26, 

1943. W/o Sept 1, 1944. 

40-3059/3100 Boeing B-17D Fortress 

c/n 2087/2128 

3059 (19th BG) 

3060 (11th BG) 

3061 (11th BG, 21st BS) destroyed at Malang, 

Feb 28, 1942. 

3062 (19th BG) destroyed in Philippines 

3064 (19th BG) crashed overshooting strip at 

Malang, Java Jan 17, 1942. Crew survived. 

3066 (19th BG) 

3067 crashed on takeoff from Batchelor 

Field, N. T. Australia Jan 28, 1942. 

3068 (19th BG) 

3069 (19th BG) 

3070 (19th BG) 

3071 (5th BG) destroyed at Hickam Field, Dec 

7, 1941 

3072 (19th BG) 

3073 (c/n 2101) assigned to 19th BG at Del 

Monte Field, Philippines. 

Attacked by enemy fighters and force 

landed in center of rice 

paddy on Masbate Island Mar 1942. 

3074 (19th BG) strafed and burned at 

Singoaasri, Java Feb 3, 1942. 

3075 (19th BG) 

3076 (19th BG) 


7, 1941 

3078 (19th BG) strafed and burned as 

Singoaasri, Java Feb 3, 1942 

3079 (19th BG) crashlanded and wrecked Daly 

Waters Northern Territory, Australia 

Mar 14, 1942. One crew member killed. 


7, 1941 

3081 (11th BG) 

3082 (5th BG) 


7, 1941 

3084 (11th BG) 

3085 (5th BG)

3086 (19th BG) 

3087 (19th BG) 

3088 (19th BG) 

3089 (5th BG, 11th BG) lost at sea Oct 21, 

1942, central Pacific. The World War 1 ace Edward 

V. Rickenbacker was aboard. 

Rickenbacker and crew were rescued by Navy planes 24 days later. 

MACRs 900 and 802 refer to this but 

place the loss date at 

Oct 2, 1942. 

3090 (c/n 2118) w/o in accident Sep 11, 1942 

at Kuaon Field, HI 

3091 (19th BG) damaged in Philippines Dec 10, 

1941. Flow to Australia but considered 

uneconomical to repair and converted to 

components. 

3092 (5th BG) 

3093 (19th BG) 

3094 (19th BG) 

3095 (11th BG, 61st BS) wrecked at Clark 

Field and restored to flyable status by Japanese. 

3096 (19th BG) 

3097 (19th BG, *Swoose*) only known US 

military aircraft to have flown a combat mission 

on the first day of US entry into WW II 

and to remain in continuous military 

flying service throughout the 

conflict. Original user was 19th BG. Throughout the war, it 

was continually 

rebuilt with wreckage of other B-17s 

and kept on flying in SW Pacific. Later assigned 

as personal transport of Gen George 

Brett. At end of war, consigned to Kingman, AZ for 

scrapping, but was saved by Frank 

Kurtz, its wartime pilot, who arranged for the 

city of Los Angeles to accept it as a 

war memorial. On April 6, 1946, Kurtz flew the 

airplane to Mines Field, the Los 

Angeles municipal airport. Among his passengers were 

the mayor of Los Angeles and Mrs. Kurtz. 

Following acceptance ceremonies, airport 

personnel stored the B-17 inside a 

hangar. Plan for war memorial fell through and 

Frank Kurtz arranged for the National

Air Museum to acquire the aircraft. Kurtz 

flew the plane in May 1948 to the old 

C-54 assembly plant at Park Ridge, IL for storage. 

In June 1950 the USAF claimed the Park 

Ridge facility for military use, and the Smithsonian 

officials abandoned the hangar. On 

Jan 18, 1952, an Air Force crew flew the plane to 

Pyote, TX for storage. Flown to 

Andrews AFB, MD Dec 3, 1953 and stored outdoors there 

for six years. In April 1961, the 

plane was trucked to the Paul Garber Preservation, 

Restoration, and Storage Facility at 

Silver Hill, MD. Is to be restored and put on display 

at Smithsonian museum at Dulles 

Airport, Washington. Fuselage moved by truck to 

USAF Museum Jul 11, 2008. Wings will 

follow later. 

3098 (19th BG) 

3099 (19th BG) 

3100 (19th BG) 

41-2393/2669 Boeing B-17E Fortress 

c/n 2204/2480 

2393 wrecked at Newfoundland APT Jan 9, 1942 

in collision with snowbank 

2394 to RFC at Albuquerque Jun 25, 1945 

2395 condemned Jan 19, 1942 and surveyed Oct 

12, 1942 

2396 condemned Jul 15, 1944 

2397 condemned Oct 31, 1944 

2398 to RFC at Altus Oct 9, 1945 

2399 to RFC at Stillwater Sep 19, 1945 

2400 to reclamation at Burbank, CA Mar 20, 

1946 

2401 converted to XB-38-VE with Allison 

V-1710 liquid-cooled engines. 

Wrecked Jun 16, 1942 near Tipton, CA 

after engine fire. The pilots 

bailed out after pointing the aircraft 

to an uninhabited area. 

The pilot was killed when his parachute 

did not deploy, and 

the other crewmember was seriously 

injured when his parachute 

did not deploy property.

2402 lost during search and attack mission 

40 mi S of Kauai Island, Hawaii Dec 27, 1941 

2403 condemned Jul 15, 1944 

2404 condemned Jun 15, 1944 

2405 to RFC at Kingman Oct 9, 1945 

2406 condemned Oct 31, 1944 

2407 to storage at Davis Monthan Aug 1, 1946 


Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941. 

Used to evacuate MacArthur from 

Philippines Mar 25, 1942. 

2411 *Old Miss 11* Evacuated Java Feb 28, 

1942 to Ceylon and did end up in 

India Mar 1942 with 7thBG. May have 

been Fort lost on Adaman Islands Apr 1942 

2412 (7th BG) damaged on ground at Bandoeng, 

Java Feb 20, 1942 and may have been abandoned. 


Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941. 

2414 destroyed on ground by fire at Salt Lake 

City Field Nov 12, 1941 

2416 (7th BG, 88th RS) was one of the planes 

that arrived over Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941. 

*San Antonio Rose * staged through 

Batchelor Field to Del Monte Philippines on bombing 

sortie against Japanese landings at 

Legaspi Mar 1942. WFU Jan 31, 1944. 

2417 scrapped 1944 

2418 (19th BG) destroyed on ground at 

Bandoeng, Java Feb 20, 1942 

2419 crash landed in field on Sumatra Jan 23, 

1942. 

2420 shot down Sep 24, 1942 after raid to 

Shortlands. Ditched in 30 m of water. Complete minus tail 

section. Crew executed by Japanese. 

Aircraft remains were still extant in 1997 

2421 converted to components Oct 31, 1944. 

2422 (6th BG, 3rd BS) crashed at David Field, 

Panama Jul 14, 1943 

2423 crashlanded and burned at McDill AFB, 

FL Jan 5, 1942 with 7th BG 

2427 arrived via Africa from USA Jan 28, 1942 

with 7thBG. Transferred to 19thBG on Java. 

Destroyed on ground at Malang, Java Feb

3, 1942. 

2429 (7th BG, 88th RS) arrived over Pearl 

Harbor on Dec 7, 1941. 

Used to evacuate MacArthur's staff from 

Del Monte, Philippines Mar 25, 1942 

Shot down Rabaul, New Britain Aug 7, 

1942. Harlpease received Medal of Honor for action. 

2430 (7th BG, 88th RS) was one of six planes 

that flew into Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941. 

Ferried to Australia and nicknamed 

"Naughty But Nice". 

Shot down by J1N1-S Jun 25, 1943, 

Vunakanau, SW Pacific with 65th BS, 43rd BG 

while on night mission to Rabaul. MACR 

14590. One crew POW, rest KIA. 

The crewmember who was POW survived the 

war. The wreck was discovered 

in 1982. 

2432 (7th BG, 88th RS, "The Last Straw") was 

one of the planes that arrived over Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941 


that arrived over Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941 


that arrived over Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941. 

Crashed into sea near Cairns, North 

Queensland Aug 16, 1942. 

2435 (30th BS 19th BG) shot down Aug 2, 1942 

near SW of Musa Point PNG 

2438 to RCAF as Fortress II 9206. Sold to 

Argentina as LV-RTO. Scrapped in 1964. 

2440 (42nd BS) ditched off Duma Point Sept 

24, 1942 due to fuel exhaustion. Crew captured and 

executed. Wreck is still located 

there 60 feet underwater in failrly good condition. 

2442 (11th BG, 42nd BS) crashed into Mount 

Keahiakahoe, Oahu, Hawaii during 

combat patrol Apr 5, 1942 in night and 

in rain. 

2446 (7th BG, 22nd BS) abandoned in Papua New 

Guinea when crash-landed Feb 23, 1942 in swamp while 

returning from a raid on Rabaul. Crew 

walked away from the crash site 

and were eventually returned to Port 

Moresby and were returned to

combat. Plane remains half-submerged 

in a swamp. David Tallichet, the 

founder of MARC, has reportedly secured 

permission to recover this plane. He was 

denied permission by the PNG government 

to exercise salvage rights and sold the 

salvage rights to Alfred Hagan. Hagan 

and Robert Geinert in 2006 had wings and engines 

removed and airlifted the fuselage to 

Lae, PNG. Aircraft was impounded by the PNG 

government and is currently sitting on 

the wharf at Lae. 

2447 picked up Gen. MacArthur and family in 

Philippines Mar 25, 1942. Destroyed on ground 

Del Monte, PI late March 1942. 

2448 destroyed by strafing Broome, W. Aust 

after Java evacuation Mar 3, 1942. 

2449 scrapped 1944 

2450 (7th BG) wrecked and demolished in 

Guatemala Jan 8, 1942 while reinforcing FEAF 

2451 (7th BG) crashlanded at Rio Mato, 

Guatemala when landing gear did not extend Dec 27, 1941. 

Was on resupply mission to FEAF. 

2452 survived Java Campaign, was in RAAF 

Pearce Mar 2, 1942, ex Broom Mar 2, 1942 

Lost Aug 9, 1942 near Malapla Island SW 

Pac. 

2453 wrecked while taxying Pyota, TX Mar 19, 

1942. Must have been repaired 

as this plane was seen being repaired 

after a bombing raid on 

Rabaul Dec 24, 1942. 

2454 (19th BG) destroyed on ground Mar 3, 

1942, Broome, W. Australia following Java evacuation. 

2455 arrived from USA via Africa Jan 26, 1942 

at Sourabaya. Transferred to 19th BG on Java. 

Destroyed on ground Java Feb 1942 

2456 shot down near Surabaya Feb 3, 1942. 

2457 *Per Diem* Survivied Java , went on to 

serve 435 BS May 42 out of 

Townsville 

2458 (*Yankee Diddler*) damaged by air 

action and crash landed Pasiran Feb 8, 1942 

2459 destroyed on ground at Kendari, Java Jan

16, 1942. 

2460 arrive ex-Africa Route Jan 15, 1942. 

ON Jan 25, 1942 transferred to 19th BG on Java. 

Landed at Bandjermasin, Java. Badly 

damaged and shot up. Other sources have it arriving 

in Australia on 15 January 1942 via 

Africa. 19thBg records state per first. 

Repaired evacuated to Australia for 

repairs. Had collision on ground at Horn Island 

Jul 27, 1942 with B-17E 41-2640. 

41-2460 was repaired and flown to Mareeba, but survey 

had it reduced to spares. 

2461 (7th BG, 11th BS, *El Toro*) destroyed 

by strafing at Port Moresby Apr 25, 1942. 

2463 (19th BG, "Yankee Doodle" then to 5th 

BG, 394th BS) crashed on 

takeoff due to mechanical failure at 

Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides 

Aug 2, 1943. 2 killed. Pilot was Gene 

Roddenberry, creator of 

*Star Trek* 

2462 (*Tojo's Jinx*) scrapped in New Guinea 

in 1945. 

2464 lost Jul 8, 1944 between Nazab PNG and 

Biak, Dutch New Guinea. 5 crew and 13 

passengers lost. Report that it 

returned to USA after 11th BG use in 1943 and was 

scrapped in 1946 seems to be in error. 

2466 destroyed on ground at Malang, Java Feb 

3, 1942. 

2468 arrived African Route Jan 19, 1942. 

Transferred to 19thBG on Java. Following 

raid, Jan 25,1942, made wheelsup 

landing on mudflats 15miles N.E. of Bangkalan, Java. 

Abandoned. May have been captured by 

Japanese forces and stripped for parts. 

2469 damaged and crash landes Arendis Is 

(Borneo) Feb 3, 1942. Crew picked up by PBY 

2470 arrived via Africa route Jan 31, 1942 

to Malang. Strafed and burned Singoasri, Java 

Feb 3, 1942. 

2471 (7th BG) crashlanded Feb 8, 1942, 

Djokjakarta, Java and abandoned. May have been rebuilt 

by the Japanese.

2472 scrapped Oct 1944. Flew 212 missions 

betweenJan 22,1942 and Oct 5, 1943, 

serving with 7th, 19th and 43rd BG in 

Pacific. 

2474 damaged in landing accident at 

Bari-Palese, Italy Jan 7, 1944. 

2475 (7th BG) crashed at McDill Field, FL Apr 

20, 1942 

2476 shot down off Java Jan 29, 1942. All 

crew KIA. 

2478 crashed somewhere in Africa while on 

supply mission to FEAF 

2479 (7th BG) crashed into Atlantic Ocean 

between S. America and Africa Feb 20, 1942 while 

on supply mission to FEAF 



2481 (43rd BG, 63rd BS, *Old Topper*) crashed 

on takeoff at Jackson Field, 

Port Moresby Aug 28, 1943. W/o Oct 30, 

1943. 

2483 (19th BG, 7th BS) fell into spin and 

crashed Jan 16, 1942, Java 

2484 (7th BG) crashlanded Feb 8, 1942, Malang 

and abandoned 

2486 was at RAAF Pearce WA Mar 1, 1942 ex 

Broome WA Mar 1, 1942 ex-Java. Java survivor 



2489 (*Suzy Q*) to 93rd BS, 19th BG Java Feb 

7, 1942. Returned to USA Oct 23, 1942. 

Reduced to spares Jul 15, 1946. 

2490 (7th BG) crashed in field north of 

Pendleton Field Jan 17, 1942 

2492 blew up in formation Feb 8, 1942, Java 

2493 destroyed by bombing, Bandoeng, Java 

Feb 19, 1942. 

2497 (43rd BG, *Tojo's Nightmare*) crashed 

on approach to Horn Island Jan 24, 1943. 


Java Feb 20, 1942 


Java Feb 20, 1942. 

2501 (7th BG) crashlanded in Java on delivery

Feb 19, 1942 

2502 (7th BG) wrecked at McDill field while 

taxying Feb 3, 1942. 

2503 shot down by fighters in Buitenzong 

area, Java, Feb 19, 1942. 

2504 used in Panama and returned to USA in 

1943. 

2505 crashed into Mt Obree in New Guinea. 

Wreck discovered in 1986. 

2506 used in Panama and returned to USA in 

1943. 

2507 force landed in sea off Del Monte Mar 

23, 1942. 

2508 destroyed by strafing Broome, W. Aust 

after Java evacuation Mar 3, 1942. 

Also listed on USAAF records as 

crashing at Maxwell AAF Mar 13, 1942. 

2509 wrecked at Hendricks Field, FL May 16, 

1942 in landing accident 

2510 wrecked at Hendricks Field, FL Apr 18, 

1942 in landing accident 

2511 wrecked at Hendricks Field, FL May 15, 

1942 after structural failure 

2513 to RAF as FK184. SOC Jul 26, 1945. 


2515 to RAF as FK186. SOC Jun 13, 1945. 


2517 to RAF as FK188. SOC after inflight 

engine failure Apr 18, 1945. 

2518 to RAF as FK189. Damaged beyond repair 

when engine caught fire 

after takeoff from Lagens Jul 26, 1944. 


2520 returned to USA, salvaged Jul 18, 1945. 

2521 salvaged in Hawaii Aug 10, 1944 

2522 to RAF as FK191. Overshot landing at 

Gosport, England Dec 28, 1944, SOC. 

2523 salvaged in Hawaii Aug 10, 1944. 

2524 was at Midway before the battle. 

Returned to USA and salvaged May 22, 1945. 

2525 (5th BG) lost Jun 10, 1943. MACR 799 


2527 salvaged in Hawaii Aug 10, 1944 

2528 wrecked at Columbus, OH May 23, 1943,

drag link failure 

2529 lost on ferry flight to Australia May 

5, 1942 

2530 wrecked at Hendricks Field, FL Jul 30, 

1943 due to landing gear failure. 

2536 lost Nov 22, 1942, 60 miles off coast 

of Lae, PNG whilst attacking Japanese 

destroyers. Burst into flames and 

crashed into sea 

2540 caught fire and belly-landed in pasture 

near Clearview Airport, TX Apr 29, 1943. None of the 

22 people on board were seriously 

injured. Plane was on a war bond tour, although 

it was not a combat veteran. Airframe 

was transported to Love Field, broken down 

for spares and SOC May 8, 1943. 

2546 (339th BS/96th BG) crew bailed out near 

Randolph, UT Nov 29, 1942 due to engine problems. 

2556 (330th BG) crashed on takeoff at 

Alamogordo, NM Aug 10, 1942 

2569 (40th BG, 395th BS) damaged in landing 

accident at 

Rio Hato, Panama Apr 10, 1943 

2574 in midair collision and crashed near 

Arcadia, FL Jun 21, 1945 

2578 (326th BS, 92nd BG, *Butcher Shop*, 

renamed *Big Tin Bird* when 

flying as service aircrft for 20th FG 

CO. Reformed Aug 6, 1945. 

Led the first B-17 raid in the European 

Theatre Aug 17, 1942. 

2581 to RCAF as 9207. Crashed at Prestwick 

Apr 2, 1944 

2586 collided with 41-9094 and crashed into 

a mountain in the Aleutians Jan 21, 1943 

2593 converted to XC-108, special transport 

for General MacArthur. Carried the name *Bataan*. 

2595 converted to XC-108A, experimental 

cargo transport. Sold for scrap Dec 26, 1945 but 

remained substantially intact. 

Purchased by Mike Kellner 1985. This airframe is in storage 

in 

pieces at Galt, Illinois awaiting 

restoration.

2603 w/o at Lockbourne AAB, OH Jan 23, 1945. 

2604 (306th BG) crashed 10 mi SSE of Wendover 

Field, UT Jul 8, 1942. 

All aboard killed. 

2608 to RAF as FK195. Soc Apr 27, 1944. 

2611 was at Midway Island before the battle 

2614 to RAF as FK199. SOc Jun 14, 1945. 

2615 to RAF as FK192. SOC Sep 18, 1945. 

2618 to RAF as FK201. Undercarriage 

collapsed on landing at Aldergrove, 

Northern Ireland Jun 22, 1945. SOC. 

2619 to RAF as FK200. SOC Apr 25, 1945. 


2621 "Daylight Limited" 28th BS crashlanded 

at Mareeba, North Queensland Aug 26, 1942. 

2622 to RAF as FK198. Struck on ground by 

another Fortress Apr 9, 1944. SOC. 

2623 to RAF as FK196. SOC Oct 30, 1945. 

2625 to RAF as FL197. SOC Oct 30, 1945. 

2626 (92nd BG) crashed during attempted 

forced landing at Gatwick, 

England Oct 9, 1942. 

2627 scrapped Oct 1944 

2631 crash landing Charters Towers, North 

Queensland, Australia May 7, 1942. 

2632 was at Midway Island before the battle. 

2633 damaged in storm Apr 1945. Flown to 

Brisbane for scrapping May 1945. 

2635 (19th BG) lost on ops to Buil-Baisi, PNG 

Nov 1, 1942. 

2636 crashed into sea near Horn Island, North 

Queensland, Australia Jul 13, 1942. 

2638 returned to USA 1943. Salvaged in 

1946? 

2643 crashed Aug 9, 1942 Rohndales 

Plantation, Mokurapau New Britain 

2645 assigned to 19th BG. Condemned Jun 12, 

1942. 

2648 to Royal Aircraft Establishment, 

Farnborough, England 

Feb 15, 1943 for unspecified trials. 

Returned to USAAF 

Mar 9, 1943. 

2650 (19th BG) crew bailed out Sep 18, 1942

near Mappoon Mission, Cape York. 1 MIA. 

2652 crashed Mt. Fox W of Palumba, North 

Queensland May 7, 1942. 

2653 (43rd BG, 64th BS) damaged in takeoff 

accident at Jackson 

Field, Port Moresby Jun 1, 1943 

2655 ditched Horn Island North Queensland 

Jul 13, 1942. 

2656 'Chief of Seattle' MIA Buna, PNG Aug 14, 

1942. 

2659 (19th BS, 195h BG, *Frank Buck*) 

scrapped at Mareeba Queensland Jul 27, 1943. 

2660 shot down near Rabaul, New Britain Aug 

9, 1942. 

2661 (5th BG, 31st BS) crashlanded on island 

of Lanai T.H. Jun 5, 1942 while 

returning from Midway. Repaired and 

later assigned to 11th BG. 

2662 damaged during mission to Ragbaul and 

landed at Batumata Point, later 

salvaged and transferred to 54th Troop 

Carrier Wing as armed transport. 

2664 (43rd BG, 64th BS) w/o in takeoff 

accident at Jackson Field, 

Port Moresby Jun 14, 1943 

2666 (43rd BG, 65th BS, *Lucy*) flown on 

mission which earned Jay Zeamer and 

Joseph Sarnoski the Medal of Honor Jun 

16, 1943, Bougainville. 

2667 crashed at Whenuapi, New Zealand during 

takeoff May 1942. 

41-9011/9245 Boeing B-17E Fortress 

c/n 2483/2717 

9011 (64th BS, 3rd BG) shot down by J1N1-S 

night fighter over St Georges 

Channel, New Britain May 21, 1943. 

Crew KIA. 


Batchelor Field, N.T. Australia Aug 12, 1942. 

9016 (68th RG, 16th RS) crashed in early 

hours of Dec 6, 1943 in Peni mountain near Mediterranean Sea 

at 

NE of Spain between Roses Bay and Breus 

Cape due to weather and probable

navigation error. All 12 onboard 

killed. MACR 1414 lists the serial number 

as 41-9106 

9017 (385th BG, 549th BS) damaged in ground 

accident at Great 

Ashfield, England Sep 3, 1943 

9018 (92nd BG, 327th BS) lost Oct 9, 1943. 

MACR 15218 

9019 (414th BS, 97th BG, transferred to 327th 

BS, 92nd BG, "Little Skunkface") scrapped Aug 21, 1945. 

9020 on Apr 18, 1943 became target tug ship 

for 303rd BG as "Phyllis" 

aka "Tugboat Annie". Crash landed at 

Molesworth, England Jul 23, 1944 

9022 (97th BG, "Alabama Exterminator II") 

crashed on a rocky beach in Greenland 

Jun 27, 1942 

9023 (414th BS, 97th BG, *Yankee Doodle*) 

scrapped Jul 26, 1945. This 

plane carried General Ira Eaker on 8th 

AF's first operational 

mission, a raid on Rouen Aug 17, 1942 

9024 (97th BG) crashed on landing at Grafton 

Underwood, England 

Aug 1, 1942. Brakes failed while 

landing and overshot airfield 

onto road and struck truck, killing the 

driver. SOC for 

spares recovery. 

9025 (457th BG) salvaged Jun 2, 1945. 

9026 (92nd BG, 327th BS) lost Sep 6, 1942. 

MACR 16489 

9032 *My Gal Sal* crash-landed in Greenland 

June 27, 1942 on way to 

England. Crew rescued, but aircraft 

abandoned. 

Recovered from icecap in August 1995 

and sent to Tillamook 

Air Museum, Oregon for restoration. 

Purchased by Bob Ready 

of Ultimate Sacrifice Memorial, 

Cincinnatti, OH for ultimate display. 

9034 (97th BG, *Peggy D*) shot down Oct 21, 

1942, Lorient, France

9036 (40th BG, 44th BS) w/o near Fraijanes, 

Guatemala Sep 28, 1942 

9043 (381st BG, "Peggy D 43, Litle Rockette") 

returned to USA Oct 29, 1945. 

9045 (*Stinky*) forced to crash-land at the 

Nursery Field at Mellows Agricultural College, 

Athenry, Ireland Jan 15, 1943. Plane 

was dismantled and returned to USAAF at Langford 

Lodge AB in Northern Ireland. The 

forced landing in neutral Ireland (due to 

navigational errors) could have been 

very embarrassing as the aircraft was 

carrying Lt Gen Jacob Devers and his 

staff who were on a fact-finding tour of the ETO! 

The Irish authorities should, by 

international law, have interned them; 

instead, they were treated to an 

impromptu banquet and transported to the 

border with Northern Ireland! 

9051 (482nd BG, 813rd BS) crashed into SW 

side of Skiddaw Mountain 

in England Sep 14, 1943 on navigational 

training mission. All 10 

aboard killed. 

9064 forcelanded at Goose Bay, Labrador May 

5, 1943 

9071 (422nd BS) shot down over Rendova Island 

9/6/1942 after running fight with Japanese flying 

boat. All on board killed. 

9084 (36th BS) missing after attacking 

Japanese warship Jun 4, 1942 

9085 was first USAAF B-17 to arrive in UK 

(July 1, 1942). 

9087 found intact in British Columbia, 

Canada. Based at Del Boise 303 BG Apr 10, 1942; 

Alamogordo Jun 18, 1942; Westover Jul 

2, 1942; Wendover Jul 27, 1942; Walla Walla Aug 18, 1942; Boise 

Sep 5, 1942 

W/O Jan 4, 1943. 

9090 (c/n 2562) ditched in fjord off 

Narssarssuaq, Greenland Jun 27, 1942. Now in 1500 feet of 

water, possibly will be recovered. 

It was assigned the civil registry of 

N3142U in the hopes that

it would be recovered. There was an 

attempted recovery Jul 1999 

but not located. As of Jan 2006 

registration was being cancelled. 

9094 collided in midair with 41-2586 and 

crashed into a mountain in the Aleutians Jan 21, 1943 

9095 (92nd BG) shot down by Fw 190s near 

Flasselles Sep 6, 1942 

during mission to Rouen. 

9098 (97th BG) crashed on Craig Berwyn, 

Cadair Berwyn, Wales Aug 11, 1942 while 

on flight from Polebrook to Burtonwood. 

All 11 onboard killed. 

9100 to RFC in UK in 1945. 

9101 abandoned in Greenland. 

9105 abandoned in Greenland. 

9106 crashlanded at Genger, Newfoundland Apr 

4, 1944 

9112 ("The Dreamboat") 

9115 (97th BG) crashed in attempted forced 

landing at Berners 

Heath, England Aug 15, 1942 

9118 (5th BG) lost 10/4/1942, Solomons. 

MACR 801 

9126 (36th BS) lost Aug 28, 1942 

9128 (5th BG) shot down by enemy night 

fighter during raid on 

Kahili airfield, Bougainville Jul 27, 

1943. MACR 182 

All crew lost. 

9135 to RAF as FK205. SOC Mar 11, 1947 

9136 to RAF as FK204. Abandoned by crew 

after fuel exhaustion near 

Acklington, UK Aug 11, 1942. 

9138 to RAF as FK202. Crashed into sea SW 

of Terceira Oct 25, 1943. 

9142 to RCAF as 9205. SOC with RCAF Dec 27, 

1946. To Argentinia as 

LV-RTP. Scrapped in 1964. 

9151 shot down by Japanese fighters during 

mission to Shortland 

Harbor Feb 1, 1943. 

9153 (5th BG) lost Jul 19, 1943, Solomons. 

MACR 87

9161 (330th BG, 459th BS) crashed on 

training mission 6 mi SE of 

Magdalena, NM Oct 15, 1942. All aboard 

killed. 


Columbus, OH Feb 2, 1945. 

9194 crashed into hill at Port Moresby Dec 

2, 1942. 

9195 to RAF as FK203. SOC Dec 22, 1945. 

9196 (19th BG) shot down over Rabaul Oct 5, 

1942. 

9197 to RAF as FL458. SOC Jun 14, 1945. 

9198 to RAF as FK208. Crashed in sea while 

landing at Gibraltar Nov 29, 1943. 

Freeman has it crashing at Ballykelly, 

Northern Ireland Aug 1942. 


9200 to RAF as FK210. SOC Mar 11, 1943. 

Freeman has it ditching off 

Azores Dec 21, 1943. 

9201 to RAF as FL460. Soc Jun 13, 1945. 

Freeman has it crashing at 

Nutts Corner, Northern Ireland Aug 

1942. 

9202 to RAF as FK206. Crashed into sea after 

takeoff from Lagens Dec 4, 1943. 

Freem says it crashed at Gibraltar Nov 

30, 1943. 

9203 to RAF as FK209. Missing on patrol Mar 

23, 1943 

9204 to RAF as FK207. Dove into ground near 

Nutts Corner, Northern 

Ireland Aug 10, 1942. Freeman says it 

was SOC Mar 11, 1945. 

9205 at Del Cheyenne May 24, 1942; assigned 

11th AF Kodiak 

Jun 2, 1942; ditched Lake Bennett, 

Carcross, Yukon 

Territory, pilot was Irwin K. 

McWilliams, Oct 16, 1943 

9207 crashed on top of Hong Kong Mountain Apr 

12, 1943. Four crew survived, but were 

executed by Japanese. 

9209 (64th BS, *Blues In The Night*) crashed

on takeoff at 

7-Mile Airfield, Port Moresby, New 

Guinea Apr 12, 1943. 

9210 sold on civilian market as N5842N. 

Sold to Canadian firm as CF-ICB. Back 

to 

US as N9720F. Sold to Bolivian airline 

Lloyd 

Aero Boliviano as CP-753. Crashed at 

La Paz, 

Bolivia 1976. Sat derelict at La Paz 

airfield 

Until 1990 when recovered by Don 

Whittington 

Of World Jet of Fort Lauderdale, FL. 

Returned 

to USA as N8WJ. Flown in September 

1998 to Moses 

Lake, WA and transferred to the Flying 

Heritage 

Museum of Bellevue, WA. Re-registered 

as N12355 

in August 1999. Currently under 

restoration. 

9214 (11th BG) ditched Mar 20, 1943 near 

Russell Island SWPAC 

9216 (11th BG, 43rd BS) ditched Mar 20, 1943, 

Russell Is SWPA 

9217 crashlanded at Noumea-Tontouta, French 

New Caledonia 

Oct 27, 1943. 

9218 (26th BS) lost Aug 4, 1942 in raid on 

Guadalcanal. 

All crew killed. 

9224 (11th BG, 98th BS) MIA Aug 7, 1942 off 

New Caledonia. 

Crew of 9 MIA. MACR 16436 (issued 

1948) 

9225 to RAF as FL455. Flew into ground in 

cloud near Wick, Scotland Feb 1, 1945. 

9228 to RAF as FL453. Missing on patrol Dec 

14, 1942. 

9229 to RAF as FL457. SOC Mar 11, 1947. 

9230 to RAF as FL456. SOC Jan 25, 1946.

9231 to RAF as FL451. Overshot landing at 

Aldergrove, Northern Ireland 

Aug 29, 1941 ?? . SOC. 

9232 to RAF as FK213. SOC Mar 11, 1947. 

9234 (43rd BG, 65th BS) crashed near Wau, 

Papua New Guinea Jan 8, 1943 

after being hit by AAA while bombing a 

convoy escort off Lae. Wreck still intact. This plane 

was intended to be a Lend-Lease 

Fortress IIA for RAF Coastal Command and the plane has RAF serial 

number of FL461 and RAF roundels 

painted over with USAF insignia for service in the 

Pacific. The USAAF insignia have worn 

off by exposure to the elements over the years, exposing 

the RAF insignia underneath. 

9235 (19th BG) ditched off Cooktown Sep 29, 

1942. 

9236 to RAF as FL463. SOC Jul 31, 1947. 

9237 to RAF as FK212. Missing on patrol Jun 

14, 1943. 

9238 to RAF as FL464. SOC Dec 22, 1945. 

9239 to RAF as FL462. Hit trees during 

overshoot at Gosport, UK Jan 22, 1945. SOC. 

9240 to RAF as FL450. SOC Sep 23, 1946. 

9241 to RAF as FL459. SOC Dec 22,1 945. 

9242 to RAF as FL452. SOC Mar 11, 1947. 

9243 to RAF as FL449. SOC Jul 31, 1947. 

9244 (43th BG, 63rd BS, *Honikuu Okole*) shot 

down by Japanese J1N1 night fighter 

over Gazelle Peninsula May 21, 1943. 

MACR 2459 

9245 to RAF as FL454. Stalled and crashed 

into sea off Benbecula, Scotland 

Oct 6, 1942. 

41-24340/24389 Boeing B-17F-1-BO Fortress 

c/n 3025/3074 

24340 bailed back to Boeing. Lost in test 

flight Mar 13, 1943 near Purdy, WA. Crew 

of seven bailed out. 

24341 converted to XB-40 

24342 (97th BG, 414th BS, *Stinky Jnr*) shot 

down Sep 7, 1943, Foggia, Italy. 

MACR 642. All crew KIA. 

24343 (97th BG, 342nd BS, *Peggy D II*)

salvaged Mar 15, 1943, Oran. 

24344 (97th BG, 342nd BS) shot down Oct 21, 

1942, France. MACR 15352. 

24345 (2nd BG, 20th BS) shot down by AAA Dec 

20, 1943, Eleusis, Greece. MACR 1514. 

1 POW, 9 evaded. 

24346 (301st BG, 419th BS, later 99th BG, 

348th BS, *Avenger*) returned to USA 

and salvaged Nov 1944 in Texas 

24347 (301th BG, 352nd BS, *Doc Stork*) 

crashlanded Chelveston, UK Aug 9, 1942 and salvaged. 

24348 (301st BG, 352nd BS) salvaged Sep 1944 

in UK. 

24349 condemned at Middletown Air Depot in 

USA, never went overseas. 

24350 (301st BG, 32nd BS, *Dumbo*) crashed 

on takeoff Jan 7, 1943, Bone, Tunisia 

Also listed as being lost Nov 30, 1942 

with 301st BG, 352nd BS. MACR 16242. 

24351 (*My Lovin' Dove*) ditched after enemy 

action near Nauri Island, SW Pacific 

Feb 9, 1942. Crew picked up after 66 

days at sea. 

24352 (2nd BG, 96th BS, *Holey Joe*) salvaged 

Oct 1945 at Walnut Ridge 

24353 (43rd BG, 63rd BS, later 54th TCW, 

later 433rd TCW) Latter named *Miss Em* and 

used as General R. L. Eichelberger's 

personal transport. Salvaged Tacloban, Letye, PI. 

24354 (19th BS, 93rd BS) shot down by IJN AAA 

off Milne Bay, PNG Aug 26, 1942. All crew killed. 

24355 (43rd BG, 63red BS, later 19th BG, 

435th BS, later 43rd BG, 64th BS) taxied 

into ditch Port Moresby Sep 16, 1943 and 

damaged beyond repair. 

24356 (43rd BG, 63rd BS, *Ka-Puhio-Wela*) 

shot down by A6M3 during Battle of Bismarck Sea Mar 3, 1943. 

7 bailed out, one fell out of harness, 

rest machine gunned in their chutes. 

24357 to 63rd BS, 43rd BG, transferred to 

41st TCS, 317th TCG. Salvaged Sep 1945 in Australia. 

24362 (301st BG, 419th BS) lost Oct 9, 1942 

24363 (301st BG) lost Nov 28, 1942. MACR 

16197

complete 100 

bombing 

due to be 

a drone 

MACR 16508 

24364 (2nd BG) lost Jan 15, 1944. MACR 1814 

24370 *Berlin Sleeper* was first B-17 to 

missions. Participated in first night 

mission on Rouen, France. Plane was 

returned to Boeing but was shot down as 

before paperwork could be finished. 

24371 (301st BG, 353rd BS) lost Jan 15, 1944. 

24374 lost Nov 28, 1942. MACR 16038 

24376 (97th BG, 341st BS) destroyed by night 

German bombing during 

takeoff at Maison Blanche, Algeria Nov 

20, 1942. All crew KIA. 

24378 (97th BG, then to 99th BG, "War 

Eagle"). Returned to USA 

Apr 26, 1944. To Bush Field May 19, 

1945. 

24381 to 63rd BS, 43rd BG, transferred to 

54th TCW. Scrapped at Clark AFB 1948 

24383 (63rd BS) ditched in Gulf of Papua 

after fuel exhaustion Jan 1, 1943. 6 crew KIA. 

24384 (to 19th BG. To 63rd BS, 43rd BG). 

Disappeared in a storm Mar 26, 

1943 in a flight from Papua New Guinea 

to Brisbane with 

Gen Howard Ramey and 9 others on board. 

Never found. 

In 2005, the wreck of a B-17 was found 

in a remote area 

55 km S of Albany Pasage and 74km S of 

Cape York, which 

might be the plane. 


c/n 3075/3124 

24391 (63rd BS, 43rd BG, 'Hoomalimali') 

crashed on takeoff from Mareeba, 

N. Queensland Sep 14, 1942. All aboard 

killed. Parts noted May 2005 in 

Aviation and Military Museum, Mareeba, 

Australia

24392 (97th BG) damaged in Oct 21, 1942 

daylight raid on U-boat base at 

Lorient, France, later repaired 

24395 lost Jan 30, 1944. MACR 2060 

24397 (301st BG, 352nd BS, *Phyllis*) w/o Oct 

2, 1942 after crashlanded at 

RAF Gatwick. 3 injured. 

24398 (301st BG) damaged in forced landing 

at Newmarket, England 

Oct 3, 1942. 

24399 (91st BG, 323rd BS, "Man O'War") shot 

down on mission to 

Kassel, crashing at Opijnen, Holland 

Jul 30, 1943. MACR 148. 

8 KIA, 2 POW. 

24400 (97th BG) damaged in raid on U-boat 

base at Lorient, France Oct 21, 1942 

and landed at Exeter, later repaired. 

24401 to 43rd BG, 63rd BS. Taxied into tree, 

but repaired. Transferred to 65th BS. 

Returned to USA Nov 1943. Salvaged at 

Kingman, AZ Nov 1945. 

24402 to 64rd BS, 43rd BG. Salvaged after 

landing accident Nov 16, 1942 in Australia. 

24403 to 30th BS, 19th BG, transferred to 

403rd BS, 43rd BG. Salvaged at Clark AB in 1948. 

24405 (2nd BG) lost Mar 19, 1944. MACR 3287 

24406 (97th BG, 414th BS) damaged over Tunis 

Feb 1, 1943 in collision with Fw 190 during 

mission to Bizerte, landed safely. 

Repaired and continued to fly 

missions. Salvaged Mar 6, 1945. 

24411 (92nd BG, 325th BS, *Dottie*) 

24415 lost May 9, 1943. MACR 16254. 

24416 served with 95th BG, then 303rd BG, 

359th BS *Black Diamond Express*. Did a war bond tour. 

Scrapped Oct 26, 1945 at Walnut Ridge, 

Arkansas. 

24417 (97th BG) wing damaged by cannon fire 

Oct 21, 1942 in daylight raid 

on U-boat base at Lorient, France. 

Later repaired. Transferred 

to 306th BG and named "Dixie Demo II". 

Crashed into North Sea

Jul 26, 1943. Crew rescued. 

24419 (92nd BG, 327th BS, later to 97th BG, 

341st BS) destroyed on ground at 

Briskra, North Africa by attack of five 

Ju-88s Jan 10, 1943 

24420 to 28th BS, 194th BG. Transferred to 

64th BS, then 65th BS of 43rd BG, 

Transferred to 54th TCW Nov 1943, later 

58th TCS, 375th TCW. Salvaged in 1946. 

24424 to 28th BS, 19th BG, transferred to 

64th BS, 43rd. BG. Ditched at sea 

returning from Wewak in bad weatherMar 

15, 1943. Only two crewmen survived. 

24425 (19th BG, 30th BS) transferred to 64th 

BS, 43re BG Oct 1942. Crashed into 

sea off Port Moresby, PNG during test 

flight Apr 17, 1943. All crew KIA. 

24426 (5th BG, 42nd BS) returned to USA in 

1944. 

24427 (19th BG, 30th BS) lost on mission Sep 

15, 1942. Crew KIA 

24428 (19th BG, 30th BS) w/o on landing at 

Mareeba, Qld Sep 6, 1942. 

24429 (43rd BG, 63rd BS) lost in bad weather 

near Finschhafen, PNG Dec 3, 1942. All crew KIA. 

24430 ferried to New Zealand. Fate 

uncertain 

24431 (91st BG, 401st BS, *The Saint*). 

Involved in taxi accident at Bassingbourn, 

UK Feb 16, 1943. Salvaged for parts. 

24432 (91st BG, 401st BS, *Danellen*) shot 

down by Maj Priller of JG26 Dec 20, 1942, France and 

crashed next to Seine River between 

Tosny and Bernieres, Les Andes, Normandy. 

MACR 5381. 8 of 9 crew aboard KIA. 

24433 modified for long range photo recon and 

assigned to 

15th PMS. Sent to England Oct 1942, 

and to North Africa 

Nov 18, 1942. Found unsatisfactory 

for mapping missions 

over enemy territory and later used as 

courier aircraft. 

Condemned May 1, 1944.

24434 sold on civilian market as N60475. To 

Bolivia as CB-79, then to CP-579. 

Crashed near Unico, Bolivia Dec 29, 1958 

while being owned by 

the Bolivian company Frigorifico 

Guigota. 

24435 delivered to 92nd BG Jun 2, 1942, 

assigned to 97th BG, 

240th BS Aug 19, 1942. Transferred to 

2nd BG, 492nd BS 

Nov 14, 1943 and renamed "Yankee Do It". 

Shot down by 

fighters Mar 18, 1944 during raid on 

Villaorba (Udine) 

airfield. Crashed 30-40 mi NE of 

Trieste and exploded. 

MACR 3259. 3 KIA, 7 POW. 

24436 w/o in a Lowry, CO AAF base accident 

24437 (341st BS, "Thunderbird") salvaged Nov 

9, 1944. 

24439 (91st BG) crashed during attempted 

forced landing at Fletching 

Dec 20, 1942. 


c/n 3125/3174 

24440 (3rd BG, 15th BS) used as F-9. 

Returned to USA 

24441 (97th BG, 342nd BS, "Francis X") shot 


Lorient, France Oct 21, 1942 

24442 (97th BG, 4145h BS, "Little Eva") 

destroyed by German bombing 

at Tafaraoui, Algeria Dec 23, 1942 

24443 (97th BG, 414th BS, "Johnny Reb") shot 


Lorient, France Oct 21, 1942 

24444 (97th BG, 340th BS, "Superman/The Red 

Gremlin") was the 

first B-17 in Africa. Returned to USA 

24445 (97th BG, 340th BS, "Southern Belle") 

shot down by Hptm. 

Karl-Heinz Meyer in Fw 190A-3 of JG 

26/II Stab near 

Flasselles, France Sep 6, 1942 during

mission to Rouen. 

to USA 

10 KIA. 

24446 (5th BG, 23rd BS, "Jezebel") returned 

24447 (91st BG, 401st BS, "Kickapoo") shot 

down by fighter over 

North Sea Feb 26, 1943. MACR 3575. 10 

KIA 

24448 (43rd BG, 64th BS, "Taxpayer's Pride") 

show down by Japanese 

J1N1 night fighter near Mt Varzin on 

mission to Rabaul Jun 26, 1943. 

9 KIA, 1 POW. 

24449 (91st BG, 401st BS, "Short Snorter") 

shot down by fighter 

near Lorient, France Dec 30, 1942. 10 

KIA. MACR 3265. 

24450 (5th BG, 72nd BS, "My Lovin' Dove") 

damaged over Nauru 

and ditched Feb 9, 1943. Crew spent 16 

days on lift raft to 

Buka and rescued 50 more days later. 

24451 (91st BG, 401st BS) flew into 

Slieveanorro Mountain, Northern 

Ireland Oct 3, 1942. 6 crew killed. 

24452 (91st BG, 401st BS) shot down by Hptm 

Karl-Heinz Meyer in 

Fw 190A-4 of JG 26/II Stab near Mantes, 

France Dec 20, 1942. 

MACR 16243. 3 KIA, 7 POW 

24453 (91st BG, 322nd BS, "Mizpah/The 

Bearded Beauty") shot down 

Aug 17, 1943 on Schweinfurt raid by Hptm 

Gunther Specht 

in Bf 109G-6 of JG 11/11 Stab at 

Vlatten, Germany. MACR 275. 

5 KIA, 5 POW. 

24454 (19th BG, 28th BS, then to 43rd BG, 65th 

BS, "Georgia Peach") 

shot down by Japanese J1N1 night 

fighter at Ubili, PNG 

Jun 13, 1943. 8 KIA, 2 POW. One POW 

executed later. 

24455 (5th BG, 63rd BS, "Old Baldy") returned

to USA late 1943. 

24456 never flew combat missions, scrapped 

24457 (5th BG, 31st BS, "The Azte's Curse") 

crashlanded due to 

brake failure Apr 23, 1943 and w/o. 

24458 (43rd BG, 64th BS, "San Antonio Rose 

I") shot down by 

Japanese fighters Jan 5, 1943 on 

bombing mission at Rabaul, New Britain. 

9 KIA, 2 POW. 

24459 (91st BG, 401st BS, "Hellsapoppin") 

shot down by Obfw 

Friedrich Erlenkamper in Bf 109G-4 of 

JG 54/1 over Bremen 

Apr 17, 1943 and crashed near Wunstorf, 

Germany. MACR 15520. 

5 KIA, 5 POW 

24460 (306th BG, 423rd BS, then to 482nd BG, 

then to 379th BG) to 

RFC at Kingman, AZ Oct 7, 1946. 

24463 (306th BG, 423rd BS) exploded over 

Atlantic after takeoff 

from Gander, Newfoundland Sept 5, 1942. 

9 killed. 

24464 (91st BG, 323rd BS, "Excalibur") shot 

down by fighters over 

North Sea Mar 4, 1943. 3 KIA, 7 rescued. 

24465 (306th BG, 368th BS, "Montana Power") 

damaged by AAA, shot down 

by Maj. Josef Priller in Fw 190A-5 of 

JG 26/Stab and crashed 

at West Kapelle, Belgium Apr 5, 1943. 


24466 became trainer aircraft 

24467 (306th BG, 368th BS, "The Grim 

Reaper/Blasted Event") damaged by 

AAA, then shot down by Fw 190A of JG 11/1 

at Aurich, Germany 

Apr 17, 1943. MACR 15525. 2 KIA, 8 

POW. 

24468 (306th BG, 368th BS, "Wa-hoo") 

scrapped May 31, 1945 

24469 (306th BG, 367th BS) crashed after 

takeoff near Thurleigh,

UK Jan 6, 1943 

24470 (306th BG, 369th BS, "Sons of Fury") 

shot down and crashed 

near Brest, France Jan 3, 1943. 10 KIA 

24471 (306th BG, 369th BS , "Four of a Kind") 

crashed after midair collision 

with B-17F 41-24498 at Lille, France 

Jan 13, 1943. MACR 15502. 

3 KIA, 7 POW. 

24472 (306th BG, 369th BS) hit by AAA and then 

shot down by Lt Gerhard 

Seifert in Fw 190A-4 of JG 26/9 over 

Lille, France Nov 8, 1943. 

5 KIA, 4 POW, 1 evaded. 

24473 (97th BG, 414th BS, "Kiss-me Kowboy") 

scrapped Aug 1, 1945. 

24474 (306th BG, 367th BS, "Floozy") hit by 

AAA and ditched into 

English Channel Nov 18, 1942. 1 KIA, 

9 POW 

24475 (306th BG, 423rd BS, "Old Faithful") 

scrapped Dec 5, 1943 

24476 (306th BG, 369th BS, "A-Dorable") in 

collision with B-17F 42-5251 

over UK Mar 1, 1943. Scrapped Mar 19, 

1943. 

24477 (97th BG, 340th BS, "Joan of 

Arc/Falming Mayme") crashed after 

midair collision with Fw 190A at Tunis, 

Tunisia Feb 1, 1943. 

MACR 3516. 7 KIA, 3 returned 

24478 (306th BG, 369th BS) shot down by 

fighter of JG 2 and 

crashed into sea near St. Nazaire, 

France Nov 23, 1942. 

7 KIA, 2 POW 

24479 (91st BG, 322nd BS, "Sad Sack") in 

midiar collision with 

B-17F 41024499 and crashed into sea Nov 

23, 1942. MACR 16273. 

24480 (91st BG, 324th BS, "The Bad Penny") 

scraspped Oct 19, 1944. 

24481 (91st BG, 322nd BS, "Hells Angels") hit 

by a fighter and

crashed into North Sea W of Amrum, 

Germany May 14, 1943. 

MACR 15498. All 10 KIA 

24482 (91st BG, 322nd BS, "Heavyweight 

Annihilators") crashlanded 

Feb 27, 1943 and scrapped. 

24483 (91st BG, 322nd BS, "Spirit of 

Alcohol") shot down by Lt. 

Heinz Knoke in Bf 109G of JG 11/5 and 

crashed into Kiel Bay, 

Germanyh May 19, 1943. MACR 15632. 6 

KIA, 4 POW. 

24484 (91st BG, 401st BS, "The Bad Egg") 

crashlanded and hit a 

jeep on Anderw Field, UK Dec 31, 1943. 

The jeep driver 

was killed. The plane was aaken to a 

repair 

group, where front half joined B-17G 

42-31229. 

24485 (91st BG, 324th BS, "Memphis Belle") 

was first B-17 to complete 25 combat missions over 

Europe. Was put on display at site in 

Memphis, TN. Reported Oct 2004 

to be under restoration by Memphis 

Belle Memorial Association 

at Millinton, TN. Was delivered by 

truck to USAF Museum in 2005 for total 

overhaul due to extensive damage due to 

years of exposure to the elements. 

24486 (306th BG, 367th BS, "Man O'War") shot 

down by AAA and 

crashed into English Channel Nov 9, 

1942. 11 KIA 

24487 (*Eager Beaver*) served with 368th BS, 

306th BG at 

Thurleight. Transferred May 1, 1944 

to AF Service Command 

and returned to USA Jul 1944. Given to 

Williamsport Technical Insttute, Williamsport, Pennsylvania 

after the war for use in an aeronautical 

program. WTI later became 

Williamsport Area Community College 

and later the Pennsylvania

College of Technology. Nose section 

was sent to the Mighty 

Eighth Airforce Museum near Savannah, 

and is still on 

display there.. 

24488 (306th BG, 369th BS, "Banshee II") shot 

down by Oblt. 

Rudolf Sigmund in BF 110G-4 oF NJG 1/10 

at 

Greetsiel, Germany Apr 17, 1943. MACR 

15445 

5 KIA, 5 POW 

24489 (306th BG, 367th BS, "Terry and the 

Pirates") shot down by 

fighters over France Dec 20, 1942. 


c/n 3175/3188 

24490 (324th BS, 91st BG, 'Jack the Ripper') 

shot down by fighters over 

Muenster, Germany Feb 22, 1944. MACR 

2640 

24491 (306th BG, 423rd BS) MIA Oct 9, 1942, 

Germany. MACR 6012 

24492 (306th BG, 367th BS) crashed near 

Spalding, England during practice 

mission over the Wash Oct 2, 1942. 

Waist gunner became unconscious due 

to problems with the oxygen supply. 

Pilot dived the plane to 15,000 feet 

but pulled out too sharply, control 

cables snapped, part of one wing broke 

away and plane caught fire. Both bomb 

doors broke away, one severing the 

tail. Tail gunner was able to bail 

out. One other crew member bailed out 

but injured, rest of crew died when 

aircraft crashed. 

All crew killed. 

24494 (306th BG) overshot landing and 

crashed, Portreath, England Nov 9, 1942. 

24495 (306th BG, 367th BS) lost Dec 20, 1942 

24497 (91st BG, 322nd BS) lost Sep 6, 1943. 

24497 (91st BG, 322nd BS, "Mizpah II/Friscoe 

Jennie") ran out of fuel and

ditched into English Channel 1 mi off 

Bexhill on Sea, UK 

Sep 6, 1943. Crew rescued. 

24498 (306th BG, 369th BS) in midair 

collision with B-17F 41-24471 over 

Lille, France Jan 13, 1943 

24501 (306th BG, 368th BS) lost Jan 3, 1943. 


24503 (91st BG, 324th BS) last seen off the 

Brest Penisula Nov 23, 1942, 

probably lost over the English Channel. 

MACR 16162 


c/n 3189/3224 

24506 (91st BG) crashed during attempted 

forced landing at Leavesden, 

England Nov 23, 1942 

24507 (384th BG, 546th BS, "Yankee Rider") 

shot down by fighter at 

Etrepagny, France Sep 6, 1943. MACR 

772. 1 KIA, 6 POW, 3 evaded. 

24508 (306th BG) flew into ground near 

Graveley, England Oct 27, 1942. 

24509 (306th BG, 423rd BS) lost Nov 9, 1942. 

MACR 16010 

24510 (306th BG, 367th BS, *Snoozy II*) 

crashed Oct 9, 1942, Nechin, Belgium. MACR 6706 

24511 (91st BG, 322nd BS, "Wheel'n Deal") hit 

by flak and shot 

down by Lt Hans Ehlers in Fw 190A-6 of 

JG 1/3 and 

crashed into river Rheine between 

Dusseldorf and Duisburg, 

Germany Dec 1, 1943. MACR 1323. 1 

KIA, 9 POW. 

24512 (91st BG, 322nd BS) lost Texel, 

Netherlands Mar 4, 1943. MACR 3721 

24514 (306th BG) lost Mar 8, 1943, France. 

MACR Mar 8, 1943. MACR 6088 

24515 (91st BG, 324th BS) lost May 21, 1943. 

MACR 3458 

24516 (*Meltin' Pot*) found under water off 

Irish coast. 

24517 (303rd BG, 427th BS) lost Jan 3, 1943.

MACR 6141 

24520 (*Fighting Swede*) lost May 8, 1943 on 

mission to Wewak. MACR 15689 

24521 (63rd BS, *Black Jack--The Joker's 

Wild*) ditched Jul 11, 1943 during 

raid on Rabaul. The wreck is still 

down there. 

24523 (91st BG, 323rd BS) lost Aug 31 1943. 

MACR 563 

24524 (323rd BS, 91st BG 'The Eagle's Wrath') 

shot down by 

Uffz Kurt Leibing in Bf 109G of JG 3/1 

at Gelnhausen, 

Germany Aug 17, 1943 during Schweinfurt 

raid. MACR 279. 


24525 (384th BG, 547th BS) MIA Jan 7, 1943. 

24526 (303rd BG,"Leapin Liz") MIA Jan 3, 

1943, France. MACR 7650 

24527 (91st BG, 324th BS, "Sky Wolf") shot 

down by Fw. Hans Meissner in 

Bf 109G-6 of JG 1/9 Aug 17, 1943 at 

Waldaschaff, 

Germany. MACR 274. 10 POW 

24529 (384th BG, 546th BS) overshot landing 

and wrecked at Grafton 

Underwood, UK Oct 9, 1943. Salvaged 

Oct 17, 1943. 

24533 (305th BG, 365th BS) lost Jun 22, 1943. 

MACR 16205 

24536 (43rd BG, 63rd BS, *Double Trouble*) 

lost Mar 3, 1943, Battle of the 

Bismarck Sea. 

24539 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Jersey Bounce") 

MIA Jul 27, 1943 


c/n 3225/3269 

24541 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Spook") lost Feb 

16, 1943. MACR 15476 

24544 (91st BG, 323rd BS) lost Feb 4, 1943, 

North Sea. MACR 3557 and 4635 

24547 (91st BG, 323rd BS) lost May 1, 1943. 

MACR 3573 

24549 (91st BG, 323rd BS, "Stupen-Taket")

shot down by AAA Mar 4, 1943. MACR 15596. 

8 KIA, 2 POW. 

24550 (63rd BS) ditched into Bootless Bay, 

PNG Dec 14, 1942 after engine failure. 

24551 (43th BG, 403rd BS, *Fire Ball Mail*) 

destroyed on ground at Milne Bay Jan 17, 1943. 

24552 (43rd BG, 65th BS, *Listen Here, Tojo*) 

MIA Sep 15, 1943 after mission to Lae. MACR 648 

Wreckage found in 1992. 

24553 (305th BG, 422nd BS) lost Dec 6, 1942. 

24554 ("The Mustang") served in New Guinea. 

24557 (384th BG, 545th BS, "Damn Yankee") 

shot down by Hptm 

Herbert Huppertz in Fw 190A-6 of JG 2/11 

at Jabbeke, 

Belgium Dec 1, 1943. MACR 1334. 5 

KIA, 4 POW, 1 evaded. 

24558 (303rd BG, 258th BS, "Hunga Dunga") 

shot down by AAA 

ner Wilhelmshaven, Germany Mar 18, 

1943. 

24559 (360th BS, "Ooold Soljer") collided 

with 42-29573 

near Wellingboro, UK Mar 31, 1943. 

First plane demolished, second 

was salvaged. 

24560 (384th BG, 545th BS) returned to USA 

May 1944 

24561 (359th BS, 303rd BG, "The Duchess" aka 

"Sure Stuff") scrapped in USA Aug 1945. 

24562 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Sky Wolf") lost 

Jan 11, 1944. MACR 1925 

24563 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Garbage") 

damaged in landing collision with Ansom 

EF939 at RAF Luton Nov 11, 1942 after 

colliding with Anson EF939. 

By Dec 1942 had been cannibalized and 

was salvaged. 

24564 (305th BG, 365th BS, "Patches") shot 

down by Obfw Adolf 

Glunz in Fw 190A of JG 26/4 near 

Testelt, Belgium Aug 17, 1943. MACR 300. 

3 KIA, 7 POW 

24565 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Idaho Potato

Peeler" aka "Rambling Wreck") 

shot down by Uffz Hand Ahrend in Fw 

190A-6 of JG 2/3 

at Wouw, Netherlands Nov 5, 1943. MACR 

1157. 1 KIA, 9 POW. 

24566 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Zombie") lost Dec 

20, 1942. MACR 15708 

24567 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Beats Me") lost 

Jan 23, 1943. MACR 15571 

24568 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Lady 

Fairweather") Shot down near target 

by aircraft of III./JG2 during raid on 

St Nazaire Nov 23, 1942. 

24569 (427th BS, 303rd BG, "Memphis Tot") 

shot down by fighters over 

Zwolle, Holland Feb 4, 1943. MACR 

15348. 

24571 (2nd BG, 49th BS) lost Feb 24, 1944 over 

Steyr, Austria. MACR 2619 

24575 (384th BG, 544th BS, "Sunrise 

Serenader") engine caught fire and plane exploded in 

midair near Wargrove, England Nov 13, 

1943. 9 killed, one bailed out. 

24576 (97th BG) lost May 25, 1943. MACR 

16525 

24577 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Hells Angels") 

was first aircraft to complete 25 combat 

missions in 8th AF, doing so May 14, 

1943. Returned to USA 

after 48th mission Dec 13, 1943. 

Scrapped Aug 14, 1945. The "Memphis Belle" crew 

actually flew some of its 25 missions 

on other planes. 


Apr 10, 1944 

24579 (303rd BG, "Thumper") damaged by 

German fighters near Lorient 

Jan 23, 1943. All crew except pilot 

and copilot bailed out, 

one being killed when parachute failed 

to open. Pilots 

brought the plane back to England and 

made wheels-up landing 

at Lulsgate Bottom. Aircraft w/o.

24580 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Hell Cat") lost 

Jan 23, 1943. MACR 15473 

24581 (303rd BG) crashed on landing at 

Bovingdon Dec 20, 1942 

24582 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "One O'Clock 

Jump") lost Dec 12, 1942. 

24584 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "SUSFU") lost Jan 

23, 1943. MACR 15571 


c/n 3270/3324 

24585 (360th BS, 303rd BG, *Wulf Hound*) 

force-landed in France on Dec 12, 1942, after 

attacking Rouen Sotteville marshalling 

yards, while in service with 303rd Bomb Group, 

Molesworth. Recovered by Luftwaffe. 

After flight testing at Rechlin, 

it was used for demonstration visits to 

Luftwaffe 

Jagdgruppen as DL+XC, before being 

assigned to I./KG200 in Sep 1943 as A3+AE. 

24587 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Bad Check") lost 

Jan 11, 1944. MACR 1922 

24588 (305th BG, 364th BS) shot down Mar 8, 

1943 over English Channel. All crew KIA. MACR 15718 

24589 (91st BG, 323rd BS) named Texas Bronco; 

shot-down by Hauptmann 

Joachim Jabs, a Staffelkapitan of 

IV./NJG 1, during 

a raid at Emden on Feb 4, 1943. MACR 

15124. 

24591 (305th BG, 366th BS) lost Sep 6, 1943, 

France. MACR 1344 and 2155 

24592 (305th BG, 366th BS *Madame 

Butterfly*) interned in Switzerland Sep 6, 1943. MACR 1345 

Returned Sep 1, 1945. 

24593 (305th BG, 364th BS) lost Feb 4, 1943. 

24594 to RAF as Fortress II FA695. SOC Jul 

31, 1947. 

24595 to RAF as Fortress II FA696. SOC Mar 

11, 1947 

24596 to RAF as Fortress II FA697. Crashed 

at Lagens, Azores Dec 19, 1943 

while trying to land in bad weather. 

24597 to RAF as Fortress II FA698. Crashed

into hill near RAF Chivenor, UK 

Mar 26, 1943. 

24598 to RAF as Fortress II FA699. SOC Dec 

29, 1945. 

24599 to RAF as Fortress II FA700. SOC Dec 

22, 1945. 

24601 (305th BG, 365th BS) slot down by AAA 

on mission to Lille, France Jan 13, 1943 and crashed 

near Pollinkhove, Belgium. Crew of 10 

all KIA. MACR 15639. 

24602 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Yardbird") MIA 

May 29, 1943. 

24603 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "The Green 

Hornet") lost Jan 23, 1943. 


MACR 15443 

24605 (359th BS, 303rd BG, *Knock-out 

Dropper*) was first B-17 with 

50 missions Nov 16, 1943, first B-17 

with 75 missions Mar 27, 1944. 

Scrapped at Stillwater, OK Jul 1945. 

24606 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Werewolf?) 

crashed in UK Jan 13, 1943 

24607 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Jerry Jinx") lost 

Jan 23, 1943. MACR 15473 

24608 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Yahoodi") lost 

Jan 3, 1943. 

24609 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Holy Mackerel") 

lost Apr 4, 1943. MACR 15069 

24610 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Joe Btfsplk II") 

lost May 1, 1943. MACR 15727 

24611 (305th BG, 422nd BS) lost Feb 16, 1943. 

MACR 16236 

24612 (305th BG, 427th BS, "The Devil 

Himself") to AFSC May 20, 1943. Returned 

to USA Dec 20, 1944. 

24617 (305th BG, 364th BS, "Southern 

Comfort") damaged by enemy action (date 

unknown) and crew bailed out over Essex 

and crashed at Great Totham. 

24618 (2nd BG) lost Feb 24, 1944. MACR 2614 

24619 (427th BS, 303rd BG, *S for Sugar*) 

shot down by AAA over Oschersleben, 

Germany Jan 11, 1944. Crew POW. MACR

1923 

24620 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Snap! Crackle! 

Pop!") lost Jan 3, 1943. MACR 15464 

24621 collided with another B-17 42-6031 

over Gulf of Mexico 

Sept 10, 1943. 11 on each aircraft 

killed. 

24623 (305th BG, 365th BS) lost Feb 26, 1943 

24624 (305th BG, 366th BS) lost May 19, 1943. 

MACR 15549 

24629 (303rd BG, 358th BS) shot down by Hptm 

Peter-Paul Steindl in 

Bf 109G-6 of JG 26/11 at Valenciennes, 

France near 

Cambrai Oct 20, 1943. MACR 1032. 2 

KIA, 8 POW. 

24631 crashed 5 mi S of Walla Walla, WA Jul 

15, 1942. All 5 crew killed. 

24634 (41st BG) lost Feb 11, 1944, China. 

MACR 3011 

24635 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "The 8 Ball Mk. 

II") scrapped Feb 8, 1945. 

24637 (305th BG, 366th BS) shot down by Lt 

Paul Arlt in Bf 109G-1 of 

JG 1/1 near Wilhemlshaven, Germany Jan 

27, 1943. MACR 15501. 5 KIA, 5 POW. 

24639 (323rd BG, 91st BG, *The Careful 

Virgin*) transferred to AFSC for 

Aphrodite mission. Launched against 

V-1 sites at Mimoyecques, 

Pas-de-Calais, but impacted short of 

target due to controller 

error. 

42-2964/2966 Douglas-Long Beach B-17F-1-DL Fortress 

c/n 7900/7902 

2966 (303rd BG, 427th BS) transferred to 8th 

AF Jul 4, 1943. 


c/n 7903/7914 

2967 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Shak Hak") lost 

Feb 16, 1943. MACR 15116 

2969 (97th BG, 341st BS) lost Nov 17, 1942. 

MACR 15097. 

2970 (91st BG, 324th BS, "Connecticut

Yankee") crashed on returnat 

Winchelsea, UK Sep 6, 1943. Crew OK 

2973 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Iza Vailable") 

scrapped Aug 2, 1945 

2975 (306th BG, 423rd BS) lost Dec 30, 1942. 

MACR ??? 


c/n 7915/7939 

2979 (483rd BG, 815th BS) lost Apr 16, 1944. 

MACR 3908 

2980 damaged in ground fire at Foggia, Italy 

Jun 23, 1944 

2982 (97th BG, 342nd BS) lost Apr 17, 1943. 

MACR 3684 

2984 converted to F-9B photo recon aircraft 

with cameras added and all bombing equipment removed. 

Converted to TB-17F. Damaged at 

Clovis AAF, NM Aug 28, 1945. 

2985 (97th BG, 414th BS) lost Aug 1, 1943. 

MACR 355. 

2990 (91st BG, 322nd BS, "Dame Satan") shot 

down by Oblt von Arnim of 123/5(F) at 

Montroeul-au-Bois, Belgium Aug 17, 

1943. MACR 277. 

2 KIA, 4 POW, 4 evaded 

2993 crashed 30 mi SW of Moses Lake, WA Jun 

21, 1943. All 8 crew killed. 

3002 303rd BG, 359th BS, "The Old Squaw", 

then to 427th BS ran out 

of fuel and ditched in English Channel 

6 mi SW of Beachy 

Head, UK Sep 6, 1943. Crew rescued. 


c/n 7940/7974 

3007 ("Delta Rebel No. 2") with 91st BG used 

by Capt. Clark Gable for several 

combat missions he flew while creating 

propaganda films. 

3010 w/o in ground collision at Hendricks 

Field, FL Jun 3, 1945. 


MACR 1365. 

3024 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Royal Flush*) MIA 

7/25/1943 on mission to Hamburg, Germany.

3029 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Wallaroo") lost 

Jan 14, 1944. MAR 1965 

3030 (FR) lost Apr 4, 1943, South Pacific. 

MACR 5662. 

3031 (91st BG, 324th BS) lost Jul 26, 1943. 

MACR 201 

3034 (306th BG, 368th BS) lost Apr 17, 1943. 

MACR 15518. 

3037 (384th BG, 544th BS, "Windy City 

Avenger") abandoned and 

crashed at Wakerley, UK while 

returning from Schweinfurt mission 

Oct 14, 1943. Crew OK 


c/n 7975/8009 

3040 (91st BG, 323rd BS, *Miss Ouachita*) 

shot down Feb 21/22, 1944 by 

German fighter ace Major Heniz Baer, 


3041 (384th BG, 544th BS) ran out of fuel and 

crashed at Compeigne, 

France Sep 6, 1943 on mission to 

Stuttgart, Germany. MACR 773. 


3042 (96th BG, 337th BS) lost May 29, 1943 

near Clayes, France on mission 

to Rennes. MACR 3984. 7 KIA 3 POW. 

3043 (91st BG, 401st BS, "Hitler's Gremlin) 

ran out of fuel and ditched in English 

channel off Uk Aug 17, 1943 on return 

from Schweinfurt. 

Crew rescued 

3046 (351st BG, "Ol' Jackson/That Frisco 

Kid") crash-landed Woodbridge Jul 30, 1943. 

3048 (381st BG, 533rd BS) to RFD at Altus, 

OK Sep 4, 1945 

3049 (305th BG, 422nd BS, "Windy City 

Challenger") lost Jul 14, 1943. MACR 64. 

7 KIA when exploded, 4 thrown clear. 

3051 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Hell's Angels*) 

returned to USA May 8, 1944. 


MACR 4438 and 4633. 

3056 (379th BG, 527th BS, then to 524th BS)

shot down by Fw Mader 

in Bf 110G-2 of ZG 76/2 with a rocket 

at Singhofen, Germany 

Oct 14, 1943. MACR 955 

3057 (91st BG, 322nd BS) lost Jan 11, 1944. 

MACR 1918 

3060 (385th BG, 548th BS "Hell's Belle", then 

to 91st BG, 401st BS 

"Hell Belle") shot down by Lt 

Karl-Heinz Kempf in Bf 109G-6 of 

JG 26/II and crashlanded at Boich, 

Gerrmany Dec 1, 1943. 

MACR 1319. 10 POW. 

3061 to RFC at Altus, OK Oct 4, 1945 

3062 w/o in forced landing on Hayle beach, 

England Apr 5, 1943 

3063 (94th BG, 410st BS) shot down in attack 

on Kiel Jun 13, 1943. 1 crew POW, rest KIA. MACR 6142. 

3065 (2nd BG, 429th BS) damaged by AAA and 

shot down by BF 109G-6 1 

mi SE of Valle Aurina, Italy Dec 19, 

1943. MACR 1529. 5 KIA, 5 POW. 

3069 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Passes 

Cancelled*) MIA 7/25/1943 on mission 

to Hamburg, Germany. 

3071 (94th BG, 331st BS) lost Jul 14, 1943. 

MACR 113. 

3072 returned to USA Jun 5, 1944 

3073 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost Feb 21, 1944, 



c/n 8010/8084 

3075 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Longhorn*) MIA Jul 

25, 1943 on mission to Hamburg, Germany 

3077 (487th BG) crashed near Ruvo, Italy Nov 

28, 1944 

3078 (*Winsome Winn*, 381st BG, 534th BS) 

shot down by flak and fighters 

and crashed in Schiffweiler, Saarland, 

Germany Jan 7, 1944. 

2 KIA, 8 POW. MACR 1873. 

3079 (95th BG, 335th BS, then to 91st BG, 

323rd BS) shot down by AAA 

and crashed into Loire Estuary off St

Nazaire, France Sep 16, 1943. MACR 550. 

1 KIA, rest 8 POW, 2 evaded. 

3080 scrapped at Kingman, AZ Oct 20, 1945 

3081 scrapped at Stillwater, OK Jun 25, 1945 

3082 (94th B G, 333rd BS, "Double Trouble") 

damaged by fighter and 

crashlanded at Margate, UK Oct 4, 1943. 

Salvaged. 

3083 (2nd BG, 492th BS) lost in Mediterranean 

Jul 8, 1943 on mission to Gerbini, Italy. MACR 204. 

3084 (306th BG, 368th BS) lost Jul 29, 1943. 

MACR 121. 

3087 (384th BG, 547th BG, *Clean Cut*) MIA 

2/22/1944 on mission to Aschersleben, Germany. 

MACR 2466. 

3088 (384th BG, 544th BG, *Sugar Puss*) MIA 

7/25/1943 on mission to Hamburg, Germany. 

3090 (351st BG, T'aint A Bird") damaged in 

battle Nov 10, 1943. Salvaged Jun 18, 1945 

3091 (305th BG, 422th BS) participated in 

night RAF raid on Frankfurt and shot 

down by Maj Wilhelm Herget in Bf 110G-4 

of NJG 4/1 Stab and crashed 

at Gross Karben, Germany Oct 4, 1943. 


3092 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "Strato Sam") shot 

down by Hptm 

Herman Staiger in BF 109G-6 of JG-26 

near Pesch, Germany Aug 17, 1943 

during Schweinfurt raid. MACR 399. 1 

KIA, 9 POW 

3093 (351st BG, 510th BS, "Nobody's Darlin") 

crash-landed battle 

damaged on coast of Burnham-on-Sea Dec 


Jan 3, 1944. 

3094 scrapped at Kingman, AZ Jan 14,1945 

3095 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Peggy Ann") 

scrapped at Bush Field, GA 

May 23, 1945 

3096 (301st BG, 352nd BS) scrapped at Bush 

Field, GA May 9, 1945. 

3097 (385th BG, 549th BS, 'Ground Hog') 

damaged by AAA and shot down

y Fw Wilhelm Mayer in Fw 190A-6 of JG 

26/7 at 

Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen, France Dec 30, 

1943. MACR 1898. 



MACR 1832. 


MACR 1368. 

3100 (381st BG, 532nd BS) crash landed 

Deelen, Holland Jul 30, 1943. MACR 129. 

3101 (381st BG, 533rd BS, MS-T *Man 'O War*) 

shot down Aug 19, 1943 near Old-Rozenburg, Netherlands by 

flak and fighters during raid on Gilze 

Rijen. MACR 662. 

3104 (384th BG, 547th BS) MIA 8/12/1943 on 

mission to Gelsenkirchen, Germany. MACR 286. The MACR 

database 

has this as being 42-30104. 

3105 damaged in landing accident at 

Llanbedr, Wales Sep 3, 1944 

3106 (351st BG, 508th BS) crashlanded on 

takeoff at Polebrook 

Aug 13, 1943. Salvaged 


MACR 3687 and 2458. 

3109 (94th BG, 332nd BS, "Stud Duck") 

scrapped Jun 22, 1945 

3110 (95th BG, 335th BS) lsot May 21, 1943. 

MACR 4907 

3111 (95th BG, 335th BS, "The Brass Rail") 

then to 91st BG, 324th 

BS "Local Girl"). Shot down by Hptm 

Paul-August Stolte in 

Bf 109G-6 of JG3/6 near Weiwerd, 

Netherlands Sep 27, 1943. MACR 667 

4 KIA, 6 POW. 

3112 (301st BG, 352nd BS) scrapped Dec 7, 

1945 


MACR 1292 


MACR 1295 

3115 (95th BG, 335th BS) shot down by Obfw

Otto Bach in Fw 190A-4 of JG 1/5 

and crashed on Beveland Island near 

Kats, Netherlands May 14, 1943. 

MACR 4908. 10 KIA. 

3116 (92nd BG, 407th BS) lost Jul 28, 1943. 

MACR 373 

3118 (381st BG, 534th BS, "The Green Hornet") 

crashed out of control Goslar, Germany Jan 11, 1944. MACR 1875 

3119 (91st BG, 322nd BS) lost Jul 26, 1943. 

3120 (351st BG) returned to USA Jun 18, 1944 

3121 crashed due to engine failure 30 mi off 

Bathurst, England 

Apr 5, 1943. 

3122 (384th BG, 545th BS, *April's Fool*) MIA 

Jul 25, 1943 on mission to Hamburg, Germany. A photo 

of the crashed plane showed up on EBay 

3123 (381st BG, 535th BS, "Worry Wart/Ron 

Chee") shot down by Oblt 

Friedrich Freyschmidt in Bf 110G-2 of 

ZG 26/8 and crashed 

Fladderlohhausen, 10 mile SE of 

Quakenbruck 

near Bremen, Germany Oct 8, 1943. Ten 

crew KIA. MACR 1396 

3124 (303rd BG, 427th BS) crashed at 

Molesworth, England Aug 4, 1943 

3125 (381st BG) shot down by fighters near 

Madeburg 3/6/1944. 

3128 crashed at Grindavik, Iceland Apr 17, 

1943 

3130 (94th BG, 331st BS) shot down by Obfw 

Helmut Ruffler in 

Bf 109G-6 of JG 3/4 at Leunen, 

Netherlands Oct 20, 1943. 

8 KIA, 2 POW. MACR 902 

3131 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Flak Wolf" aka 

"Winnie the Pooh") lost Jan 11, 1944. MACR 1966 

3132 (379th BG) lost between Gander and UK 

Apr 23, 1943. MACR 3726 

3136 (351st BG, 511th BS) crashlanded in 

eastern Holland after being hit by AAA Feb 22, 1944. MACR 2772 

3137 (301st BG, 353rd BS) shot down by AAA 

at Eleusina, Athens, Greece Dec 8, 1943. 

MACR 1481. 3 KIA, 6 POW.


MACR 1357 

3140 (351st BG, 509th BS, "Patty Ann II") 

ditched in English 

Channel due to mechanical failure Dec 

1, 1943. MACR 1550. 

7 killed, 3 rescued. 

3141 (351st BG) declared war weary, returned 

to USA Mar 31, 1944 

3142 (306th BG, 368th BS, "Buttercup") 

crashed due to bad weather at 

Great Halsey, England Nov 13, 1943. 10 

killed. 

3143 (379th BG, 524th BS) forcelanded due to 

fuel starvation 

near Bundoran, Ireland May 10, 1943. 

3144 (301st BG) shot down over Austria Apr 

2, 1944. MACR 4197. 

3145 (379th BG, 527th BS, "The Gremlin") ran 

out ofuel and ditched in 

English Channel Sep 6, 1943. Crew 

rescued. 

3147 (97th BG, 341st BS, "Homesick Angel") 

shot down by AAA over 

Istres, France Nov 16, 1943. MACR 

1195. 9 KIA, 1 POW. 


MACR 1369 


c/n 8085/8124 

3150 (351st BG, 511th BS, "Foul Ball") ran 

out of fuel and ditched 

in English Channel off Beachy Head, UK 

Sep 6, 1943 

3152 (351st BG, 508th BS, "Sleepy Lagon") 

shot down by fighters over Denmark 

on raid to Anklam Oct 9, 1943. MACR 

876. 10 POW. 

3153 ("The Devil's Daughter") 

3157 (301st BG) lost Jul 26, 1944, Austria. 

MACR 7138 

3158 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Max") lost Apr 29, 

1944. MACR 4471 

3160 to RCAF as Fortress II 9202. Crashed

near Muenster, Germany Nov 4, 1945 

3162 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost Aug 12, 1943. 

MACR 259 

3165 (92nd BG, 407th BS) shot down by Obfw. 

Anton-Rudolf Piffer in 

Fw 190A of JG 1/2 at Upsusen, SE of 

Bremen, Germany 

Nov 26, 1943. MACR 1385. 7 KIA, 3 

POW. 


MACR 2058 

3167 (379th BG, 527th BS, *Ye Olde Pub*) 

badly damaged by AAA and 

fighters on raid on Bremen Dec 20, 1943. 

Crew turned for 

home when discovered by Lt Franz 

Stigler of JG 27/6. He did 

hot shoot and instead escorted the 

plane to the North Sea, then 

saluted and flew away. The plane landed 

safely in UK, but too 

badly damaged to fly again. 1 KIA, 4 

injured. 

3170 (301st BG) lost Jul 27, 1943. MACR 339 

3171 (92nd BG, "The Blivit") crashed at 

Shiplake, UK Oct 14, 1943. 

3173 (351st BG, 511th BS, *Spare Ball*) 

brought down over Holland by bomb dropped from 

Bf 109G on mission to Wilhelmshaven May 

15, 1943, Germany. 

3174 (99th BG, 416th BS) lost May 25, 1943. 

MACR 16451 

3175 (379th BG, 524th BS) lost Jul 25, 1943. 

MACR 1766 

3176 (379th BG, 527th BS, "Lady Astrid") shot 

down by Obfw Grunert in Bf 110G-2 

of ZG 76/4 at Dornheim, Bavaria, 

Germany Oct 14, 1943. 


3179 (99th BG, 347th BS, "California Comet") 

crashed Ragusa, Sicily Nov 18, 1943 

3180 (381st BG, 533rd BS, *Forget Me Not II*) 

damaged by fighter 

and crashed into North Sea off Germany

Oct 9, 1943. MACR 888. 

10 KIA. 

3182 to Kingman AAF for storage, sold for 

salvage Jul 1, 1946 

3183 (92nd BG, 327th BS) crashed due to 

onboard fire near 

Crowland, England Sep 23, 1943. 3 

killed, 7 bailed out. 

3184 (92nd BG, 407th BS) lost Dec 22, 1943. 


3185 (94th BG, 333rd BS, "Queen Bee") shot 

down by fighter near 

Paris, France Nov 26, 1943. MACR 1125 

3186 (92nd BG, 407th BS) damaged by fighters 

and crashlanded 30-50 km N of Bordeaux, France Dec 31, 1943 after 

no. 4 

engine ran away and feathering 

mechanism failed to work. MACR 1671 and 1959. 


3187 (94th BG, 410th BS) crashed in Baltic 

Sea S of Langeland, 

Denmark Jun 13, 1943. 1 POW, 6 MIA, 3 

KIA. 

3188 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Miss Carriage*) 

MIA Jun 26, 1943 on mission to Villacoublay, France. MACR 15568 


c/n 8125/8164 

3190 (94th BG, 333rd BS) shot down over 

France on mission to LeBourget by 

fighters Jul 14, 1943. MACR 114. 

Crashlanded in France with 

full bomb load. 3 evaded back to 

England. 

3192 (303rd BG, 358th BS) lost Aug 19, 1943, 

Zuider Zee, Holland. MACR 284. 

Wreckage located 1983;Raamsdonkveer 

3194 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Little Hell") 

damaged by flak Aug 17, 1943 while 

returning from mission to Regensburg 

and crashed at Santa 

Margherita, Italy. MACR 400. 4 KIA, 

6 POW 

3195 (305th BG, 366th BS) shot down by Obfw 

Heckmann in Fw 190A

of JG 1/1 at Waldenrath, Germany Oct 14, 

1943. 4 KIA, 

6 POW. MACR 916 

3198 (92nd BG, 407th BS) ran out of fuel and 

crashlanded at Penhurst, 

UK Sep 6, 1943. 3 injured. 


MACR 905 

3202 ("Blondie") 

3206 (95th BG, 338th BS) downed Jun 13, 1943 

on mission to Kiel 

Harbor. MACR 15199. 

3211 (581st BG) crash-landed at RAF Manston 

July 14, 1943 and broken up for salvage parts. 

3212 (379th BG) lost Jul 30, 1943. MACR 1364 

3213 (95th BG, 335th BS, then to 91st BG, 

323rd BS, "All American") 

ditched 4 mi off Bassingbourne, UK Aug 

16, 1943. Crew rescued. 

3214 (306th BG, 423rd BS) lost May 21, 1943. 

MACR 16173 

3215 (381st BG, 533rd BS, *Linda Mary*) 

crashed Mar 6, 1943, 

Magdeburg, Germany. MACR 3000 

3216 (384th BG, 545th BS, *The Joker*) shot 

down by Uffz Hans Ahrend 

in Fw 190A-6 of JG 2/3 at 

Rambluzin-et-Benoite-Vaux, France 

Oct 14, 1943 on mission to Schweinfurt, 

Germany. 7 KIA, 3 

evaded. MACR 841 

3217 (381th BG, 535rd BS, *Georgia Rebel*) 

Damaged by flak over Norway and 

crashlanded at Vannacka, Sweden and was 

interned Jul 24, 1943. MACR 132 

3219 (94th BG) lost Jul 17, 1943, Germany. 

MACr 93 

3220 (381st BG, 535 BS, *Damfino*) shot down 

by Uffz Aulenbacher 

in Bf 109G-5 of JG 50/2 Aug 17, 1943 and 

crashed Marksteinach, Germany. 

MACR 384. 10 POW 

3221 (381st BG, 534th BS, "Whaletail") 3 

engines went out and

ellylanded 3 mi from Thetford, UK Jul 

29, 1943. No injuries. 

Salvaged. 

3222 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Deuces Wild*) shot 

down by enemy fighter 

Aug 17, 1943 on mission to Schweinfurt, 

Germany and crashed 

at Sickerhausen. MACR 292. 2 KIA, 8 

POW. 

3223 (381st BG, 533rd BS), *Red Hot Riding 

Hood*) crashed at Rattlesden Airfield. 

during aircraft assembly after 

takeoff. Salvaged 7/14/1943. 

3225 (381st BG, *Chug Alug LuLu*) shot down 

by Hptm Kurt 

Buhlingen in Bf 109G-6 of JG 2/II Stab 

at Tongeren, Belgium 

Aug 17, 1943. MACR 378. 6 POW, 4 

evaded. 

3226 (381st BG, 534th BS, "Little Chuck") 

crash-landed at North Foreland, UK 6/22/1943. 

Salvaged 7/1/1943. 

3227 (381st BG) damaged by fighter Aug 17, 

1943 on Regensburg raid and 

crashed at Teuven, Belgium. MACR 661. 

10 POW. 


c/n 8165/8219 

3229 (100th BG, *Pasadena Nina*) shot down 

by Obfw Adolf Glunz in Fw 190A-6 of 

JG 26/5 at Kootwijkerbroek, 

Netherlands om mission to Munseter 

Oct 10, 1943. MACR 1021. 2 KIA, 7 

POW, 1 evaded. 

3230 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Yankee Powerhouse 

II*) shot down by 

enemy fighter at Weiler, Near Bingen, 

Germany Aug 17, 1943 

on mission to Schweinfurt, Germany. 


3231 (384th BG, 545th BS, *The Inferno*) MIA 

8/12/1943 on mission to Gelsenkirchen, Germany. MACR 287 

3232 (100th BG, 350th BS, *Flak Happy*) 

damaged on mission to Regensburg Aug 17, 1943 and crashed

at Ghedi, Italy. MACR 676. 2 KIA, 7 

POW, 1 evaded 

3233 (100th BG, 350th BS, *Our Baby*) shot 

down by flak and fighters 

near Essen, NW of Quackenbruck, Germany 

on mission to Bremen 

Oct 8, 1943. MACR 950. 11 POW. 

3234 (100th BG, 351st BS, *Little Mike*) 

Damaged during mission to Munster Oct 10, 1943. 

Salvaged Oct 13, 1943 

3235 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Lakanuki*) MIA Jul 

4, 1943 on mission to Le Mans (Sarthe), France. MACR 4495. 

Plane fell in the villate of Poille dur 

Vegre (Sarthe). 9 KIA, 

One evaded with French Resistance. 

3237 (100th BG, 418th BS, "Stymie") one 

engine failed and turned back then hit 

by rocket fired from a fighter and 

crashlanded at Aalten, Netherlands 

on mission to Munster Oct 10, 1943. 

MACR 1030. 10 POW. 

3244 (97th BG) lost Apr 2, 1944. MACR 3639 

3249 (96th BG, 413th BS) lost during raid on 

Bremen Dec 16, 1943 and 

crashed into Zuider Zee, Holland MACR 

1569. 10 KIA. 

3250 damaged in takeoff accident at 

Hendricks Field, FL Mar 7, 1945 

3251 (97th BG) lost Jan 11, 1944. MACR 2028 

3258 (379th BG, 527th BS) shot down by AA at 

Bremen, Germany Oct 8, 1943. 

MACR 959. 10 POW. 

3260 (100th BG, 349th BS, *Angel's Tit*) lost 

on mission to Bremen Jun 25, 1943. MACR 271 

3261 (96th BG, 413th BS, "Short Strike IV") 

shot down by AAA near 

Hamburg, German Dec 13, 1943. MACR 

1655. 3 KIA, 7 POW. 

3263 ("Slightly Dangerous" 


MACR 193 

3265 (96th BG, 337th BS, "Holy Mackerel") 

shot down by AAA and 

crashed at Kimswerd, Netherlands Dec

16, 1943, Germany MACR 1568. 

8 KIA, 2 POW. 

3266 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Sittin' Bull") 

crashed into English 

Channel 20 mi S of UK Sep 15, 1943. 

MACR 616. 10 killed. 

3267 ("Harley Charlie") 

3268 (96th BG, 413th BS, 'Carol Jane') 

crashed on takeoff at 

Larling, Norfolk Jan 5, 1944. All crew 

killed. 

3269 (379th BG, 527th BS, "Picadilly Willy") 

shot down over 

Germany Oct 14, 1943. 2 KIA, 8 POW. 

MACR 958 

3271 (100th BG *Nine Little Yanks & A Jerk*) 

salvaged Mar 6 1944. 

3272 (351st BG, 511st BS) shot down by 

fighters Jul 25, 1943 on raid on Hamburg, Germany. MACR 92 

3273 (95th BG, "Impatient Virgin") damaged 

by enemy fire during 

mission to Munster Dec 23, 1943. 

Returned to England but 

while attempting to land at Ludham, 

sudden loss of power 

necessitating forced landing in field. 

W/o. 

3274 (91st BG, 323rd BS) shot down Oct 4, 1943 

by Hptm Granz Evers in 

Bf 110F-4 of NJG 101/11 3 km E of 

Hillscheid, Germany. Last seen 

after bombing in the vicinity of 

Limburg/Lahn, Germiny. 

Apparently had engine trouble from the 

start and had been 

dragging behind all the way. MACR 881. 

9 POW, 1 KIA. 


MACR 194. 

3279 (352nd BS, 25th BG) ditched off 

Ballydavid, Ireland May 29, 1944 

3280 (94th BG, 333rd BS) lost Jul 26, 1943. 

MACR 84 

3281 (96th BG, 337th BS) lost Jul 26, 1943.

MACR 96 


MACR 118. 

3283 ("Yankee Queen") 


c/n 8220/8274 

3285 (388 BG, 562 BS) lost Jan 29, 1944, 

Cambrai, France. MACR 2349 

3286 (95th BG, 336th BS) crashed in Kiel Bay, 

Denmark Jun 13, 1943. 

MACR 2453. 9 MIA, 1 KIA. 

3287 (94th BG, 410th BS) crashlanded at 

Troston, England 

Aug 5, 1943 

3288 (96th BG, 338th BS, "Green Fury II") 

shot down at Bremen, 

Germany Dec 20, 1943. MACR 1704. 6 

KIA, 4 POW 

3289 (388th BG, 562nd BS, "Wolf Pack") shot 

Sep 6, 1943, Germany. 

2 KIA, 8 POW. 

3290 (385th BG, 551st BS, "Raunchy Wolf") 

crashed after midair collision 

with B-17F 42-30264 at West-Horndon, UK 

Sep 26, 1943 over Exeter, England. 

10 killed 

3292 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "City of 

Albuquerque") 

3293 (388th BG, 560th BS, "Slightly 

Dangerous") lost over France 

Sep 6, 1943. MACR 3113. 5 KIA, 3 POW, 

2 evaded 

3294 (385th BG, 550th BS, 'Suzanne') shot 

down Dec 5, 1943, France. MACR 1338. 

10 KIA. 

3297 (390th BG, 571st BS, "The Bad Penny") 

ran out of fuel and ditched 

off Abbotsbur, UK Dec 5, 1943. MACR 

1337. Crew rescued. 

3298 (95th BG, 412nd BS) lost Jul 26, 1943. 

MACR 195 

3301 (367th BS, 306th BG) crashlanded at 

Little Staughton, 

England Nov 15, 1943

3302 (390th BG, 571st BS, "Rick-O-Shay") ran 

out of fuel and ditched into 

North Sea off Netherlands Oct 10, 1943. 

MACR 866. 10 POW. 

3305 (390th BG, 568th BS, "Fertile Myrtle") 

damaged Aug 17, 1943 on mission 

to Regensburg, crashed at Hyeres, 

France. 9 POW, 1 evaded. MACR 392 

3307 (100th BG, 351st BS, *Skipper*) crashed 

on takeoff 

Jan 24, 1944 Shelfanger, Norfolk, 

England. 

3308 (385th BG, 548th BS) lost Apr 10, 1943. 

MACR 1462 

3310 (390th BG, 568th BS, "Blood Guts and 

Rust") damaged by enemy 

fighter, ran out of fuel and ditched in 

Mediterranean Aug 17, 1943 on 

mission to Regensburg. MACR 396. 

Crew rescued 

3316 (385th BG,550th BS, 'Big Stinky') lost 

Jul 28, 1943. MACR 189B 

3317 (95th BG, 412th BS, "The Spirit of '76") 

downed Nov 30, 1943 on mission to Solingen 

close to Haelen, near Roermond, 

Netherlands 

3318 (96th BG, 413rd BS, "Shack Rabbit II") 

shot down by Oblt 

Herbert Huppertz in Fw 190A-6 of JG 2/8 

over Bay of Biscay 

47 km W of Ile de Groix, France Sep 23, 

1943. MACR 670. 

10 KIA 

3321 ("Kathy Jane II") 

3324 converted to F-9 photo-recon aircraft 

with cameras added and bombing equipment deleted. 

3325 (379th BG, 524th BS, "Paddy Gremlin") 

struck by bomb dropped from higher aircraft 

during mission Jan 30, 1944 and 

crashlanded near Belian border. Crew unhurt 

until strafted on ground by German 

fighter, presumably to stop them from 

setting fire to aircraft, wounding two 

seriously and six slightly.

3326 (96th BG, 413th BS) downed off German 

Coast Jul 28, 1943. 

All crew KIA. MACR 137 

3328 (390th BG, 568th BS, "Miss Furtune") hit 

by a rocket fired by Obfw Hans Raab 

in Bf 110G-2 of ZG 1/2, then collided 

with 42-3415 and both crashed at 

Burgsteinfurt, Germany Oct 10, 1943. 


3329 (390th BG, 570th BS) crashed due to 

engine failure near 

Hounsel Wood, England Feb 5, 1944 


mission to Villacoublay, France. 

3333 (390th BG, 569th BS, "Purgatory Pete") 

damaged by enemy fighter and 

ditched in Mediterranean 50 mi off 

North Africa 

Aug 17, 1943 on mission to Regensburg. 

MACR 389. Crew rescoued 

3337 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'Thoroughbred') 

lost Apr 11, 1944. MACR 3819 

3338 (94th BG, 331st BS) shot down by Oblt 

Georg Schroder in Bf 109G-6 

of JG 2/4 at Essey-et-Maizerais, France 

Oct 14, 1943. 

5 KIA, 1 POW, 4 evaded. MACR 791. 


c/n 8275/8329 

3340 (2nd BG, 20th BS, then to 97th BG) 

crashed May 14, 1945, salvaged. 

3341 (2nd BG, 429th BS, "Lady Be Good") shot 

down by Bf 109G-6 of JG 51/II 

over Austria Nov 2, 1943. MACR 1142. 

6 KIA, 4 POW 

3342 (2nd BG, 429th BS, "Tuff Tit") crashed 

on takeoff at Ain M'lila, 

Algeria Jul 6, 1943. 10 killed 

3344 (301st BG) lost Jun 27, 1944. MACR 

6173. 


MACR 138 

3348 (96th BG, 337th BS, "Dottie J III") shot 

down by Lt.

Eberhard Schade in Bf 109G-6 of JG 27/5 

at 

Thiaucourt-Regnieville, France Oct 14, 

1943. 6 POW, 

4 evaded. MACR 833 

3349 (94th BG, 331st BS, "El Lobo" then to 

332nd BS "el Mangau") 

shot down by Uffz Otto Schmidt in Fw 

190A of JGr West/3 and 

crashed into Bay of Biscay NW of 

Carcans, France Dec 5, 1943. 

MACR 1175. 10 KIA. 

3351 (92nd BG) crashlanded at Winkfield, UK 

Oct 14, 1943. 

3352 (94th BG, 410th BS, "Virgin's Delight") 


and crashed into North Sea off Germany 

Nov 29, 1943. MACR 1186. 

9 KIA, 1 POW. 

3353 (96th BG, 337th BS, *Tar Fly*) shot down 

over Paris Sep 9, 1943. Aircraft first 

struck by flak, dropped out of 

formation, set upon by Fw 190s, shot down by 

Oblt Georg Schroder in Bf 109G-6 of 

JG2/11 then 

bellied in on an open field 10 km S of 

Beaumont-le-Roger, 

France. 2 KIA, 8 POW. 

3354 (2nd BG, "Big Stoop", then to 301st BG, 

353rd BS, "Big Stoop") 

returned to USA. Salvaged Nov 20,1945 

3357 (482nd BG, 813rd BS) lost Feb 8, 1944. 

MACR 2781 

3359 crash landed at Bobingdon, England Dec 

22, 1944 

3360 purchased by Paul Mantz for use in movie 

making as N67974. Sold to 

California Atlantic Airways May 8, 

1950. Sold to Bolivia 

as CB-70 then CP-570. Crashed at La 

Paz/El Alto,Bolivia 

Sept 21, 1955. 


3363 (306th BG, 367th BS, "Punchy") shot down

at Vorwalde, Germany Dec 22, 1943. 

MACR 1716. 7 KIA, 3 POW 

3369 to RCAF as 9204. Damaged beyond reapir 

at Rockcliffe, Ontario Sep 17, 1944 

3371 crashlanded at Adams Field, AR Sep 12, 

1945. 

3374 placed in class 26 Sep 8, 1944 for 

non-flying roles. Transferred to MGM 

Studios after the war for making of 

movie *Footprints in the Sky*, which 

was never made. Sat in storage at MGM 

until 1960s, when transferred to Ed 

Maloney's Planes of Fame air museum at 

Chino, CA, where the fuselage 

was displayed on its belly. Traded to 

Beale AFB museum in 1981. 

Transferred to Offutt AFB, NB in 1989, 

where it was restored and painted 

as 42-30230 *Homesick Angel* and put on 

display as gate guard at the SAC entrance. 

3378 (388th BG, 563rd BS, "Silver Dollar") 


Sep 6, 1943, Germany. MACR 3114. 1 

KIA, 9 POW. 

3380 (301st BG, 32nd BS) shot down by Bf 

109G-6 of JG 51/II near 

Wiener Neustadt, Austria Nov 2, 1943. 


3382 (306th BG, 369th BS) crash landed at 

Thurleigh, England 

May 9, 1944 


3384 (2nd BG, 20th BS, then to 301st BG, 353rd 

BS) returned to USA. 

Salvaged Sep 14, 1944 

3386 (100th BG, 351st BS, *Marie Helena*) in 

midair collision woth 

Lt Erich Hondt's Fw 190A-5/U12 of JG 

11/2 and crashed at 

Bellingwolde, Netherlands on mission 

to Bremen Oct 8, 1943. MACR 949 

10 KIA. Lt Hondt was thrown clear and 

survived. 

3387 (305th BG, 364th BS) shot down by Oblt

Hugo Frey in Bf 109G 

of JG 11/7 near Hude, E of Oldenburg, 

Germany Nov 26, 1943. 

MACR 1573. 10 POW. 

3388 (385th BG, 550th BS, 'Sleepytime Gal') 

lost Apr 24, 1944, Germany. MACR 4452 

3391 (301st BG, 32nd BS, "Georgie Peach") 

shot down by Bf 109G-6 

of JG 51/II near Aspang, Austria Nov 2, 

1943. MACR 1092. 3 KIA, 6 POW 

3392 (2nd BG, 96th BS, then to 301st BG, 353rd 

BS, then to 97th BG 

as weather aircraft) returned to USA at 

Busch Field May 10, 1945. 

3393 (100th BG, 350th BS, "Just-A-Snappin", 

then to 418th BS "Did You Say 

Ten Cents?") damaged by German fighters 

and crashlanded at 

Ludham, UK Oct 8, 1943. 1 crew KIA. 

Salvaged Oct 15, 1943. 


c/n 8330/8358 

3397 (385th BG, 551st BS, 'Fighting Cock') 

shot down by Fw. Josef 

Lohr in Fw 190A of JGr West/3 and 

crashed into Bay of Biscay 

6km NW of Lacanau-Ocean, France Dec 5, 

1943. MACR 1337 and 2164 

3398 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Mrs. Satan--the 

Queen of Hell") to 

482nd BG in 1944. 

3400 ("The Gremlin's Sweetheart") 

3412 (305th BG, 365th BS) lost Dec 20, 1943. 


3413 (100th BG, *Hard Luck*) lost on mission 

to Ludwigshafen Aug 14, 1944. 

3414 (388th BG, 561st BS, "Paddlefoot") 

damaged and ditched into 

Mediterranean Aug 17, 1943 during 

mission to Regensburg. 

Crew rescued. 

3415 (390th BG, 571st BS, "Mis Behavin") hit 

by the crashing 42-3328 and both 

crashed at Burgsteinfurt, Germany Oct

10, 1943. MACR 859. 9 KIA, 1 POW. 

3422 (385th BG, 551st BS, 'Winnie the Pooh') 

lost Feb 25, 1944. MACR 2775 


c/n 8359/8384 

3425 (388th BG, 563rd BS, "In God We Trust") 

shot down by Fw 190A 

near Troyes, France Sep 6, 1943. 8 


3426 (390th BG, 571st BS, "Kemy II") hit by 

AAA and crashed at Isendorf, 

Germany Oct 10, 1943. MACR 864. 3 

KIA, 7 POW. 


ditched in English Channel 

49 km S of Eastbourne, UK Sep 6, 1943. 

Crew rescued. 

3430 (96th BG, 338th BS, "Carolina 

Boomerang") shot down by Lt 

Ulf Montanus in Bf 109G-6 of JG 2/8 at 

Samsoussy, France 

Oct 14, 1943. 8 POW, 2 evaded. MACR 

835 

3433 (100th BG, 350th BS, *Lena*) shot down 

by fighter at wulfen, 

NR-W, Germany on mission to Munster Oct 

10, 1943. MACR 1024. 3 KIA, 7 POW. 

3434 (305th BG, 364th BS, *So What?* interned 

in Switzerland Sept 6, 1943. MACR 1342 


3435 (92nd BG, 327th BS) shot down Aug 17, 

1943 by Lt. Werner Beckers 

in Bf 109G-6 of JG 2/4 while returning 

from Schweinfurt 

mission and crashed in 

Sint-Suibrechts-Hern, Belgium. 7 POW 


3436 (305th BG, 364th BS) shot down by Obfw. 

Anton-Rudolf Piffer in 

Fw 190A of JG 1/2 at Eijgelshoven, 

Netherland Oct 14, 1943. 


3437 (96th BG, 339th BS) shot down by Oblt 

Ferbert Huppertz in

Fw 190A-6 of JG2/8 between Le Pecq and 

Le Mesnil-le-Roi, 

France Sep 15, 1943. MACR 726. 9 KIA, 

1 evaded. 

3438 to 803rd BS at Oulton early 1944 as radio 

countermeasures aircraft. 

After service with 96th BG, converted 

to Aphrodite flying bomb 

and launched against U-boat pens on 

Heligoland Oct 30, 1944. 

3439 (96th BG, 413th BS) shot down by Bf 109G 

flown by Oblt Erich Burkert Oct 20, 1943 De Bilt, 

Holland during raid on Duren. 5 KIA, 

4POW, 1 evaded. MACR 1018 

3440 converted in 1944 for use in Aphrodite 

project as flying bomb. Not 

expended, WFU Aug 1944 

3441 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Patches II*) used 

as assembly ship 

3448 (303rd BG, 359th BS) lost Jan 1, 1944. 

MACR 1924 


c/n 8385/8418 

3449 (306th BG) hit by flak during bomb run 

over Nantes Sep 23, 1943, 

causing bomb doors to jam open and one 

fuel tank to leak. 

Returned to UK but crashed into woods 

while attempting to 

land. All crew survived but with 

injuries. 

3452 (100th BG, 350th BS) hit by AAA and 

crashed near Lagny, France 

on mission to Paris Sep 15, 1943. MACR 


3453 (94th BG, 333rd BS, flown by 96th BG 

crew) shot down by fighter 

over Germany Oct 14, 1943. MACR 831. 

The MACR wrongly identifies 

this plane as 42-30453, which was also 

lost. 

3455 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Lucky Thirteen*) 

shot down by Uffz 

Kahlhammer in Fw 190A-5/UA of SKG 10/3

at Clermont, France 

Sep 6, 1943 on mission to Stuttgart, 

Germany. MACR 775. 8 POW, 

2 evaded. 

3459 (384th BG, 546th BS) shot down by German 

fighter at Pontivy, 


Nantes, France. MACR 748. 


3461 after service with 92nd BG, converted 

to Aphrodite flying bomb 

and launched against V-sites at 

Wizernes Aug 4, 1944. Lost from 

view in low cloud on approach and 

impacted beyond target. 

3462 (95th BG, 336th BS, "San Antonio Rose") 

lost Feb 21, 1944, Germany. MACR 2424. RAF 

record card for Oxford BG605 states 

aircraft crashed near Cambridge, 

England Aug 4, 1943 after colliding 

with this B-17. 

3465 ("Wee Bonnie II") 

3466 crashed on landing approach 2 mi N of 

Ardmore AAF, OK Nov 4, 1943. 4 killed, pilot died 2 weeks later. 

3470 converted to TB-17F and later displayed 

as memorial at Montana State 

College, Mozeman, MT. To California 

Atlantic Airways Dec 1953 as 

N66574, then to Peru as OB-RAH-346, 

back to US as N9915F, then to 

Nicaragua as AN-AMI, to Bolivia as 

CP-633 in 1957, and finally to 

Colombian government as C-580 (NTU) 

then as HK-580X,then as HK-580. 

Destroyed. 

3474 (100th BG, 351st BS, *King Bee*) during 

taxiing collided with B-17F 

42-6094 and B-17G 42-37772 at Thorpe 

Abbots, UK Dec 27, 1943. 

Salaged after taxi accident 


c/n 8419/8439 

3486 (482nd BG, 812th BS) shot down into 

Zuider Zee near IJsselmeer, Netherlands by enemy

fighers Jan 11, 1944 during missin to 

Oschersleben. MACR 2522. 4KIA, 3 POW. 

Wreckage recovered 

1968;Oost-Flevoland 

3488 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'Weidner's 

Wildcat') shot down by Lt. 

Heinrich Steis in Bf 109G-6 of JG 27/4 

at Offingawier, 

Netherlands Dec 11, 1943. MACR 1665. 

2 KIA, 8 POW 

3490 (385th BG, 549th BS) interned by Sweden 

Jun 21, 1944. MACR 5919. 

Converted to airliner configuration as 

SE-BAN "Bob" and owned 

by Swedish crown and operated by SILA. 

Scrapped Oct 1948. 

3491 (482nd BG, 812th BS) pathfinder 

aircraft shot down by flak over Berlin Mar 6, 1944. 

6 killed, 4 POW. MACR 3362 



expended, WFU Aug 1944. 


and 1753 

3495 (351st BG, 510th BS) shot down by AAA 

and crashed at Hourtin, 

France on raid on Cognac, France Dec 31, 

1943. MACR 1981. 



Kark-Emil Demuth in Fw 190A of JG 1/2 

Oct 10, 1943 and crashed near 

Haaksbergen, Holland during mission to 

Munster. MACR 943. One crew KIA, 9 

bailed out and became POW. 

3498 (390th BG, 571st BS) lost May 8, 1944. 

MACR 4582 

3500 (482nd BG, 812th BS) lost Feb 4, 1944 

near Klein-Zwolle, Germany. MACR 3159 

3501 crashed after engine failure on return 

from abort Feb 5, 1944. Crashed near Dymchurch, Kent. 


c/n 8440/8498 

3504 (96 BG, 339 BS) lost Jan 11, 1944,

IJsselmeer, Netherlands. MACR 2376 

3505 (388th BG, 562nd BS) engines failed and 

ditched into 

North Sea Nov 29, 1943. MACR 3153. 7 

drowned, 3 rescued. 

3506 (91st BG, 324th BS) lost Mar 29, 1944. 

MACR 3473 

3508 (100th BG, 418th BS, *Bastard's Bunglow 

II* lost on mission to Munich Mar 18, 1944. MACR 3232 

3509 (351 BG, 511 BS) shot down by flak and 

fighters Jan 30, 1944, Hengelo, Holland. MACR 2262 

3511 (381st BG, 535th BS) lost Apr 25, 1944, 

France. MACR 4286 

3513 (92nd BG, 326th BS) lost Apr 29, 1944, 


3514 (381 BG, 533 BS 'Dinah Mite II/Doll 

Baby') crashed Minden 

after catching fire afer fighter attack 

Jan 11, 1944. MACR 1878 

3516 (96th BG, 338th BS) shot down over 

Germany Oct 10, 1943. MACR 893 

3517 (351st BG, 508th BG) show down by AAA 

Feb 24, 1944, Schweinfurt. MACR 2773 

3518 to 803rd BS(P) at Oulton early 1944, 

fitted with ELINT equipment. 

3521 modified as B-17G and accepted 

7/28/1943. 

To US Navy as B-17G 3/45 #34106. PB-1 

designation 

assigned to all Navy B-17s in 7/45. 

Used to drop F8F model. 

3522 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "Gremlin's 

Delite") returned to USA 

Jul 9, 1944. 


Jan 11, 1944 Oschersleben, Germany. MACR 1940 

3524 (527th BS, 379th BG, 'Vonnie Gal') hit 

by AAA Jul 20, 1944, made 

emergency landing at Payerne, 

Switzerland and interned. MACR 7838. Returned 

to UK at end of war and scrapped Sept 

25, 1945. 

3525 with 482nd BG received prototype 

installation of Oboe II/Albumleaf

adar, flew first experimental sortie 

night Nov 11/12, 1943. 

(381st BG, 534th BS) crashed 

Frettenrode Apr 19, 1944. MACR 4050. 

3526 (390th BG, 568th BS) crashed due to 

engine failure near 

Hastings, England Oct 18, 1943 


Schreiber of ZG 101/2 

at Barmsee, Germany Oct 14, 1943. 1 

KIA, 9 POW. MACR 834 

3529 (95th BG, 336th BS) damaged by flak and 

finished off by fighter 

attack north of Madeburg Mar 6, 1944. 

One killed, 

9 bailed out and taken prisoner. MACR 

2979. 


3531 (305th BG, 365th BS) shot down by Ogfr 

Wilhelm Krauter 

in Bf 109G-6 of JG 1/7 at Zuidbroek, 

Groeingen, Netherlands 

Nov 26, 1943. MACR 1572. 2 KIA, 8 

POW. 

3532 (351st BG) crashlanded with flak damage 

near Ipswich Nov 5, 1943. 

Crew OK. Salvaged Nov 11, 1943. 

3533 (306th BG, 368th BS) collided with 

42-30776 over North Sea 

Nov 3, 1943. MACR 1159. 10 KIA 

3534 (100th BG, 349th BS, *Ol'Dad*) lost Apr 

27, 1944 on mission to Le Culot, France. MACR 4268 

3535 (96th BG, 339th BS) lost Apr 11, 1944 

3538 (94th BG, 333rd BS, "Ten Knights In A 

Bar Room") lost over Germany 

Oct 4, 1943 on Emden raid. MACR 771 

3539 (385th BG, 550th BS) shot down by Uffz 

Hans Oeckel in Bf 109G-6 of 

JG26/12 near Holten, Netherlands Oct 

10, 1943. MACR 826. 2 crew evaded, 

rest POW ? 

3540 (381st BG, 535th BS, 'Bacta-th'Sac') 

hit by AAA and crashed Huy, Belgium 

Dec 1, 1943. MACR 1660 1 KIA, 7 Pow,

2 evaded. 

3541 (96th BG, 339th BS, 'Little Girls') 

damaged by fighters during raid on 

Bordeaux, France and ditched in Bay of 

Biscay Jan 5, 1944. MACR 2011. 5 crew KIA, 


3542 salvaged May 21, 1945 

3543 (96th BG, 338th BS) interned by Sweden 

Oct 9, 1943. MACR 946. Converted to 

airliner configuration as SE-BAH "Sam" 

and owned by Swedish crown 

but operated by ABA. Scrapped Sept 

1946. 



MACR 2257 

3546 (96th BG, 339th BS, "Wildfire") damaged 

by AAA and then shot down 

by Oblt Lard in Me 410A of ZG 26/4 near 

Eystrup, Germany 

Nov 29, 1943 on mission to Bremen and 

crashed near 

Verden. All crew bailed out and became 

POW. MACR 1393 

3548 (388th BG, 563rd BS) shot down by AAA 

over Ruhr Valley on mission to Brunswick 

Mar 23, 1944. MACR 3593 

3549 (305th BG, 366th BS) shot down by Flg. 

Gunther Ewald in 

Bf 109G-6 of Jg 1/9 at Horn, Netherlands 

Oct 14, 1943. 


3550 (305th BG, 365th BS) lost Oct 14, 1943. 


3551 (385 BG, 551st BS, 'Shack Bunny') shot 

down Dec 13, 1943, North Sea. MACR 1667. 

1 KIA, 9 POW. 

3552 (96 BG, 339 BS) lost Gudesweiler Jan 29, 

1944. MACR 2379 

3553 (96th BG, 339th BS) crashed on takeoff 

at Snetterton 

Heath, England Nov 8, 1943 

3554 (92nd BG, 326th BS) shot down by Uffz 

Heinz Neuendorf

in Fw 190A-4 of JG 11/2 and exploded 16 

km SW of Blavandshuk, 

Denmark Oct 9, 1943. MACR 746. 5 KIA, 

5 POW. 

3555 (388th BG, 560th BS, "Tiger Girl") hit 

by two incendaries 

dropped from a B-17 above and crashed 

near Bremen, 

Germany Nov 26, 1943. MACR 3116. 8 

KIA, 2 POW. 

3557 (390th BG, 570th BS, "Esquire") shot 

down by Oblt Herbert 

Schrammin Bf 109G-6 of JG 27/5 and 

crashed at Golzheim, 


KIA, 8 POW. 

3559 (379th BG, 526th BS, "Stardust") shot 

down by AAA at 

Rotterdam, Netherlands Dec 1, 1943. 

MACR 1333. 6 POW, 4 

evaded. 

3560 (351st BG, 510th BS, then to 508th BS, 

"Salty Dog") ditched 

in North Sea Nov 26, 1943 while 

returning from Bremen. 10 rescued 


Feb 20, 1944, 

Leipzig, Germany. MACR 2929. 

42-3563 Douglas-Long Beach B-17G-5-DL Fortress 

c/n 8499. Lost with 381 BG, 532 BS Dec 20, 

1943 when hit by 

AAA over Oldenburg, Germany. MACR 

1721. 5 KIA, 5 POW. 


c/n 3589/3617 

5050 (301st BG, 32nd Bs, then to 2nd BG 96th 

BS) shot down by AAA 

and crashed 20 km E of Athens, Greece 

Dec 14, 1943. MACR 1482. 


5051 (305th BG, 366th BS, then to 384th BG, 

544th BS, *Barrel House Bessie*) 

ditched in North Sea Nov 26, 1943. 

MACR 1579. 3 drowned,

7 rescued. 

5052 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Mizpah") lost Feb 

22, 1944. MACR 2646. 


MACR 14439 

5054 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Bell of San 

Joaquin") to RFC Kingman Nov 2, 1945 

5055 (306th BG, 367th BS) shot down by AAA 

on mission to Wilhelmshaven May 15, 1943. 


MACR 15120. 

5057 (305th BG, 422nd BS) damaged and ditched 

in English Channel 

off France Sep 6, 1943. MACR 1343. 1 



MACR 15947. 

5059 condemned Rome Air Depot, NY Nov 23, 

1942 


5061 (99th BG) shot down by Bf 109G-6 of JG 

53/III over Italy 

Nov 10, 1943. MACR 1129 

5062 reclamation completed San Angelo AAF, 

TX Dec 17, 1945 

5063 (305th BG, 366th BS) lost May 17, 1943. 

MACR 15238. 

5064 surveyed Ephrata AAB May 20, 1944 


11, 1947. Also listed as going to 

RFC at Altus Jul 30, 1945 

5066 to RAF as Fortress II FA702. Scrapped 

Mar 11, 1947. 

5067 to RAF as Fortress II FA703 crashed Jan 

8, 1946. 

5069 (91st BG, 324th BS, "Our Gang") shot 

down by Fw. Heinz 

Stover in Fw 190A-4 of JG 11/3 at Sankt 

Goar, Germany Aug 17, 1943 

during Schweinfurt raid. MACR 281. 

10 POW. 

5070 (91st BG, 401st BS, "Invasion II") lost 

Apr 17, 1943. MACR 15519. 

5071 (396th BG, 367th BS) lost near Romilly

sur Seinne, France Dec 20, 1942. 


5072 (306th BG, 367th BS) crashed Apr 5, 1943 

near target (Erla Works, Antwerp, 

Belgium). 

5073 to RAF as Fortress II FA704. Ditched 

in North Atlantic Jun 17, 1943. 

5074 to RAF as Fortress II FA705. Missing 

on patrol Jan 6, 1944. 

5075 to RAF as Fortress II FA706. Damaged 

beyond repair in taxiing 

accident at Lagens, Azores Aug 2, 1944. 

5076 (301st BG, 32nd BS) lost Feb 4, 1943. 

MACR 15358. 

5077 (323rd BS, 91st BG, *Delta Rebel No 2*) 

lost over Gelsenkirche, Germany 

Aug 12, 1943. MACR 261. 



c/n 3618/3688 

5079 reclamation completed Lockbourne AAF 

Jan 6, 1945 

5080 (95th BG) condemned Rapid City AAF Feb 

18, 1943 

5081 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Luscious Lady") 

reclamation completed Eglin Proving Grounds, FL Feb 18, 1943 

5082 condemned salvage due to takeoff 

accident May 31, 1944 

5083 to RFC Albuquerque Jun 25, 1945 

5084 (91st BG, 323rd BS) lost Jan 3, 1943, 


5085 to excess inventory Dec 31, 1945 

5086 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Wahoo II*) damaged 

during mission to Munster and 

crashed at Eye, England Oct 10, 1943. 

Crew bailed out. 

5087 to excess inventory list Mar 2, 1945. 

5088 condemned inventory Oct 31, 1944 

5089 surveyed Smoky Hill AAF (499th BG) Jul 

13, 1944 

5090 (97th BG, 414th BS) MIA Jul 8, 1943. 

All crew KIA. MACR 69 

5091 surveyed Apr 3, 1943 Sioux City AAF 

(379th BG)

5092 to RFC Ontario, CA Jun 14, 1945 

5093 reclamation completed Amarillo AAF Jun 

7, 1946 

5094 surveyed Spokane AAF Jun 4, 1944 

5095 to RFC Altus Oct 9, 1945 

5096 departed US Oct 10, 1945 (last entry in 

database). 

5097 to RFC Kingman Oct 27, 1945 

5098 to RFC Altus Aug 28, 1945 

5099 reclamation completed Amarillo Aug 20, 

1946 

5100 reclamation completed Burbank Jan 21, 

1946 


5102 to CL-26 Blythe AAB, CA Mar 24, 1943 

5103 wrecked 3 mi E of Medio, NM when exploded 

in midair Jan 13, 1943 

5104 to RFC Albuquerque May 27, 1945 

5105 condemned Walker AAF, KSFeb 1, 1943 


5107 wrecked Oct 18, 1942 when fire broke out 

in #1 engine, crew bailed out, 

pilot unable to control aircraft. 2nd 

LT Dennis J. Walker killed 

5108 reclamation completed Lowry AAF Jan 2, 

1945 

5109 to RFC Kingman Jan 23, 1946 

5110 to CL-26 Hoobs AAF, NM Nov 24, 1943 


5112 to CL-26 Rapid City AAF May 28, 1943 

5113 to RFC Walnut Ridge Jan 2,1946 

5114 to CL-26 Alexandria AAF Mar 10, 1944 

5115 to RFC Ontario Jun 6, 1945 

5116 to RFC Searcy Field Aug 4, 1945 

5117 to RFC Altus Sep 6, 1945 



5120 to CL-26 Blythe AAB Mar 5, 1943 

5121 reclamation completed Drew Field Jan 

21, 1946 


5123 condemned Great Falls AAF Jan 1, 1943 


5125 condemned MIA Jun 14, 1943

MACR 2749 

MACR 15568 

MACR 16527 



5128 to CL-26 Great Falls AAF Sep 3, 1943 

5129 (306th BG, 368th BS) lost Mar 4, 1943. 


5131 to RFC Kingman Dec 28, 1945 

5132 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost Jun 22, 1943. 

5133 (97th BG, 342nd BS) lost Apr 17, 1943. 

5134 to excess inventory list Feb 26, 1944 

5135 to RFC Altus Oct 4,1945 

5136 crashed Dec 15, 1943 at Ardmore AAF, OK. 

Aircraft suffered engine problem on takeoof, 

on return to base hit trees 1/2 mi S of 

base. 12 killed. 

5137 (301st BG) lost Oct 30, 1943. MACR 1060 

5138 to RFC Walnut Ridge Dec 11, 1945 

5139 (91st BG, 322nd BS, "Chief Sly II") shot 

down by Uffz Martin Saller in 

Bf 109G-5 of JG 50/2 Aug 17, 1943 and 

carashed at Kembach, 

Germany. MACR 276. 6 KIA, 4 POW 

5140 to RFC Arledge AAF Nov 22, 1944 


5142 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944 

5143 condemned salvage Nov 2, 1944 

5144 to CL-26 Tinker AAF Jan 17, 1944 

5145 (2nd BG, 96th BS) lost Mar 11,1944. 

MACR 2836 

5146 (305th BG, 422nd BS) lost Apr 8, 1943. 

MACR 15543 

5147 (97th BG) lost Sep 8, 1943. MACR 720 


5149 to US Navy as RB-17F Mar 9, 1947 


c/n 3689/3788 

5150 surveyed Kearney AAF Feb 20, 1945 

5151 reclamation completed Burbank Apr 9, 

1946 

5152 (379th BG, 526th BS) crashed into a 

mountain near Elko, NV 

Jan 2, 1943. All onboard killed.

Surveyed Wendover AAF 

1943 

MACR 15488 

Jan 29, 1946 

to bird strike 

20, 1945 

1943 

Jan 12, 1943. Wreckage found Jun 24, 

5153 to RFC Walnut Ridge Jan 3, 1946 




5157 to RFC Ontario May 22, 1945 

5158 reclamation completed at Boca Raton AAF 

5159 crashlanded 19 mi from Amarillo, TX due 

Feb 25, 1945. To RFC Walnut Ridge Dec 

5160 to CL-26 Patterson AAF Nov 27, 1943 

5161 to RFC at Walnut Ridge Dec 14, 1945 

5162 wrecked 35 mi NW of Karnak, TX May 19, 


5164 wrecked in landing accident Lockbourne 

AAB, OH Oct 23, 1944 

5165 to CL-26 La Junta AAF Jan 1, 1944 

5166 to RFC Walnut Ridge Sep 25, 1945 


5168 to CL-26 Lockbourne AB Aug 6, 1943 


5170 (99th BG, 347th BS) lost Jan 10, 1944. 

MACR 1819 

5171 (306th BG, 368th BS) lost Apr 17, 1943. 

MACR 15524 

5172 (91st BG, 401th BS) lost Apr 17, 1943. 

MACR 15521 

5173 surveyed Ephrata AAF Apr 22, 1944 

5174 (340th BS "Thunderbird") returned to 

USA Jul 18, 1944 as 

war weary. To DPC Bush Field Jul 4, 

1945 and scrapped 

5175 (306th BG, 367th BS) lost Feb 16, 1943. 

MACR 15471 

5176 condemned collision Dec 27, 1943 

5177 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Fast Worker II" 

aka "Fast Woman") 

condemned salvage no battle damage Dec

13, 1943 

5178 (91st BG, 322nd BS, "The Old Stand By") 

shot down by Uffz. Karl Fey 

in Bf 110G-20 of ZG 1/1 W of Flensburg, 

Germany Oct 9, 1943. MACR 898. 1 KIA, 9 POW. 

5179 condemned enemy operations Jun 25, 1943 

5180 (306th BG, 423rd BS) lost Jun 25, 1943. 

5181 reclamation completed Gulfport AAF Aug 

30, 1944 


5183 surveyed Pocatello AAF May 27, 1944 

5184 reclamation completed Fairmont AAF Jan 

3, 1946 


5186 reclamation completed Robins AAF May 

30, 1946 




5190 wrecked in taxi accident at Biggs AAF, 

TX Dec 10, 1942 

5191 condemned MIA Jan 29, 1943 

5192 surveyed Great Falls AAB Oct 26, 1943 



5195 surveyed Tinker AAB Mar 12, 1944 

5196 to RFC Ontario AAF Jun 14, 1945 

5197 crashed and burned Soda Springs AAF, 

Idaho Mar 2, 1942 


5199 to RFC Stillwater Aug 28, 1945 

5200 reclamation completed Burbank AAF, CA 

Mar 20, 1946 


5202 surveyed Barksdale AAF Jul 22, 1943 

5203 condemned Mar 30, 1943 



5206 condemned MIA Dec 3, 1943 

5207 to CL-26 Wold Chamberlin AAF Jan 30, 

1943 


5209 surveyed Hobbs AAF Aug 18, 1944. 

5210 to RFC Altus Aug 29, 1945

31, 1945 

MACR 15304 

5211 to RFC Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK Jul 


5213 surveyed Truax AAF May 31, 1945 


5215 wrecked at Gowen AAF, Idaho. 8 killed 

5216 to RFC Albuquerque Aug 2, 1945 

5217 (301st BG, 352nd BS) lost May 10, 1943. 

5218 condemned MIA Jun 13, 1943 

5219 (305th BG, 364th BS) lost May 17, 1943, 

L'Orient, France. MACR 15569 


5221 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Shades of 

Stricnine", later "Son") damaged 

by Lt Heinrich Rudolph in Fw 190A-6 of 

JG 11/1 and crashed 

into Baltic Sea S of Lolland Island, 

Denmark Oct 9, 1943. MACR 874. 

10 KIA. 


5223 (97th BG then to 99th BG) damaged and 

ditched in Adriatic Sea 

75 km SE of Venice, Italy Dec 19, 1943. 

MACR 1528. 1 drowned, 

2 POW, 7 rescued 6 days later. 

5224 surveyed Hill AAF, UT May 10, 1943 

5225 (91st BG, 323rd BS) shot down Aug 17, 

1943 by Lt Artur Beese 

in Fw 190A of JG 26/1 at Balen, Belgium. 

MACR 280. 


5226 surveyed Rapid City AAF Sep 8, 1943 



Also listed as reclamation completed 

Tinker AAF Feb 13, 1946 

5229 surveyed Leesburg AAF Jun 22, 1943 

5230 reclamation completed Patterson AAF Nov 

27, 1945 



MACR 15592. 

5233 to RFC Arledge AAF, Tulsa, OK Nov 23,

1944 

5234 to RAF as Fortress II FA707. Ditched 

off San Muguel, Azores Jul 26, 1944. 

5235 to RAF as Fortress II FA708. Crashed 

Azores Nov 7, 1944. 

5236 to RAF as Fortress II FA709. SOC Sep 

15, 1947. 

5237 to RAF as Fortress II FA710. SOC Nov 

26, 1946. 

5238 to RAF as Fortress II FA711. Exact fate 

uncertain. Listes as being SOC 

Aug 14, 1944 but W/o Aug 14, 1948. 


11, 1947. 

5240 to RAF as Fortress II FA713. SOC Jun 

12, 1945. 

5241 to RFC Ontario AAF, CA Jun 14, 1945 

5242 (97th BG, 342nd BS) crashed on takeoff 

at Chateaudun-du-Rhumel, Algeria Mar 

23, 1943. 

5243 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "FDR's Potato 

Peeler Kids" aka 

"Idaho Potato Peeler Kids") shot down 

by fighters 

over sea May 14, 1943. MACR 15593. 10 

KIA 

5244 condemned Dec 7, 1943 

5245 (97th BG) lost Aug 25, 1943. MACR 482 

5246 to RFC at Albuquerque Jun 25, 1945. 

5247 to RFC Altus Jul 28, 1945 


MACR 16526. 

5249 damaged in ground accident at Hobbs AAF, 

NM Feb 28, 1945. 

To RFC Altus Aug 27, 1945 


c/n 3789/3888 

5250 crashed 1 1/2 mi NE of Brixham, England 

during attempted 

forced landing Jan 12, 1943 while on 

ferry flight. 

Presumably repaired, to excess 

inventory list Nov 30, 1945 

5251 in midair collision with B-17F 41-24476

over UK Mar 1, 1943. 

5252 to RFC Searcy Field Jul 31, 1945 


MACR 15564 


5255 reclamation completed Syracuse AAF Jan 

3, 1946 

5256 reclamation completed Amarillo AAF Apr 

9, 1946 

5257 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Miss Bea Haven") 

reclamation completed Robins AAF Aug 9, 1945 

5258 condemned salvage no battle damage Feb 

11, 1943 


5260 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Yardbird II") shot 

down by Hptm 

Paul-August Stolte in Bf 109G-6 of JG 

3/6 and exploded over 

North Sea 6km NW of Langeoog, Germany 

Oct 2, 1943. MACR 738. 

11 KIA 


5262 (303rd BG, 360th BS) lost Mar 6, 1943. 

MACR 15536 


5264 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Yankee Doodle 

Dandy") returned to 

USA Apr 3, 1944. To RFC Stillwater Sep 

24, 1945 


5266 damaged in takeoff accident at Jacson 

AAB, MS Jan 25, 1945. 

To RFC Kingman Oct 27, 1945 

5267 surveyed Walker AAF Oct 2, 1944 




3, 1946 

5271 reclamation completed Albuquerque AAF 

Mar 13, 1946 

5272 reclamation completed Albuquqrque AAF 

Mar 13, 1946 

5273 to RFC Albuquerque AAF Jun 25, 1946 

5274 to RFC Ontario AAF Jun 29, 1945

1946 

22, 1945 

3, 1946 


5276 reclamation completed Truax AAF Jun 6, 

5277 to DPC Bush FIeld Jun 15, 1945 

5278 reclamation completed Kearney AAF Oct 




5282 wrecked on takeoff Jan 22, 1943 at 

Redmond, OR when lost engine on takeoff. 

5283 wrecked Nov 3, 1942 at Sioux City AAB, 

Iowa when crashed and burned 

during blind landing in snowstorm. 

5284 to Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD May 31, 

1946 

5285 to RFC Searcy AAF, Stillwater, OK Aug 

24, 1945 

5286 to RFC Ontario, CA Aug 27, 1945 

5287 (466th BG) lost over Zuider Zee Mar 23, 

1944. Parts and eight 500lb bombs 

recovered 1982;Boschwijde. Also 

listed as surveyed Gowen AAF Apr 29, 1943 after 

crashing on training flight with 29th 

BG, 52nd BS Apr 25, 1943 7 mi S of Gowen Field, 

ID, 4 of 9 aboard survived. 


5289 surveyed Walla Walla AAF Aug 13, 1943 


5291 to RFC Altus Nov 5, 1945 


5293 to RFC Altus Sep 6, 1945 

5294 surveyed Rapid City AAB May 26, 1943 

5295 wrecked Rapid City AAB in crash landing 

Apr 23, 1943 

5296 reclamation completed AmarilloAAF Jun 

7, 1946 



5299 surveyed Wendover AAF Jun 25, 1943 

5300 reclamation completed at Drew AAF Apr 

4, 1945 


2, 1945 

City AAF, IA 

25, 1945 

MACR 2863 

3, 1946 

22, 1945 


5303 reclamation completed Liberal AAF Feb 

5304 damaged in ground collision at Sioux 

Apr 10, 1945. To RFC Albuquerque Jun 

5305 Ephrata AAF surveyed Oct 25, 1943 

5306 (303rd BG, 359th BS) lost Feb 28, 1944. 

5307 reclamation completed Syracues AAF Jan 


5309 reclamation completed SouthCity AAF May 




5313 crashed 5 mi NE of Ephrata, WA Mar 29, 

1943. 11 crew killed. 

5314 to RFC Walnut Ridte Oct 9, 1945 


5316 surveyed Ephrata AAF Jun 16, 1943 

5317 surveyed Walla Walla AAF Apr 25, 143 

5318 (331st BG, 464th BS) crashed into side 

of mountain 10 mi NE of Covelo, CA May 30, 1943. 

All 6 crew killed. 

5319 to RFC Walnut Ridte Sep 26, 1945 

5320 wrecked May 4, 1943 Casper AAF, WY. 

Crashed and burned after takeoff 



5323 reclamation completed Olmstead AAF Feb 

9, 1945 


5325 reclamation completed Dyersburg AAF Feb 

9, 1945 

5326 condemned Biggs AAF Feb 23, 1943 




5330 reclamation completed Sedalia AAF, MO 

Mar 10, 1945 

5331 to RFC Kingman Oct 27, 1945

Feb 24, 1945 

killed. 

MACR 16090 

MACR 1991 


5333 reclamation completed Dyersburg AAF, TN 

5334 wrecked Ordway, CO Jan 24, 1943. Crew 


5336 to RFC Kingman Nov 2, 1945 

5337 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost Apr 17,1943. 


5339 condemned Casper AAF, WY Feb 16, 1943 


5341 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Vicious Virgin" 

aka "Scarlet Harlot") to RFC Altus Oct 9, 1945 

5342 wrecked May 7, 1943 4 mi W of Dalhart, 

TX. 9 killed 


5344 to RFC Arledge AAF Nov 22, 1944 

5345 surveyed Ephrata AAF Nov 10, 1943 


5347 surveyed Dyersburg AAF Sep 1, 1943 


5349 surveyed Gulfport AAF Jan 18, 1945 


c/n 3889/4023 


5351 to CL-26 Lowy AAF Jan 3,1 945 


5353 to F-9. To US Navy Jul 7, 1946 

5354 damaged in ground collision at 

Hendricks Field, FL 

Jun 26, 1945. Reclamation completed 

Hendricks AAF Jan 3, 1946 

5355 surveyed Alexandria AAF Jun 7, 1945 


5357 condemned Aug 27, 1944 

5358 crashlanded near Allentown, PA Jul 5, 

1945. To RFC Altus Oct 9, 1945 

5359 crashed northwest Iowa Dec 15, 1942 

while in training with 99th BG, 348th BS. Repaired 

and flown out. Recolamation completed 

Admore AAF Jan 3, 1946 

5360 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "War Bride" aka

"Old Faithful") lost Jan 11, 1944. MACR 1926 

5361 reclamation completed Walker AAF Mar 

16, 1945 

5362 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost Feb 26, 1943. 

MACR 15712 

5363 to RFC Kingman AAF Nov 14, 1945 

5364 reclamation completed Gulfport AAF Mar 

13, 1946 

5365 to RFC Stillwater Sep 24, 1945 


5367 crashed Feb 11, 1943 in mountains SE of 

Walla Walla, WA. 


5369 surveyed Galveston AAF Jan 21, 1944 

5370 (91st BG, 324th BS) lost Waddenzee, 

Netherlands Mar 4, 1943. 

MACR 16102. Shot down and crashed at 

sea after bombing 

Hamm marshaling yards. 1 POW, 3 MIA, 

6 KIA 

5371 to rFC Kingman Nov 14, 1945 

5372 to CL-26 Geiger AAF May 11, 1944 


5374 crashlanded in bad weather near Hobbs 

AAF, NM May 2, 1945. 

To RFC Ontario Jun 14, 1945 


5376 collided in midair with RAF Beaufighter 

V8715 Aug 31, 1943 

near Norwich. Beaufighter crashed at 

Foulsham, England. 

B-17 condemned Sep 1, 1943. 

5377 condemned MIA Apr 26, 1943 

5378 (306th BG, 367th BS) downed over St. 

Lorient, France Mar 6, 1943. 

5379 to CL-26 Wright AAF Nov 30, 1946 


5381 to CL-26b Amarillo AAF Aug 7, 1943 

5382 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "The Witches Tit") 

lost Jun 25, 1943. 

5383 to CL-26 Apr 4, 1944 

5384 to CL-26 Pyote AAF Aug 8, 1943 


5386 to CL-26 Dyersburg AAF Sep 5, 1943


5388 (99th BG, 348th BS, "Never Satisfied") 

to excessive inventory list Nov 30, 1945 


at Sioux City AAF, IA 

Feb 8, 1943. 8 killed, 2 survived. 

Condemned Sioux City AAF 

Feb 9, 1943 


5391 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost Apr 17, 1943. 

MACR 15222 

5392 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Stric Nine/Old Sad 

Sack") lost Aug 19, 1943. MACR 285 

5393 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Thumper Again" aka 

"Little Woman" & 

"Just For Laffs") to RFC Altus Oct 4, 

1945 


MACR 15516 

5395 condemned flak Jul 16, 1943 


5397 (2nd BG) lost Nov 18, 1943. MACR 1200. 

5398 to CL-16 Dalhart AAF Oct 13, 1943 



5401 to CL-26 Pyote AAF Mar 27, 1944 

5402 condemned crash landing with 340th BG 

Oct 4, 1943 

5403 condemned salvage not combat related 

Mar 30, 1945 

5404 (384th BG, 545th BS, *The Geezil*) MIA 

Jan 30, 1944 on mission to Brunswick, Germany. 

MACR 2264 



5407 (396th BG, then to 91st BG, then to 379th 

BG, 526th BS, "Fighting Pappy") damaged 

by Hptm Erich Woitke in Fw 190A-6 of JG 

11/2 and crashlanded 

at Schonberger Strand, Germany Oct 9, 

1943. MACR 1354. 

1 KIA, 9 POW. 


5409 (301st BG, 419th BS, "Lydia Pinkham",

to 2nd BG, 429th BS) shot down 

by Uffz Hans Langer in Bf 109G-6 of JG 

51/4 15 km SW of 

Udine, Italy Dec 19, 1943. MACR 1519. 

All 10 crew bailed, but 

tail gunner was shot by a German soldier 

and died, rest POW. 



5412 reclamation completed Lowry AAF Apr 30, 

1946 

5413 (99th BG) lost Aug 25, 1943. MACR 478 




5417 to RFC Walnut Ridge Aug 29, 1945 

5418 (483rd BG) lost Apr 30, 1944. MACR 

4612. 

5419 condemned crash landing Mar 5, 1943 




MACR 15619 

5423 in landing accident at Pueblo AAB, CO, 

rolled into ravine. One killed. 

5424 reclamation completed Amarillo AAF Apr 

9, 1946 


5426 (369th BS, 306th BG, 'Fightin-Bitin') 

lost over Kiel, 

Germany Jul 29, 1943. MACR 123. 6 

KIA, 4 POW 

5427 (2 BG, 20th BS) shot down by rocket fired 

by Bf 100G-2 of ZG 76/2 

S of Insbruck, Austria Dec 19, 1943. 


5428 to DPC Bush Field Jul 2, 1945 

5429 condemned MIA Jan 18, 1943 

5430 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Good Enuf") 

crashed after colliding with 

Fw 190 during mission to Wilhelmshaven 

Jun 11, 1943. MACR 15228 


5432 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "The Hunting Club"

aka "Just For Laughs") 

lost Jun 22, 1943. MACR 3077. Hit by 

AAA and was last seen 

after it had passed over the target 

area. Crashed at Berg Bossendorf, 

Germany. 6 KIA, 4 POW. 


5434 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Lady Luck" aka 

"Bob's Boudoir & Shad Rack") 

wrecked Sep 26, 1943 near Winchester, 

UK due to engine failure and 

structural failure, crew bailed out 


MACR 15721 

5436 surveyed Dyersburg AF Jun 27, 1943 

5437 (91st BG, 401st BS, "Frank's 

Nightmare") shot down by Hptm 

Erwin Klausen in Fw 190A-6 of JF 11/1 

Stab at Mayhen, 



9 KIA, 1 POW 



MACR 3355. 

Crashed near Udine. 1 KIA, 9 bailed out. 



27, 1946 

5444 (384th BG, 545th BS, *We Dood It*) MIA 

1/30/1944 on mission to Brunswick, Germany. MACR 2263 

5468 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Qui-9 The Bitter 

Dose" aka "The Nasty Nine") 

ditched Jun 25, 1943 


MACR 1820 

5482 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Cat O'9 Tails") 

suffered AAA damage over Germany Oct 14, 1943. Crew flew 

aircraft back 

to English coast and then bailed out. 

Plane finally crashed at Riseley, England. 

5483 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Red Ass" aka "The 

Devil Himself") 

damaged by Me 410A, then shot down by

Uffz Arnulf 

Gottschall in Bf 109G-6 of JG 27/5 near 

Menslage, Germany 

Nov 29, 1943. MACR 1656. 4 KIA, 6 POW 

42-5705/5709 Lockheed/Vega B-17F-1-VE Fortress 

c/n 6001/6005 

5705 surveyed Patterson AAF Apr 29, 1943 




5709 to RFC Walnut Ridge Oct 10, 1945 


c/n 6006/6020 

5710 to RFC Walnut Ridge dec 14, 1945 

5711 reclamatin completed Amarillo AAF Jun 

19, 1945 

5712 (91st BG, 324th BS, "My Prayer") damaged 

by fighters Aug 17, 1943, 

2 crew KIA, 5 bailed out and became POW. 

Regained and 

crashlanded at Manston, UK. 3 

remaining crew OK. 


5714 (91st BG, 332nd BS, *Old Faithful*) 

captured by Luftwaffe after bellylanding 

near Nancy, France Oct 14, 1943. MACR 


Lettered DR + PE. Went to KG.200 



5717 (306th BG, 423rd BS) shot down by 

fighter over 

Ploermal Feb 16, 1943. MACR 15472. 6 


5718 reclamation completed Panama, CZ Jul 

27, 1948 

5719 in training accident Hobbs Field, NM Mar 

11, 1943. 8 bailed out OK. 

5720 (384th BG, 544th BS) ran out of fuel and 

crashed at Beauvais, 


Stuttgart, Germany. MACR 776. 


5721 to RFC Stillwater, OK Sep 24, 1945

5722 surveyed Hobbs AAF Jan 6, 1944 

5723 condemned salvage battle damage Mar 19, 

1943 

5724 (91st BG, 322nd BS) lost Jun 28, 1943. 

MACR 15710 


c/n 6021/6040 

5725 (381st BG, 532nd BS, "This Is 

It/Flapper") teturned to USA 

Jul 13, 1944. To RFC Searcy Field Jul 

31, 1945 

5726 to RFC Ontario,CA Jun 7, 1945 

5727 condemned crash landing Jun 20, 1943 



5730 surveyed Walla Walla AAF Nov 23, 1943 


5732/5744 converted to YB-40 

5732 (92nd BG, 327th BS) got lost on 

delivery flight from Iceland to UK 

May 1943, forcelanded in peat bog 

on offshore Scottish island 

after running out of fuel. Removed 

to Stornoway and repaired. 

Returned to USA Mar 28, 1944. To 

RFC Ontario, CA May 18, 1945 

5733 (*Peoria Prowler*) to 91st BG Jul 

1943. Returned to USA Nov 2, 1943. 

To RFC Ontario, CA May 18, 1945 

5734 (*Seymour Angel*) to 91st BG Jul 

1943. Returned to USA Jan 25, 1944. 

to RFC Ontario, CA May 18, 1945 

5735 (92nd BG) shot down by flak Jun 2, 

1943. 

5736 (*Tampa Tornado*) to 303rd BG Jul 

1943, to 379th BG Sep 1943. Had been 

retired from use at Kimbolton by 

Oct 2, 1943 when it was 

shown to attendees at a party for 

local children. 

Returned to USA Mar 28, 1944. To 


5737 (*Dakota Demon*) to 303rd BG Jul 

1943 as "Dakota Demon". Returned to USA Nov 2, 1943.

Condemned salvage Jan 6, 1946 

5738 (*Boston Tea Party*) returned to 

USA Nov 2, 1943. To RFC Ontario, CA May 18, 1945 

5739 (*Lufkin Ruffian*) to 303rd BG Jul 

1943, to 384th BG Sep 1943. 

Returned to USA Nov 2,1943. To 


5740 (*Monticello*) returned to USA Nov 

2, 1943. To RFC Ontario, CA May 18, 1945 

5741 (*Chicago*) to 91st BG Jul 1943. 

Returned to USA Nov 2, 1943. To RFC 

Ontario, CA May 18, 1945 

5742 (*Plain Dealing Expresss*) 

returned to USA Mar 28, 1944. 

To RFC Ontario, CA May 18, 1945 

5743 (*Woolaroc*) returned to USA Nov 

2, 1943. Reclamation completed 

Yuma AAF Jan 18, 1944 

5744 (*Dollie Madison*) returned to USA 

Nov 2, 1943. Condemned Nov 2, 1943 


c/n 6041/6060 


Farnborough, England Jun 23, 1943 

for trials of Oboe and communications 

equipment, duration 

of stay not known. Returned to USA May 

26, 1944. To RFC 

Albuquerque Jun 19, 1945 

5746 (99th BG, 347th BS) shot down by fighter 

and crashed Lancon, France Jan 27, 1944. 

MACR 2039. 2 KIA, 7 POW, 2 evaded. 




5750 to CL-26 at Sioux City AB, Iowa Jun 15, 

1943 

5751 surveyed Gowen AF, Idaho Apr 27, 1943 

5752 surveyed Pyote AB Feb 7, 1944 





5756 returned to USA Jun 6, 1944. To RFC

Walnut Ridge Jan 9, 1946. 




5760 to RFC Walnut Ridge Sep 17, 1945 

5761 surveyed Biggs AAF Sep 24, 1944 


5763 (91st BG, 401st BS, *Bomb-Boogie*) shot 

down by Obfw. Walter Ebert 

in Fw 190A-6 of JG 2/10 at 

Mons-en-Pevele, France, Sept 6, 1943. MACR 514. 6 POW, 4 

evaded. 

5764 to excess inventory list Nov 30, 1945 


c/n 6061/6100 

5765 condemned salvage Oct 21, 1944 


MACR 120 


5768 condemned crash Jun 27, 1943 

5769 condemned ditched Nov 8, 1943 

5770 ditched in Atlantic Ocean 250 mi off 

coast of Africa Feb 14, 1943 due 

to fuel exhaustion while on ferry 

mission to North Africa. Crew survived. 

5771 listed as serving with the 383rd BG, 

452nd BS, Pendleton AAF, Oregon 

and never leaving the USA. Also 

listed as going to University of 

North Dakota May 20, 1946 

5772 condemned salvage Jun 14, 1945 

5773 (2nd BG, 96th BS) lost Feb 10, 1944. 

MACR 2206 

5774 to RFC Albuquerque Jul 27, 1945 


5776 (2nd BG, 96th BS, "Eager Beaver") shot 


Eleusis, Greece Dec 20, 1943. MACR 


5777 (483rd BG, 840th BS, "The Gin Mill") 

lost Apr 23, 1944. MACR 4664. 

5778 condemned burned May 11, 1943 

5779 (2nd BG, 96th BS) lost Mar 2, 1944. 

MACR 3216.

MACR 15635 

5780 condemned MIA May 1, 1943 


5782 condemned salvage Jul 21, 1945 



5785 damaged in ground collision at Hobbs 

AAF, NM May 29, 1945. 

To RFC Altus Oct 4, 1945 


MACR 3909 

5787 (323rd BS, 91st BG, "Billy K") shot down 

by Obfw Willi Roth 

in Fw 190A-5 of JG 26/4 at Forsbach, 

Germany Aug 12, 1943. 

Crew of 10 POW. MACR 262 



Jun 24, 1943 for trials of HF/VHF 

communications 

equipment; returned to USAAF Jul 2, 

1943. 

(303rd BG, 360th BS, "Pluto's Avenger" 

aka "A.O.G. Not In 

Stock") lost Feb 22, 1944. MACR 2647. 


5790 to CL-26 Sioux City AAF Jun 15, 1943. 

5791 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Ruthless") 

transferredto AFSC Jun 1943. 

Crashed into hill 2 mi SW of Newmarket, 

UK Dec 29, 1943. 

6 crew and 12 passengers killed. 

Condemned deletion Mar 20, 1944 

5792 (303rd BG, 358th BS, *The Mugger*) lost 

Jul 4, 1943 during 

mission to Le Mans (Sarthe). Fell in 

the village of Noyen 

sur Sarthe (Sarthe). 2 KIA, 4 POW, 4 

evaded. 

5793 (100th BG, "Stinky" then to 482nd BG, 

513th BGS. Was 8th AF's first 

H2S radar pathfinder. Crashed on 

takeoff and burned near Thorpe Abbots 

Nov 10, 1943. All 13 crew killed, plus

two civilians 


5795 (91st BG, 401st BS, "Skoal") ditched in 

North Sea Nov 26, 1943. 

10 rescued. 

5796 reclamation completed Admore AF, OK Jan 

3, 1946 


fighters Aug 16, 1943 

on mission to LeBourget, France. MACR 

295. 1 KIA, 3 POW, 

remaining crew evaded. 


MACR 657. Also listed as going 

to CL-26 at Pyote AAF, TX May 31, 1943. 

5799 damaged in ground collision at Kirtland 

AAF, NM Jun 3, 1945. 

To RFC Albuquerque Jul 5, 1945. 

5800 to CL-16 at Avon Park AF, FL May 20, 1944 

5801 (92nd BG, 327th BS) MIA Germany Aug 12, 

1943. MACR 656 


5803 condemned salvage battle damage Jul 18, 

1943 

5804 condemned salvage no battle damage Jan 

23, 1944 


c/n 6101/6150 

5805 condemned salvage battle damage Jun 16, 

1943 

5806 (384th BG, 545th BS) MIA Aug 12, 1943 

on mission to Gelsenkirchen, Germany. MACR 288 

5807 (351st BG, 511th BS, "Minor Ball") shot 

down by AAA on mission to 

Frankfurt Oct 4, 1943. MACR 910. 10 

KIA 


5809 condemned salvage battle damage Jun 15, 

1943 


MACR 1363 

5811 (2nd BG, 20th BS) lost Jan 10, 1944. 

MACR 1824 

5812 (351st BG, 511th BS, "Cannon Ball") shot

down by Karl-Emil 

Demuth in Fw 190A of JG 1/3 at Bad 

Godesberg, Bonn, 


mission. MACR 302. 

1 KIA, 9 POW 

5813 condemned salvage battle damage Jul 30, 

1943 

5814 (351st BG) ditched in North Sea Jun 13, 

1943 

5815 (351st BG) shot down by fighters on raid 

to Bremen Jun 13, 1943 


5817 to RFC Altus Oct 9, 1945 

5818 to DPC Bush Field Nov 27, 1945 

5819 to RFC Walnut Ridge Jul 3, 1945 


MACR 1359 and 2340 


MACR 1360 

5822 condemned MIA Jul 28, 1943 

5823 (351st BG) returned to USA Jun 1944. To 


5824 (351st BG) returned to USA Jun 1, 1944. 

To RFC at Walnut Ridge Dec 18, 1945 


5826 (306th BG, 369th BS) shot down during 

attack on Kiel, Germany 

Jul 29, 1943. MACR 122. 

5827 (379th BG, 526th BS) interned in Sweden 

Jan 5, 1944. MACR 1942 


MACR 2868 


MACR 1361. 

5830 to RFC Ontario, CA May 7, 1945 

5831 condemned May 31, 1943 

5832 (99th BG, 348th BS, "War Bird II") shot 

down by three 

Bf 109G-6s of JG 3/8 1 km SW of Planca 

di Sopra, Italy Dec 19, 1943. 


5833 converted to YB-40. To RFC Ontario CA 

May 24, 1945

5834 converted to YB-40, later to TB-40. TO 

RFC Walnut Ridge Dec 19, 1945 



MACR 1993 

5837 (2nd BG, 20th BS) MIA Italy Aug 19, 1943. 

MACR 459 

5838 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Mad Money II*) 

lost Jan 4, 1944 on mission to Kiel. MACR 1483. 

Crew of 10 POW 

5839 (379th BG, 325th BS) MIA Germany Jun 25, 

1944. MACR 1367 


5841 (306th BG, 423rd BS, "Est Nulla Via in 

Via Virtuli") diverted to 

Magadino-Ticino, Switzerland Sept 6, 

1943 after mission to Stuttgart, 

Germany and interned. MACR 519. 

5842 (463rd BG, 773rd BS) 

5843 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Black Ghost*) ran 

out of fuel and crashed 

near Beauvais, France Sep 6, 1943 on 

mission to Stuttgart, Germany. 

MACR 1455 and 774. 6 POW, 4 evaded 

5844 (97th BG, 341st BS) lost Nov 8, 1943. 

MACR 2098 

5845 (381st BG, 534th BS, 'Whaletail II') 

damaged by AAA and crashed 

into North Sea 50 mi off UK Dec 20, 1943. 

MACR 1724. 10 KIA. 

5846 (381st BG, 535th BS, 'Tinkertoy') lost 

in head-on collision 

with enemy fighter during mission to 

Bremen, Germany Dec 20, 1943, 

Bremen, Germany. MACR 1723. 7 KIA, 3 

POW. 

5847 (381st BG, 532nd BS, 'Margie Mae') shot 

down by AAA Maastricht, 

Holland Aug 12, 1943. MACR 660 

5848 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Patches*) 

salvaged Jul 30, 1943 after mission to Kassel. Had to 

break formation during mission to 

Kassel due to oxygen system 

problems, thereafter badly damaged by

enemy fighters. Managed 

to return to Voxted but so badly damaged 

that it was condemned 

for salvage.. 

5849 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Hell's Belles II*) 

shot down by Fw Ernst Hennig 

in Fw 190A of JG 2/1 between Rennes and 

Vitre, Frande Sep 16, 1943 

on mission to Nantes, France. MACR 


5850 (384th BG, 547th BS) MIA Jun 25, 1943 

on mission to Hamburg, Germany. MACR 16357 

5851 (384th BG, 547th BS) crashed 6/9/1943. 

5852 (384th BG, 547th BS, *The Natural*) 

abandoned over England 

Oct 14, 1943 after return from 

Schweinfurt, Germany. 1 injured, 

9 OK. Plane bellylanded in a field, 

crossed a road and crashed 

into 2 cottages S of Chetwode, UK. No 

injuries. 

5853 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Salvage Queen*) 

MIA Jun 22, 1943 on mission to Antwerp, Belgium. 

MACR 14668. 

5854 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Alley Oop") to RFC 

Kingman Dec 14, 1945 


c/n 6151/6200 

5855 (306th BG, 423rd BS) shot down at 

Goldenstedt, Germany Oct 8, 1943. MACR 869. 

5 KIA, 5 POW. 

5856 (99th BG, 347th BS, "Rangy Lil") shot 

down by Uffz Robert 

Meyer-Arend in Bf 109G-6 of JG 3/8 and 

crashed near Alvenau, 

Switzerland Oct 1, 1943. MACR 795. 5 

KIA, 5 interned. 

5857 (91st BG, 324th BS) shot down by 

fighters Apr 21, 1943 in attack 

on Wilhelmshaven. MACR 16136. 6 KIA, 

4 POW. 


MACR 4894 

5859 condemned salvage not battle damage

elated Feb 22, 1944 

5860 (100th BG, *Escape Kit*) shot down by 

fighters at Schweinberg, Germany 

on mission to Regensburg Aug 17, 1943. 


5861 (100th BG, 349th BS, "Stud Duck" later 

"Laden Maiden") shot down 

by Lt Karl Willius in Fw 190A-6 of JG 

26/2 and crashedat 

Liry, France Dec 30, 1943. MACR 2020. 

8 KIA, 2 evaded. 

5862 (100th BG, 350th BS, *Duration Plus 

Six*) lost on mission to 

Warnemunde/Kiel Jul 25, 1943. Shot 

down by flak and 

ditched in North Sea. MACR 117. 6 

KIA, 4 POW. 

5863 condemned salvage not battle damage 

related Jun 2, 1945 

5864 (100th BG, 351 BS, *Piccadilly Lilly*) 

shot down by AAA Oct 8, 1943, 

Bremen, Germany. MACR 948. 6 KIA, 5 

POW. 

5865 (100th BG, 351st BS, *Janie*) lost on 

mission to Paris Sep 3, 1943. MACR 686 

5866 wrecked Sep 2, 1943, Lockgourne AAB, OH 

5867 (100th BG, 350th BS, *Alice from 

Dallas*) shot down by fighter 


MACR 678. 

Crashed at Langerloo, Belgium. 5 

evaded, 2 KIA, 3 POW. 



5870 to RFC Albuquerque AAF, NM Aug 3, 1945 

5871 converted to YB-40. To RFC Ontario AAF 

May 18, 1945 

5872 converted to TB-40. To RFC Walnut 

Ridge Dec 19, 1945 

5873 (2nd BG, 96th BS) lost Aug 4, 1943. 

MACR 346 

5874 (99th BG) lost Mar 4, 1944. MACR 3523. 

5875 (97th BG, 342nd BS) shot down by Bf 

109G-6 of JG 53/III S of

Rimini, Italy Nov 27, 1943. MACR 1304 



5878 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "Yankee Eagle") 

shot down by fighter Minden, Germany Nov 1, 

1944. MACR 1874 

5879 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'Daisy June II') 

lost May 7, 1944. MACR 4562 

5880 (94th BG, 333rd BS) lost Jun 22, 1943 

between Hemmen and Dodewaard, 

Netherlands on raid on Huls, Fermany. 

5881 to RFC Stillwater Oct 4, 1945 

5882 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Spook III") lost 

Jul 28, 1943. MACR 216 

5883 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Weary Willie/No 

Name Jive*) ditched in North Sea 

Jul 25, 1943 after mission to Hamburg, 

Germany. Three engines 

were hit and the plane had to leave the 

formation while 

still under attack from Fw 190s. All 

10 crew were picked up by 

a Danish fishing boat, which took them 

50 miles off the coast 

of England and they were transferred to 

a British launch. 


5885 (96th BG, 413rd BS) lost Apr 11, 1944. 

MACR 3809 

5886 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'The Jolly Roger') 

shot down by fighter of 

JG 26 2km SW of Woensdrecht, 

Netherlands Aug 17, 1943 on 

raid to Regensburg/Schweinfurt. MACR 

387A. 6 KIA, 3 POW, 1 

evaded. 


5888 (94th BG, 331st BS, "Elusive Elcy") hit 

by Hptm Joachim 

Kirschner in Bf 109G-6 of JG 3/5 Sep 27, 

1943, caught fire 

and exploded near Norden, Germany Sep 

27, 1943. MACR 732. 

10 KIA, 1 POW.

5889 condemned salvage battle damage Oct 12, 

1943 


crashed 45-50 km NNW 

of Paris, France Sep 6, 1943. MACR 

740. 10 POW. 

5891 condemned salvage Jun 17, 1944 

5892 (385th BG, 551st BS, "Pregnant Portia") 

damaged by enemy fighter, 

ran out of fuel, and ditched in 

Mediterranean 130 mi off 

North Africa while returning from 

mission to Regensburg 

Aug 17, 1943. Crew rescued. 

5893 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Sad Sack") hit by 

AAA over Hannover, crew bailed 

out near Diepholz, plane not crashed 

and shot down by Oblt Johann 

Miklar of NJG 3/1 Stab at Dorreloh, 

Germany Jul 26, 1943. MACR 197. 

2 KIA, 8 POW. 

5894 crashed Stranavan Bay, Scotland June 

1943 during ferry flight across Atlantic. 

5895 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'Souse Family') 

lost Jul 26, 1943. MACR 191B 

5896 (385th BG) lost between Gander and 

Prestwick Jun 27, 1943. MACR 16 

5897 (385th BG, "Roundtrip Jack") had 20 mm 

cannon unofficially fitted in nose. 

The gun was later removed. Condemned 

salvage no battle damage May 29, 1945 

5898 (388th BG, 562nd BS, "Little Lass") shot 

down by Fuuz Keruz in Bf 109G-6 of JG 1/9 and 

crashed into Ijsselmeer E of 

Schellingwoude, Netherlands Oct 10, 1943. MACR 3117. 

10 POW. 


MACR 3118 

5900 condemned salvage no battle damage Aug 

1, 1944 

5901 (94th BG, 410th BS, "Superstitious 

Aloysius") lost Oct 14, 

1943. 1 KIA, 9 POW. MACR 789 

5902 condemned salvage battle damage Dec 1,

1943 

5903 (390th BG, 571st BS, *Ascend Charlie*) 

flew into hill Nant-y-Lay in 

Wales while returning from mission Sep 

16, 1943. MACR 3720. 10 killed. 

5904 (388th BG, 560th BS, "Gremlin Gus") 

scraped hilltop near South Molton while returning 

from combat mission Sep 16, 1943. 

Impact threw tail gunner 

out (he survived with minor injuries), 

aircraft traveled 

another 3 miles before crashing. 1 

killed, 5 injured. Condemned salvage battle damage 

Sep 19, 1943 


c/n 6201/6250 

5905 condemned salvage no battle damage Jun 

2, 1945 

5906 (388th BG, 562nd BS,"Sondra Kay") 

crashed at Shobdon, 

UK Sep 16, 1943. MACR 3119. 10 

killed. 

5907 (388th BG, 563rd BS, "Wing and a 

Prayer") crashed in North 

Sea Jul 24, 1943 after bombing 

Rerik-West airfield in 

Germany. MACR 3120. 8 MIA, 2 KIA. 


MACR 3069 

5909 lost Feb 4, 1944. MACR 2511, 3361 

5910 (92nd BG, 326th BS *Ruthie*) badly 

damaged by enemy fighters 

during mission to Nantes Jul 4, 1943. 

Managed to return to 

Alconbury. Repaired and transferred 

to 305th BG, 365th BS, 

"Hellcat". Ran out of fuel and 

crashlanded at Hawkinge, 

UK Sep 15, 1943. Salvaged Sep 17, 1943 

5911 condemned salvage Sep 3, 1943 


5913 (385th BG, 551st BS, 'Shack Bunny') 

crashed due to 

mechanical failure at Echt, Limburg,

Netherlands Oct 20, 1943 

during mission to Duren. MACR 828 

The crew was from the 550th BS and only 

borrowing the plane. 

MACR database has the date as Oct 10. 

5914 (385th BG, 549th BS, 'Sack Time') shot 

down by Lt Georg 

Frolich in Bf 109G-6 of JG1/8 at 

Hessloch, Germany 


MACR 387B. 10 POW 

5915 (390th BG, 570th BS, "Cash & Carry") 

shot down by fighter near Munster, 


POW. 

5916 condemned salvage Jul 7, 1943 

5917 (370th BG) lost Jul 25, 1943. MACR 1767 

5918 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Heavenly Daze") 

lost Jan 11, 1944. MACR 2010 


5920 converted to YB-40. To RFC Walnut 




5922 converted to YB-40, then to TB-40. TO 

RFC Altus Oct 8, 1945 







5926 converted to YB-40 then to TB-40. 

Reclamation completed Hendricks AAF, FL 

Feb 13, 1946 









5934 surveyed Sioux City AB Nov 26, 1943

5935 to CL-26 Pratt AAF Jun 14, 1944 

5936 to RFC Albuquerque AF Jul 27, 1945 

5937 (301th BG) lost Mar 17, 1944. MACR 3200 

5938 (97th BG) lost Apr 5, 1944. MACR 3966 


5940 condemned crash Mar 8, 1943 


5942 (388th BG, 563rd BS, "Sky Shy/Wenatchee 

Special") shot 

down by AAA Sep 6, 1943, Stuttgart, 


2 KIA, 8 POW. 

5943 (97th BG, 414th BS) lost Apr 23, 1944, 

Austria. MACR 4393 




MACR 6617 

5947 excess inventory list Sep 1, 1945 

5948 (97th BG, 342nd BS) shot down by figter 

Dec 19, 1943, Lienz, Austria. 

MACR 1520 

5949 (301st BG, 419th BS) Sep 25, 1943. 


MACR 2997 


MACR 6406 




5954 condemned repair incomplete Mar 30, 

1944 


c/n 6250/6325 

5955 surveyed Gore AAF Sep 14, 1943 


5957 (100th BG, *Horny II*) salvaged May 9, 

1944 

5958 to CL-26 Walla Walla AAF Apr 19, 1944 





5964 to RFC Walnut Ridge Dec 18, 1945

7, 1944 

Field Sep 4, 1943 

20, 1946 


5966 surveyed Walla Walla Jul 27, 1943 




5970 condemned salvage no combat damage Nov 



5973 to RFC Walnut Ridge Nov 27, 1945 


5975 toRFC Altus Nov 5, 1945 


5977 wrecked Sep 2, 1943. To CL-26 at Geiger 


5979 reclamation completed Rapid City Aug 


5981 (100th BG, *Laden Maiden (Stud Duck)*) 

lost on mission to Ludwigshafen Dec 30, 1943. 

Also listed as going to CL-26 at Dalhart 

AAF Sep 25, 1943 

5982 reclamation completed Langley AAF Jul 

5, 1945 

5983 reclamation completed Gulfport AAF Mar 

22, 1945 



MACR 5899 

5986 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Brown's Mule") shot 

down by fighter near MunsterOct 10, 1943 during mission to 

Munster. MACR 944. 3 KIA, 7 POW.. 

5987 Syracus ATS ferry May 14, 1945 (last 

entry) 


5989 (94th BG, 331st BS, "Marge H") shot down 

by fighter at 

Aurich, Germany Sep 27, 1943. MACR 

5674. 10 KIA 





5993 to CL-26 Dyersburg AAF Mar 22, 1944 




5997 (100th BG, 351st BS, "Heaven Can Wait") 

shot down by 

Fw 190A-6s of JG 26 and crashed at 

Vaux-les-Mouron, 

France on mission to Ludwigshafen Dec 

30, 1943. MACR 2019. 




6000 to RFC Ontario, CA Aug 27, 1945 

6001 surveyed Robins AAF Apr 21,1 945 

6002 surveyed Buckingham AF Jun 2, 1944 

6003 reclamation completed BowmanAAF Jun 5, 

1946 




6007 reclamation completed Dayton AAF Jun 5, 

1946 



6010 involved in midair collision with 

42-30633 and crashed 

near Jackson, MS Apr 11, 1945. 

Reclamation completed 

Jackson AAB Apr 20, 1945 


6012 wrecked 4 mi E of Rockland, TX when 

engines caught fire, crew 

bailed out Aug 13, 1943 

6013 surveyed Lewstown AAF, MT Jan 4, 1944 




6017 surveyed Gret Falls AAF Jan 14, 1944 

6018 surveyed Alexandria AAF Oct 18, 1943 




6023 reclamation completed Keesler AAF, MS

Apr 30, 1946 


6025 wrecked when force-landed 8 mi NE of 

Roy, MT Sep 7, 1943. 

Surveyed Sep 21, 1943 

6026 surveyed Gulfport AAF, MS Sep 2, 1944 

6027 to rFC Walnut Ridge Dec 7, 1945 


6029 reclamation completed Pyote AF Apr 17, 

1945 


c/n 6326/6400 


6031 collided with another B-17 41-24621 

over Gulf of Mexico 

Sept 10, 1943. 11 on each aircraft 

killed. 


MACR 2754 

6033 reclamation completed Childress AAF, TX 

Jun 7, 1946 



6036 converted to YC-108. To RFC Augusta, 

GA Jun 25, 1946 

6037 (94th BG, 331st BS) damaged by AAA then 


Schiesseburg of JGr Ost/2 at La Clisse, 

France Dec 31, 1943. MACR 1043 

7 KIA, 4 POW. MACR database has this 

number as being 1755. 


6039 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Blondie III") badly 

damaged by Lt Zweigart 

of JG 54/7 and 9 crew bailed out, then 

shot down by Lt 

Eberhard Schade in Bf 109G-6 of JG 27/5 

and exploded near 

Cloppenburg, Germany Nov 29, 1943. 




6042 crashed Oct 13, 1943 Pinegree Park, 

Colorado

29, 1947 


6044 reclamation completed Orland AAB May 

6045 to CL-26 Nov 17, 1943 




6049 to CL-26 Great Falls AAF May 19, 1944 


6051 surveyed Sioux City AAF May 8, 1946 


6053 surveyed USA Mar 25, 1944 

6054 to RFC at Stillwater, OK Aug 24, 1945 




6058 to DL-26 at WalaWala AAF, WA Jan 3, 1944 

6059 to CL-26 Gieger AAF Feb 28, 1944 


6061 surveyed WalaWala AAF Aug 13, 1943 

6062 surveyed Lewistown AAF, MT Sep 21, 1943. 

Crashed in Montana 

on training flight and all onboard 

killed. 


6064 surveyed Dalhart AAF TX Nov 30, 1943. 

To civil registry as N7942A 



6067 reclamation completed Biggs CAF Aug 30, 

1946 




6071 reclamation completed McCook AAF NB Apr 

20, 1945 


6073 to RFC Santa Anna AAF,CA Sep 22, 1945. 

Sold on civil market as N7942A then 

to Bolivia as CP-686. Destroyed Nov. 

1968. Also reported as being N7952A 



6076 to RFC Searcy Field Aut 4, 1945




6080 336th BS, "Mary Ruth/The WeWa Special") 

to 803rd BS(P) at Oulton early 1944 as radio countermeasures 

aircraft, 

fitted with six Mandrel sets. Later 

converted for use in Aphrodite 

program as flying bomb. Not expended, 

WFU Aug 1944. 

To RFC Kingman Feb 19, 1946 

6081 damaged in takeoff accident at 

Hendricks Field, FL 

Apr 9, 1945. RFC Walnut Ridge Dec 19, 

1945 

6082 wrecked in crashlanding 6mi NE of 

Bulfport AF, MS. To CL-26 

Sep 3, 1943. 

6083 reclamation completed Kessler Field Aug 

3, 1945. 


6085 surveyed in USA Feb 2, 1944. 

6086 (91st BG, 401st BS, "My Blonde Baby") 


Alfred Grislwaski in Fw 190A-6 of JG 1/1 

at Leutesdorf, 


KIA 

6087 (100th BG, 418th BS, *Royal 

Flush/Harper's Ferr*) lost on mission to 

Villacoublay Aug 11, 1944. MACR 8074 


6089 reclamation completed Metropolitan 

Field, CA Oct 25, 1945 

6090 surveyed in USA Oct 14, 1943 




6094 (100th BG, 418th BS) salvaged Jan 31, 

1944 after taxi accident 

in collision with B-17F 42-3474 and 

B-17G 42-37772 at 

Thorpe Abbots, UK on Dec 27, 1943 

6095 to RFC Walnut Rideg Dec 19, 1945

6096 (351st BG, 511th BS, "Onda Ball") shot 

down by fighter with 

rocket Oct 14, 1943, Schweinfurt. 1 



6098 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Superstitious 

Aloysius") ditched in English Channel 

Jan 1, 1944 due to flak damage during 

mission to Kiel. 

All crew rescued. MACR database has 

date of Aug 4, 1944. MACR 7700 

6099 (96th BG) lost Mar 22, 1944. MACR 3420 

6101 to RCAF as Fortress II 9203. Lost at 

sea between Morocco and Azores Dec 15, 1944 


c/n 6401/6500 

6107 converted to TB-17F, to Department of 

Public Institutions, Clarkson, 

WA in 1946 for use as instructional 

airframe. Became derelict, 

sold on civil market Columbia Airmotive 

of Troutdale, OR as N1340N 

Nov 18, 1953. Used as tanker by Aero 

Enterprises and later by Aero 

Flite. Re-engined with Rolls-Royce 

Dart turboprops in 1969. 

Crashed at Dubois, WY while firebombing 

Aug 18, 1970. 


6122 surveyed Dallas Mar 28, 1944 




6126 reclamation completed Dyersburg AF, TN 

Jan 29, 1945 

6127 to RFC Biggs Field, TX Apr 14, 1946 


7, 1946 

6129 converted to F-9B photo recon 

aircraft with cameras added and all 

bombing 

equipment removed. To excess 

inventory list Jun 1, 1946 

6130 to RFC Altus Oct 9, 1945.

6131 surveyed Alexandria AAF Sep 24, 1944 


6133 reclamation completed Robbins Apr 20, 

1945 

6134 to F-9B photo recon aircraft with 

cameras added and 

all bombing equipment removed. To RFC 

at Altus Oct 4, 1945 


with cameras added and all bombing 

equipment removed. Reclamation 

completed Lowry AF Sep 18, 1947. 


6137 crashed 27 mi NE of Tellico Plains, TN 

Apr 8, 1945. 

To RFC Kingman Oct 31, 1945 



equipment removed. Condemned salvage 

Nov 18, 1946 

6139 reclamation completed Great Bend AF, KS 

Jan 24, 1945 



equipment removed. condemned salvage 

parts 

6141 to RFC Altus 1945 




6145 to CL-26 Denver Feb 26, 1944 


6147 to CL-26 Denver Jan 16, 1944 

6148 to RFC Altus Aug 27,1945 

6149 condemned Sep 29, 1943 

6150 damaged in bird strike near Galveston 

AAF, TX Feb 16, 1945. 

To RFC Altus Oct 9, 1945 

6151 (351st BG) salvaged Jun 11, 1945 





Germany Oct 10, 1943. MACR 827


6157 crashlanded at Hobbs AAF, NM May 4, 

1945. To RFC Altus Aug 27, 1945 




equipment removed. condemned salvage 

no battle damage Aug 28, 1945 


6161 reclamation completed Biggs AF Jan 17, 

1945 





equipment removed. W/o in landing 

accident Mar 8, 1945. 

Condemned salvage Sep 8, 1945 




6168 to CL-26 Denver Apr 12, 1945 


6170 surveyed Cheyenne Jan 26, 1944 

6171 to RFC Searcy Field Aug 4, 1945 

6172 to RFC Altus Aug 8, 1945 

6173 crashed near Sebring, FL Jul 14, 1945. 

Reclamation completed Hendricks AAF, FL Jul 27, 1945 

6174 condemned salvage from enemy action Oct 

25, 1945 

6175 surveyed US Mar 15, 1944 

6176 to RFC Walnut Ridge Aug 18, 1945 

6177 reclamation completed Dyersburg AF, TN 

Dec 9, 1945 

6178 to RFC Walnut Ridge Aug 19, 1945 

6179 to RFC Walnut Ridge Dec 14, 1945 



6182 surveyed Lockbourne AAF Nov 21, 1944 



equipment removed. To RFC Kingman Nov 

13, 1945 

6184 converted to F-9B photo recon aircraft


equipment removed. to DPC Bush Field 

Mar 7, 1945 



equipment removed. reclamation 

completed MacDill Nov 18, 1947 



equipment removed. to RFC Walnut 




equipment removed. to excess 

inventory list Jun 14, 1946 






6195 to RFC Walnut Ridge Jun 27, 1945 


6197 to RFC at MacDill Dec 18, 1944 

6198 to CL-26 Alexandria AF, LA Sep 21, 1943 

6199 to RFC Walnut Ridge Aug 21, 1945 



equipment removed. To RFC Altus Oct 

11, 1945 



equipment removed. Reclamation 

completed MacDill SAC Feb 2, 1948 


6203 to RFC, Walnut Ridge 12/14/45 

6204 to RFC, Walnut Ridge 12/29/45 


c/n 4581/4645 

29470 (97th BG, "Kibbe Tondelayo") lost 3 

engines due to flak and ditched near Catania, 

Sicily Jul 16, 1943. Crew rescued by 

a British destroyer. 

29477 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Joan of Ark") hit 

by a rocket from a

Bf 110G-2 and crashed near Bamberg, 



29481 (303rd BG, 427th BS) shot down over 

North Sea 10 mi E of 

Scharnhorn Island during mission to 

Heligoland Islands 

May 15, 1943. All crew KIA. MACR 

15515 


MACR 386 and 340 

29485 (463rd BG, "Miss Fury") 


MACR 1133 and 988 

29487 (91st BG, 324th BS) lost Jan 11, 1944. 

MACR 1915 

29492 (351st BG) collided over Polebrook 

with 42-29865 May 7, 1943. 

Also have MACR 1132 and 98A which have 

this plane as lost Jul 5, 1943 

with 99th BG 



29498 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Dark Horse" aka 

"Mumsie") damaged by 

AAA then shot down by Hptm Walter 

Koeckner in Fw 190A-6 of 

JG 1/II Stab near Harpstedt, Germany 

Nov 29, 1943. MACR 1657. 

4 KIA, 6 POW. 

29500 crashed 16 mi E of Ellensburg, WA Mar 

29, 1943. 9 killed. 

29502 (99th BG, 416th BS) lost Nov 24, 1943. 

MACR 1308 

29505 crashed into Mt. Maenclochog, Wales 

Apr 11, 1944 during ferry flight. British records 

show date as Nov 4, 1942. 

29506 (381st BG, 532nd BS, "Full Boost!") 

shot down by Oblt Hugo 

Frey in Bf 109G of JG 11/7 at Cassel, 



29509 ("Bad Penny") 

29511 (379th BG, 525th BS, "The Iron Maiden")


Germany Oct 14, 1943. 10 POW. MACR 

957 

29520 (91st BG, 323rd BS) shot down by 

fighter at Strohen 

10 km N of Diepenau, Germany Oct 8, 

1943. MACR 909. 3 KIA, 7 POW 


MACR 457. 

29524 (423rd BS, 306th BS, "Meat Hound") 

transferred to 358th BS, 303rd BG. 

Hit by fighters over Durgerdam, Holland 

Jan 11, 1944. 9 parachutes reported 

over the Netherlands. 3 KIA, 6 POW. 

The pilot returned 

the damaged aircraft alone to a fighter 

field at Metfield, 

England. MACR 4269 

29529 (305th BG, then to 306th BG, 422nd BS, 

then to 

384th BG, 545th BS, *Nora*) crashlanded 

at Grafton 

Underwood in England Dec 13, 1943. 

Salvaged 


MACR 394 

29531 (305th BG, 422nd BS) lost May 29, 1943 


c/n 4646/4745 

29532 in ground collision Salinas, KS Mar 12, 

1943. 9 killed. 

29536 (91st BG, 401st BS, 'Mary Ruth, 

Memories of Mobile') shot down by fighters over 

Huls, Germany Jun 22, 1943. 2 KIA, 8 

POW. 

29537 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost Mar 28, 1943. 

MACR 16086. 

29540 91st BG, 323rd BS, "Shooting Star", 

then to 91st BG, 323rd 

BS "Shooting Star". Ran out of fuel 

and ditched into the 

English Channel Sep 6, 1943. MACR 515. 

4 KIA, 6 rescued. 

29553 (305th BG, 366th BS) lost Aug 12, 1943.

MACR 252 



Feb 8, 1944 for "range tests". 

Returned to USAAF Apr 10, 1944. 

29555 (305th BG, 422nd BS, "Centaur") 

participated in night RAF 

raid on Hannover and shot down by a 

night fighter near 

Hannover, Germany Sep 27, 1943. MACR 

906. 7 KIA 3 POW 

29557 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Yankee Gal*) 

crashlanded and hit a hangar 

at Desford, England Oct 10, 1943. No 

injuries. 

29558 (398th BG) crashed Dec 13, 1943 about 

10 mi N of Rosebud, SD. 

All 10 aboard killed. 

29559 (91st BG, 323rd BS, "Stup-N-Takit") 

damaged by Fw 190s 

Aug 17, 1943 on Schweinfurt raid, 

burned back and shot down by 3 

Bf 110G-4s of NJG 1/11at Testelt, 

Belgium. MACR 278. 

3 KIA, 7 POW. 

29570 (381st BG, 532nd BS, "Big Time Operator 

II") returned to 

USA Apr 26, 1944 and salvaged May 5, 

1944. 

29571 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Charley Horse") 


Klaus Mietusch in Bf 109G-6 of JG 26/III 

Stab and crashed 

near Mons, Belgium Oct 20, 1943. 1 


MACR 1033 

29573 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Two Beauts") 

collided with 41-24559 

near Wellingboro, UK Mar 31, 1943. 

First plane salvaged, 

second plane demolished. 

29574 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost Apr 17, 1943. 

MACR 6574 

29580 (2nd BG, 429th BS) hit high tension

wires, crashlanded and 

destroyed by fire at Rahmoun, Algeria 

May 3, 1943. No injuries. 

29581 (2nd BG, 429th BS, "Sugarpuss") shot 

down by Bf 109G-6 pver 

Turrhenian Sea Oct 14, 1943. MACR 968. 

10 KIA 


made emergency landing 

in cornfield 3 mi S of Braymer, MO Feb 

19, 1943. All 10 

uninjured. 


MACR 210 


MACR 3253. 

Crashed Novo Mesto (now Slovenia) 

29585 (2nd BG, 429th BS) crashed on landing 

in foggy weather at 

Hutchensen, KS Feb 18, 1943. All 9 

onboard killed. 

29586 flew into Mt Elden N of Flagstaff, AZ 

Mar 5, 1943. All 5 crew killed. 


MACR 260 


MACR 371 

29595 (2nd BG, 20th BS, "Fadler/Thru All 

Danger Let Us Ride") 

29602 (2nd BG, 20th BS) 

29603 (351st BG, 511th BS, "Spit Ball") shot 

down by fighters 

in Schleswig area, Germany Oct 9, 1943 

on raid to Anklam. MACR 875. 

1 KIA, 9 POW. 

29604 (2nd BG, 20th BS, "Thunder Mug") 

29605 (2nd BG, 429th BS) lost Jun 21, 1943. 

MACR 313 

29606 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Butch" aka 

"Toots") lost Jul 27, 1943. MACR 91 


MACR 78 


29609 (2nd BG, 20th BS) shot down by Bf 109G-6

of JG 53/III over 

Italy Nov 10, 1943. MACR 1120. 6 KIA, 


29614 (2nd BG, 20th BS, "Woikin Goil") shot 

down by Obfw Heinz 

Sielaff in Bf 110G-2 of ZG 26/8 and 

crashed into 

Mediterranean Sea 55 km W of Trapani, 

Italy May 9, 1943. 

MACR 2817 and 2824. 10 KIA 


MACR 46 


MACR 15715 

29623 (2nd BG, 49th BS) in taxiing accident 

with 42-29909 of 2nd BG, 

20th BS at Amendola Feb 3, 1944. 

29624 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Pappy") to 92nd 

BG Jul 27, 1943 



29630 (351st BG, 509th BS, "Piccadilly 

Commando") shot down by AAA and ditched off Guernsey, France 

on raid to Cognac Dec 31, 1943. MACR 

1985. 11 POW. 

29631 (306th BG, 423rd BS) lost Apr 17, 1943. 

MACR 15444 


c/n 4746/4845 

29632 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Cased Ace*) 

returned to USA Jun 7, 1944. 


MACR 2869 

29635 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Augerhead") shot 

down over Abbeville on mission 

to Amiens/Glisy and crashed between 

Treport and Have 

(Somme) Aug 31, 1943. MACR 470 

29636 (384th BG, 546th BS, *X-Virgin*) 


29638 (2nd BG, 49th BS) shot down over 

Austria Feb 24, 1944. MACR 2618 


Austria Feb 24, 1944. MACR 2702

29640 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Ol' Ironsides") 

lost Aug 12, 1943. MACR 256 


MACR 4483 

29642 (91st BG, 323rd BS) lost May 13, 1944, 



MACR 15523 

29646 (2nd BG, 49th BS, "Peg O'My Heart") 

damaged by Bf 109G-6 of 

JG 53/III and caught fire then ditched 

in Mediterranean 

Sea Nov 10, 1943. MACR 1144. 10 KIA. 


MACR 16542. RAF record 

card for Halifax HR689 says aircraft 

w/o At RAF ST Eval 

Mar 26, 1943 when stalled on approach 

and struck this B-17. 

Presumably the B-17 survived this 

incident. 

29649 (306th BG, 423rd BS) badly damaged by 

flak during mission to St Nazaire 

May 1, 1943. Ball turret gunner S/Sgt 

Maynard Smith credited with saving aicraft by fighting 

fire and subsequently awarded Medal of 

Honor. Aicraft landed at Predannack 

but was so badly damaged that it was 

SOC> 

29651 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Stella*) 


29653 (379th BG, 525th BS, "Bad News") shot 

down by fighter at 

Schrozberg, Germany Oct 14, 1943. 4 


29654 (351st BG) returned to USA Jul 3, 1944 

29656 (91st BG, 322nd BS, "Skunkface") shot 

down near Malmedy, France 

by four Fw 190s during raid on 

Ascherleben Feb 20, 1944. MACR 2640 

29657 (91st BG) lost May 21, 1943. 

29658 (306th BG, 367th BS) lsot Apr 17, 1943. 

MACR 15446 

29659 (91st BG, 324th BS) lost Mar 22, 1943.

MACR 16291 

MACR 15555 



29664 (3034d BG, 358th BS, *Jersey Bounce 

Jr*) hit by flak over 

Bremen Dec 20, 1943 and unable to keep 

formation, then 

severely damaged by enemy fighters. 

Ditched in North Sea 

off Cromer. Crew rescued by passing 

coaster. 

29666 (306th BG, 423rd BS, *Dearly Beloved*) 

ditched in North Sea 

May 21, 1943 while returning from raid 

on Wilhelmshaven 

with a record 11 enemy planes downed. 

All crew members 

picked up by Royal Navy minesweeper. 


mission 

to Hamburg, Germany. 

29675 (E81st BG, 533rd BS "Nip'n Tuck") shot 

down by German fighter 

Bremen, Germany Oct 8, 1943. Also 

have an MACR 2169 which has 

this plane as being lost Jun 13, 1943 

with 95th BG, 336th BS when 

shot down by fighters near islands of 

Langeland and Lolland 

in Denmark during mission to Kiel. 3 

MIA, 7 KIA. 

29676 and 29719 converted to F-9 photo-recon 

aircraft with 

cameras added and bombing equipment 

deleted. 


fighters on mission to Wilhemlshaven 

and crashed into North Sea May 15, 1943. 

29678 damaged at Amarillo AAF, TX Jun 1, 1945 

29680 (95th BG, 336th BS, *Battlin' B*) 

downed near Tonder, Denmark Jun 13, 1943. MACR 2751 

29684 (351st BG, 509th BS, "Eager Eagle") ran 

out of fuel and

ditched in English Channel Sep 6, 1943 

29685 disintegrated when bombs exploded 

while being bombed up at Alconbury 

May 27, 1943. 18 killed, 21 seriously 

injured (one died later) and 14 

slightly injured. 

29686 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Kayo*) MIA Aug 

12, 1943 on mission 

to Gelsenkirchen, Germany. MACR 290 


MACR 4895 

29692 (945h BG) shot down May 29, 1943 in 

attack on Rennes, France 

29693 (95th BG, 412nd BS, "Lonesome 

Polecat") lost Jun 11, 1943. MACR 2897 

29694 (379th BG, 527th BS, "Southern Belle") 


Topp of EprKdo 25 between Delmenhorst 

and Bremen, Germany 

Nov 26, 1943. MACR 1577. 6 KIA, 4 POW 

29697 crashed on railroad tracks in 

Wakeeney, Kansas during training accident. 

Don't know the date. 

29698 (94th BG, 331st BS, "Hell's Angel/Wild 

Angel") then to 92nd 

BG, 326th BS. Damaged by AAA and 

crashlanded at Alconbury, 

UK Aug 27, 1943. 1 KIA, 2 injured. 

29699 (384th BG, 547th BS, "Old Battle Axe") 

ditched in English 

Channel Sep 16, 1943 on mission to 

Nantes, France. Crew rescued. 

29700 (384th BG) MIA 7/29/1943 on mission to 

Kiel, Denmark. 


May 19, 1943 on 

mission to Kiel. MACR 15719. 

29702 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Rat Killer") shot 

don by German fighters 

over Baltic Sea south of Danish island 

of Langeland 

Jun 13, 1943. MACR 4986. 6 MIA, 3 

KIA. Body of pilot 

recovered in Apr 1956.

29703 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Kathy Jane*) 

returned to USA May 6, 1944 

29704 (336th BS, "The Spook") 

29705 (336th BS, "Sweet 17") 

20706 (95th BG, "Flower") damaged when B-17 

42-29685 exploded at Alconbury 

May 27 1943. May have been written off 

29709 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Yo' Brother") MACR 

190 Jul 26, 1943, MACR 4897 

May 29, 1944. 

29710 (94th BG) shot down May 29, 1943 St 

Meloir des Ondes 

mission, Rennes. MACR 15139 

29711 (9tht BG, 331st BS, "Salty's Naturals 

II then to 91st BG, 

332nd BS, "Chief Sly II") shot down by 

two Bf 110s of NJG 5/III 

and crashed into Baltic Sea SW of 

Gedser, Denmark Oct 9, 1943. MACR 894 

10 KIA. 

29712 (384th BG, 546th BS, 

*Philly-Brooklyn*) shot down by fighter 

in Schleswig area, Germany Oct 9, 1943 

on mission to Anklam, Germany. MACR 

873. 3 KIA, 7 POW. 

29713 (379th BG, 525th BS) damaged by fighter 

and crashed near Paris, 

France Oct 4, 1943. MACR 960. 10 POW. 


MACR 15162 

29716 (351st BG) shot down by AAA Aug 27, 1943 

on mission 

to Watten. MACR 469 

29717 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Mr. Five By 

Five*) MIA Feb 25, 1944 

on mission to Augsburg, Germany. MACR 

1774 

29724 (94th BG, 332nd BS, "Little Minnie" 

then to 92nd BG, then to 

379th BG, 524th BS) ditched in North Sea 

60 mi W of Dutch coast 

Dec 22, 1943. 10 KIA. MACR 1718 

29725 (92nd BG, 407th BS) shot down Sep 3, 

1943 just east of

Paris, France. 7 evaded, 3 POW. MACR 

659 

29726 (351st BG) crash landed with battle 

damage at Leiston Jul 30, 1943 

29728 (384th BG, 544th BS, *El Rauncho*) 

damaged and crashlanded in England Aug 17, 1943 


Crew OK 

29731 (381st BG, 532nd BS, 'Ole Swayback') 

shot down by Lt Josef 

Springer in Bf 110 of NJG 101/7 at 

Ebrach, Germany Aug 17, 1943 




c/n 4846/4945 

29733 (94th BG, 331st BS, "Heavy Date" then 

to 384th BG, 544th BS, 

*Louisiana Purchase*) crashlanded at 

Coltishall, England 

Dec 16, 1943. 


MACR 3685 

29735 (381st BG, 532nd BS, "Rum Boogie/Our 

Mom") ditched in North Sea after being damaged by 

fighter Aug 17, 1943. Crew rescued 

29736 (2nd BG, 96th BS, "Hangar Queen") 

damaged by AAA and 

crashlanded at Corfu, Greece Dec 20, 

1943. MACR 1517. 10 POW 

29737 (95th BG, 412nd BS, "Louise") badly 

damaged by enemy fighters Jun 13, 1943 while 

returning from raid on Kiel and made 

wheels-down landing on sandbar 

off Friesian Islands. All crew 

survived but some wore injured. A German 

fighter pilot returned to base, got a 

light plane with a doctor and a 

soldier armed with a sub-machine gun 

and landed on the sandbar so 

that the wounded could be treated. 

Crew eventually became POW. MACR 4898 

29738 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Upstairs Maid") 

ditched Jul 30, 1943

29740 (91st BG, 323rd BS, "Tondelayo") shot 

down by Lt Wolfgang Gummel in 

Bf 110G-2 of ZG 1/3 near Dorpum, Germany 

Oct 9, 1943. 



MACR 15512 


MACR 15545 


MACR 1355 


MACR 15631 


29750 (91st BG, 323rd BG, "Rebel's Revenge") 

shot down by Uffz Peter 

Reinhardt in Bf 109G-6 of JG 11/5 and 

crashed into North Sea off 

Langeoog Island, Germany Sep 27, 1943. 


29751 (381st BG, 534st BG, 'Mis 

Abortion/Stuff') crashed Mar 31, 1944. 

29752 (96th BG) shortly after takeoff for 

mission to St Omer 

May 13, 1943 left waist gun 

accidentally discharged, severing 

some control tables and wounding two 

crewmen. Aircraft 

could only fly in circles, part of each 

orbit taking it over 

the Wash. All crew except pilots 

bailed out over land. 

Pilots jettisoned bombs in the Wash and 

then jumped. 

Copilot was rescued, pilot killed. 


with cameras added and bombing 

equipment deleted. 

29754 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Shangri-La") 

lost Aug 27, 1943. MACR 405 


MACR 16142 

29759 (96th BG "Gay Caballeros", then 379th 

BG) suffered severe damage over Schweinfurt Oct 14, 1943.

To 91st BG Dec 21, 1943. To AF Service 

Command Apr 1944. Returned 

to USA and converted to TB-17F. 

Crashed on takeoff at 

Hobbs AFB, NM May 2, 1945. Scrapped at 

Altus, OK. 

29760 (2nd BG, 49th BS, "Geronimo") shot down 

by enemy fighters over Foggia, 

Italy Aug 19, 1943. MACR 456. All 

crew bailed out and became POW. 

29761 (381st BG, 355th BS, "Martha the II") 

lost Jan 30, 1944. Crashed between Bakel and Deurne, 

Netherlands. MACR 2244 


MACR 4899 

29765 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "Nip'n Tuck") shot 

down by fighter over 

Bremen, Germany Oct 8, 1943. MACR 883. 

3 KIA, 7 POW. 


MACR 15546 

29768 (384th BG, 547th BS) MIA Dec 1, 1943 

on mission to Solingen, Germany. MACR 1336 

29761 (381st BG, 533rd BS, 'Martha the II') 

shot down by fighter over 

Deurne, Belgium Jan 30, 1944. 


29768 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Winsome Winn", 

then to 384th BG, 

547th BS, *Winsome Winn II*) shot down 

by Lt Hans-Joachim 

Rettig in Me 410A of ZG 26/5 Dec 1, 1943 

on mission to Solingen, Germany 

and crashlanded at Bierbeek, Belgium. 

MACR 1336. 8 POW, 

2 evaded. 

29773 (379th BG, 526th BS, "Up & At 'Em") shot 

down by Lt. Hans-Werner 

Zanjolz in Fw 190A-5 of FG 2/9 at Crach, 

France May 29, 1943 on raid to 

St Nazaire. MACR 1370. 6 KIA, 4 POW. 

29776 (306th BG, then to 92nd BG, then to 

379th BG, 524th BS) collided 

in midair with Bf 109G-6 and crashed at

Grettstadt, 


MACR 1353 


MACR 125 

29778 (91st BG, 322nd BS) lost Oct 9, 1943. 

MACR 897 


MACR 124 

29780 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Silver Queen") 

29782 converted to RB-17F and used stateside 

by training units until surplused Nov 1945. 

Given to Stuttgart, Arkansan for 

display in 1946. Turned over to 

civilian operators in 1953 and used as 

aerial tanker and sprayer 

as N6015V and N17W. Participated in 

the making of many movies. 

Now being restored at Museum of Flight, 

Renton, WA. Flew for the 

first time May 9, 1998. Will be put on 

permanent display in the future. 

Only Seattle-built B-17F still flying. 

Made its last flight Dec 2003, and will 

be displayed at Boeing Field 




29784 (384th BG, 545th BS, "Smilin-Thru") 

crashed at Baydon, England Oct 14, 1943 


All 10 bailed out safely. 

29787 (95th BG, then to 92nd BG, then to 379th 

BG, 525th BS "Wilder Nell") 

shot down by Oblt Erich Buchholz in Bf 

109G-6 of JG 1/9 and 

crashed in North Sea off Petten, 

Netherlands Nov 29, 1943. 


29789 (381st BG, 532nd BS, 'Big Time 

Operator') shot down by 

German fighters Provine, France Sept 3, 

1943. MACR 473 

29791 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Little Jimmie")

29794 (91st BG, 322nd BS) shot down by Hptm 

Alfred Grislawski in 

Fw 190A-6 of JG 1/1 at Vossenack, 

Germany Dec 1, 1943. MACR 1321. 

10 KIA. 

29796 (379th BG, 527th BS) shot down Jul 28, 

1943 and crashed near 

Vries. MACR 1761 

29797 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost Jun 22, 1943. 

29798 shot down over France, as pieces of it 

ware displayed at a museum established 

at Paris-Nanterre by occupying German 

forces. 

29799 (301st BG, 353rd BS) lost Jul 16, 1943, 

Italy. MACR 209 

29800 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Me and My Gal*) 

shot down by Fw 190A-6 

of JG 2/1 at Givry-en-Argonne, France 

Oct 14, 1943 on mission 

to Schweinfurt, Germany. 2 KIA, 7 POW, 





29803 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "Flat Foot 

Floogie") shot down by Uffz Robert 

Meyer-ahrend in Bf 109G-6 of JG 3/8 at 

Hausen, 5 km NE of 

Schweinfurt, Germany Oct 14, 1943. 4 






MACR 16018 

29807 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Patsy Ann III") 

then to 305th BG, 364th 

BS, "Liberty Lady", shot down by Obstlt 

Josef Priller in 

Fw 190A06 of JG 26/Stab and crashed into 

Westerschelde off 

Vlissingen, Netherlands Aug 19, 1943. 


29808 wrecked on ground May 27,1943 by

explosion of B-17 42-29685. 

29809 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Queen Jeanie*) 


29811 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Chanttanooga Choo 

Choo") 

29812 (351st BG) returned to USA Sep 1, 1944 


MACR 94 

29814 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Dallas Rebel*) 

lost over North Sea Oct 9, 1943 on mission to 

Anklam, Germany. MACR 872. 10 KIA 


MACR 671 

29817 (351st BG, 508th BS) shot down by AAA 

Jun 18, 1943 on mission to St Nazaire. MACR 15511 

29820 (92nd BG, 407th BG) shot down by AAA 

on mission to Wilhelmshaven May 15, 1943. MACR 16060 

and crashed into North Sea. 

29821 (351st BG) blew up in midair near 

Moulton on mission to Moulton Jan 7, 1944. 

29825 (351st BG, 511th BS) ran out of fuel 

and crashlanded short of runway at Polebrook Sep 15, 1943 

29826 (351st BG) shot down by fighters on 

mission to Huls Jun 22, 1943 


MACR 4901 


Jun 5, 1944. 


MACR 2870 

29830 (379th BG, 525th BS, "Peter Wabbit") 

shot down by Fw 190A 

of JG11/1 Stab at Dorrebach, Germany 

Aug 17, 1943 during 

Schweinfurt raid. MACR 1350. 10 KIA 



c/n 4946/5045 

29832 (381st BG, 534th BS, "Our Mom") 

returned to USA Apr 5, 1944. 

29835 (351st BG) returned to USA Jul 18, 

1944. Crashed in bad 

weatehr near Nelson, WY Jan 16, 1945. 

29838 (351st BG) shot down by AAA May 29, 1943

on mission to St. Nazaire 

29839 (351st BG, 510th BS) shot down by Hptm 

Klaus Mietusch in 

Bf 109G-6 of JG 26/III Stab Near 

Schleiden, SW of 

Mechernich, Germany Aug 17, 1943 on 

mission to 

Schweinfurt. MACR 303. 1 KIA, 9 POW 

29841 (351st BG) ran out of fuel and 

crashlanded New Romney, UK 

Sep 6, 1943 on mission to Offenberg. 

Salvaged Oct 11, 1943. 


Jun 28, 1943 on mission to St. Nazaire. MACR 15130 

29846 (303rd BG, 359th BS) crashed due to 

mechanical failure at 

St. Vith, Belgium Oct 4, 1943. MACR 

780. 10 POW. 


Jun 28, 1943 on mission to St. Nazaire 

29848 (351st BG) returned to USA May 28, 

1944. 



29851 (351st BG, 508th BS, "Argonaut III") 

abandoned by crew over Norfolk 

and crashed into sea near Clovhithe Oct 

10, 1943 

29852 (351st BG, 511th BS, "Fireball") lost 

Nov 3, 1943 on mission to Wilhelmshaven. MACR 1160. After an 

aerial collision, the plane dropped out 

of formation and was attacked by fighters. As the 

crew downed the last fighter, the plane 

exploded. 4 crew KIA, 6 became POW. 

29853 (95th BG, 412th BS, then to 92nd BG, 

327th BS) shot down by 

Oblt Heinz Knoke in BF 109G-6 of JG 11/5 

at Euskirchen, 

Germany Aug 17, 1943 on Schweinfurt 

raid. MACR 653. 10 POS 

29854 (381st BG, 532rd BS, 'Ole Flak Sack') 

shot down by Fw Walter 

Hornburg in Bf 110G-2 of ZG 1/1 at 

Diepholz, Germany Oct 8, 1943. MACR 1395.

9 KIA, 1 POW. 

29856 (483rd BG, 815th BS, "Patches") shot 

down near Wiener Neustadt, 

Germany May 10, 1944. MACR 4846 

29858 (351st BG) lost engine on takeoff and 

crashlanded E of Oundle Feb 21, 1944 

29859 (351st BG) shot down by fighters May 

14, 1943 on mission to Courtrai 

29860 (351st BG) returned to USA as war-weary 

Jul 21, 1944 


fighters Jan 11, 1944 on mission 

to Ochersleben. MACR 1936 


fighters May 14, 1943 on mission 

to Courtrai. MACR 15557 


Feb 11, 1943 on mission to 

Frankfurt. MACR 2528 



29865 (351st BG) collided with 42-29421 over 

Polebrook May 7, 1943 


MACR 1352 

29867 (381st BG, 535th BS, "Lucifer II", then 

to 384th BG, 544th BS) shot down by Lt Wendelin Breukel in 

Ju 88C-6 of NJG 2/5 near Metz, France 

Oct 14, 1943 



29868 (351st BG, 508th BS, "Venus") shot down 

by Oblt Hugo Frey in 

Bf 109G-6 of JG 11/7 and exploded over 

North Sea S of 

Langeland Island Denark Oct 9, 1943 on 

mission to Anklam. 


29870 (379th BG, then to 305th BG, 365th BS, 

then to 384th BG, 545th BS, *TS*) 

shot down by Uffz Horst Sack in Bf 

109G-6 of JG 54/8 near 

Uhrwiller, France Oct 14, 1943 on 

mission to

Schweinfurt, Germany. 9 POW, 1 


29872 (351st BG, 511th BS) damaged by flak 

over Germany on mission to Hannover and shot down by 

Bf 109s into sea off Dutch coast Jul 17, 

1943. Crew rescued by RAF rescue launch. 


with cameras added and all 

bombing equipment removed 

29874 (351st BG) crashlanded at Leiston due 

to battle damage Aug 12, 1943 


MACR 1358 

29876 (379th BG, 525th BS, "Battlin' 

Bobbie") lost Sep 16, 1943 on Nantes 

mission. MACR 978. 2 KIA, 8 evaded. 

29877 (351st BG, 511th BS, "Speed Ball") shot 

down by AAA and 

ditched 15 mi NE of Guernsey, France Dec 

31, 1943 on mission to Cognac, France. 

MACR 1982. 1 KIA, 7 froze to death in 

dinghy, 2 POW. 


MACR 1293 


29884 (92nd BG, 326th BS) damaged by AAA then 


Gerhard Schutte in Bf 109G-6 of JG 3/3 

Aug 12, 1943 near Sevenum, 20 km W. of Venlo, 

Netherlands. MACR 374. 10 POW. 

29886 (379 BG, 525 BS) lost Jan 29, 1944, 

Blankenheim. MACR 2871 

29887 (351st BG) shot down by AAA Jun 28, 1943 

on mission to St. Nazaire 

29888 (381st BG, 532nd BS, "The Joker") 


29889 (379th BG) caught fire and burned out 

while being serviced 

Feb 23, 1944. 

29890 (379th BG, 525th BS, "Stupefier") 

crashlanded near Kimbolton, UK 

Oct 9, 1943. Salvaged Oct 10, 1943. 

29891 (379th BG, 524th BS, "Dangerous Dan") 

crashlanded at Ubbeston, UK


Dec 22, 1943. Salvaged Dec 24, 1943. 


29893 (379th BG, 524th BS, "El Diablo") shot 

down by Fw Josef Lorey in Fw 190A of 

JG 2/1 Sep 16, 1943 at Erce-en-Lamee, 

France. MACR 1346. 2 KIA, 


29894 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Baltimore 

Bounce") lost Jan 11, 1944. MACR 1928 

Reported to have blown up at 20,000 

feet, another report 

stated that it left the formation, 

rolled over on its back, 

and crashed. Further reports alleged 

that a wing 

came off. Crashed near Laubke/Lippe. 

All 10 crew KIA. 

29895 (91st BG, 324th BS, "Black Swan") shot 

down by Obfw 

Adolf Glunz in Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/5 

between Bannalec and 

Rosporden, France Dec 31, 1943. MACR 

1975. 2 KIA, 6 POW, 

2 evaded. 

29896 (379th BG, 527th BS, "Tondelayo") ran 

out of fuel and ditched 

in English Channel Sep 6, 1943. Crew 

rescued. 







MACR 126 

29901 (379th BG, 526th BS) bombed on Nantes 

mission Sep 16, 1943 by 

Fw 190A-6 of JG 2/10 and crashed at Ste 

Anne sur Vilaine, 

France. 6 KIA, 4 POW. 



bombing equipment removed


MACR 2301 





MACR 933 

29909 (2nd BG, 20th BS) in taxiing accident 

with 42-29623 of 

2nd BG, 49th BS at Amendola Feb 3, 1944. 

Crew OK but plane was 

DBR and was salvaged overseas. 




29912 crashlanded due to bird strike near 

Amarillo, TX Feb 1, 1945. 




29914 (384th BG, 546th BS) MIA Sep 3, 1943 

on mission to St. Andre-de-Leuve, 

France. MACR 743. 



29916 (91st BG, 323rd BS, "Yankee Dandy") 

shot down by Oblt. Harry 

Koch in Fw 190A of JG 1/6 between Berkel 

and Zoetermeer, 

Netherlands Jul 30, 1943. MACR 147. 

2 KIA, 8 POW. 

29917 converted to F-9B photo recon aircraft 



29918 (97th BG, 342nd BS) lost Oct 12, 1944. 

MACR 9439 

29919 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Carbondale 

Special") 

29921 (324th BS, 91st BG, "Oklahoma Okie") 

shot down by Fw. Hoffmann 

in Fw 190A of JGr West/2 at Lesperon, 



29922 converted to F-9B photo recon aircraft



29923 (532rd BS, 381st BG, "The Lucky 

Strike") crash landed Jan 4, 1944 at 

Norfolk, UK. 8 survived, 2 killed. 


29927 (384th BG) returned to USA May 19, 

1944. 

29928 (381st BG, 533rd BS) shot down by 

German fighter over Tours, 

France Jul 4, 1943. MACR 161 

29930 (360th BS, 303rd BG, "Miss Patricia") 

crashed on training flight shortly after takeoff 

at Keyston, England Oct 23, 1943. All 

8 crew killed. 

29931 (360th BS, 303rd BG, 'Satan's 

Workshop') ditched into English Channel 

Feb 22, 1944 on return from mission to 

Bernburg, Germany. No survivors. MACR 3564 


c/n 5046/5145 


Nantes mission over France 

Sep 16, 1943. MACR 1348. 10 KIA 

29935 (384th BG, 545th BG, *The Cat's Sass*) 

ran out of fuel and 

ditched into North Sea off Netherlands 

Dec 20, 1943 on 

mission to Bremen, Germany. MACR 

1725. 10 POW. 


fighter over France 

Sep 23, 1943. MACR 1051. 8 POW, 2 

evaded. 


MACR 3810 

29940 (94th BG, 332nd BS) lost Jun 13, 1943. 

MACR 16200 

29941 (381st BG, 535th BS, "Tarfu and 

T.S.Too") shot down by two Bf 109Gs of JG 11/7 

at Talge, 9 km S of Quackenbruck, 

Germany Oct 8, 1943. MACR 884. 

6 KIA, 4 POW. 

29943 (94th BG) shot down Mar 6, 1944 by

fighter attack near 

Haseluenne. MACR 2980. 5 killed, 5 

bailed out and taken prisoner. 

29944 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Winning Run" aka 

"Buzzing Bronco") ran 

out of fuel and crashlanded Sep 6, 1943 

near Uckland, UK. Crew OK 


MACR 658 


MACR 1294 

29947 (303rd BG, HQ, "Wabash Canonball") 

scrapped Jul 16, 1945 

29948 (351st BG, 510th BS, "Jennie") shot 

down by AAA Dec 31, 1943 on mission to Cognac, France. MACR 

1979. 

10 crew POW. 

29950 (381st BG, 535th BS, 'Forget Me Not') 

shot down by German 

fighter over Rheydt, Germany Aug 12, 

1943. MACR 385 

29952 (305th BG, 364th BS, "Sizzle") shot 

down by Maj Johannes Seifert in Fw 190A-6 

of JG 26/II at Amby, Maastricht, 

Netherlands Oct 14, 1943. MACR 917 


29953 (535th BS, 381st BG, "Man of War") 

transferred to 364th BS, 305th BG 

and renamed "Wolfess". Collided on 

takeoff with 42-30666 over Cheveston, UK. 

Both planes crashed. 21 KIA. 

29954 (381st BG, 534th BS, "Devil's Angel") 


Koln, Germany Aug 12, 1943. MACR 383 

29955 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Mr. Five by 

Five") crashed into North 

Sea 10 KM W of Texel, Netherlands Nov 

26, 1943. MACR 1324. 

10 KIA. 

29956 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Vertical Shaft*) 

damaged by enemy 

fighter Aug 17, 1943 on mission to 

Schweinfurt, Germany and crashed at 

Alzey, Germany. MACR 296.

2 KIA 8 POW 

29957 (94th BG, 410th BS, "Helno Gal II") 

shot down by fighter and 

crased into Kiel Bay off Germany Jun 13, 

1943. 6 KIA, 4 POW. 

29958 (381st BG, 534th BS, 'Battlin' 

Bombsprayer') shot down by 

Lt Richard Heller in Bf 110G-2 of ZG 

26/8 over 

Chonberg, Germany Oct 9, 1943. MACR 

886. 2 KIA, 8 POW. 


and crashed at 

Fischerhude, Germany Oct 8, 1943. 


29960 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Nymokymi*) MIA 

7/4/1943 on mission to LeMans, France. 

29961 (94th BG, 331st BS) lost Jan 11, 1944. 

MACR 1882 

29962 (390th BG, 569th BS) lost Sep 16, 1944. 

MACR 8455 

29963 (379th BG, 527th BS, "Judy") shot down 

by Obfw Willi 

Stratmann in Bf 109G-6 of JG 2/8 at 

Noailles, France 

Dec 30, 1943. MACR 1977. 4 KIA, 2 



ditched into English 

Channel 6 mi N of Le Havre, France Sep 



AAF, NM May 5, 1945. 


MACR 192 

29971 (306th BG, 423rd BS) damaged in midair 

collision with B-17F 

42-30221 over Thurleigh, UK Jul 8, 

1943. Repaired. 

To 368th BS. Taxiing accident at 

Thurleigh, UK Sep 16, 1943. 

Repaired. Back to 423rd BS. Shot 


Beek, Limburg, Netherlands Oct 14,

1943. 4 KIA, 6 POW. 

MACR 819 

29976 (532nd BS, 381st BG, 'Sad Sack') shot 

down by enemy fighter 

over Hamburg, Germany Jul 25, 1943. 

MACR 128 


AAF, NM May 29, 1945. 

29978 (534th BS, 381st BG, 'Hell's Angel') 

shot down by Oblt Franz 

Strobl in BF 109G-6 of JG 11/9 over Bad 

Schawalbach, 



10 POW 

29983 (381st BG, 534rd BS, "Iris") shot down 

by fighter over Kesseling, Germany 

Aug 17, 1943 during Schweinfurt raid. 


29984 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "Little Chuck") 

crash-landed at Framlington, UK Jun 22, 1943 and 

reduced to salvage. 

29985 (306th BG, 367th BS, "Barrel House 

Bessie") shot down by a 

fighter at Bremen, Germany Oct 8, 1943. 



in mission to Bremen. MACR 2969 


Wilhelm Kientsch in 

Bf 109G-6 of JG 27/6 and crashlanded at 

Duursvoude, W of 

Bakkeveen, Netherlands Nov 26, 1943 on 

mission to Bremen, Germany. 


29988 (381st BG, 535th BS, "Lucifer, Jr", 

then to 305th BG, 364th BS, 

"The Uncouth Bastard") shot down by 

Obfw Johann Edmann 

in Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/3 at Puffendorf, 



29991 (390th BG, 571st BS, "We'll Never 

Know/Patches") shot down

y Uffz Hermann Bolten in Me 410A-1 of 

KG 2/14 at Gondelsheim, 

Bader-Wurt, Germany Oct 14, 1943. 10 

POW. MACR 858 

29992 (381st BG, 535th BS, "Connie") 

grounded and scrapped Jun 23, 1943. 


MACR 1935 

29996 (92nd BG, 407th BS, "Flag Ship") 

shotdown by Uffz Ernst Breton 

in Bf 109T-2 of Jasta Helgoland and 

crashed at Mandal, 

Norway Nov 16, 1943. MACR 1384. 9 


29998 (91st BG, 324th BS) lost Jun 22, 1943. 

MACR 15576 

29999 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "Fertile Myrtle") 

shot down by fighter Eichholz, Germany Jan 11, 1944. MACR 1880 

30000 (92nd BG, 327th BS) shot down by Fw 190A 

of JG 2 at Estissac, 

France Sep 6, 1943. MACR 741 3 POW, 

7 evaded. 


MACR 1297 

30002 (100 BG, 349th BS, *The WAAC Hunter*) 

shot down by Lt. Hans 

Ehlers in Fw 190A-5 of JG 1/2 at 

Burnstadt, Germany 

Aug 17, 1943 on mission to Regensburg. 


30003 (92nd BG, 407th BS) lost May 14, 1943. 

MACR 16055 


salvaged 11/27/1943 after overshooting runway. 


ditched into English 

Channel 20 mi SE of Selsey Bill, UK Sep 


30008 (92 BG, 407 BS) lost Jan 30, 1944, 

Obershagen, Nezirk Burgdorf, Germany. MACR 2255 

30009 (381st BG, 531rd BS, 'Feather 

Merchant') shot down by Uffz 

Kirl Herlitzius in Bf 110G-2 of ZG 26/8 

near Diepholz, Germany

Oct 8, 1943. MACR 1397. 2 KIA, 8 POW. 

30010 (92nd BG, 407th BS, "Schickelgruber 

Shuttle Service, LTD") crashed at 

Abbeville, France Sep 6, 1943. MACR 


30011 (381st BG, 535th BS, 'Widget') shot 

down by fighter Amiens, France 

Jul 14, 1943. MACR 133 

30012 (381st BG, 533rd BS) damaged by Bf 

109G-6 flown by Oblt Reiner Framm 

of JG 1/9 and ditched in North Sea 65 

km NW of Terschelling, 

Netherlands Oct 9, 1943. MACR 887. 

10 KIA. 

30013 (381st BG, 532rd BS, "Lethal Lady") 

shot down by AAA Hamburg, Germany Jul 25, 1943. MACR 130 

30014 (381st BG, 533rd BS) transferred to RAF 

Jan 29, 1944. 

30015 (381st BG, 533rd, BS, "Flying Hobo", 

then to 305th BG, 364th BS, "Flyin' Hobo", 

then to 366th BS) shot down by Obfw. 

Siegfried Zick in 

Bf 109G of JG 11/7 at Ipwegermoor, 

Germany Nov 26,1943. 


30016 (381st BG, 532rd BS, 'Irongut Gert') 


Terneuzen, Holland Jun 22, 1943. MACR 

134 

30017 (381st BG, 535th BS, then to 390th BG, 

568th BS, "All Shot To Hell") shot down by 

fighter on mission to Regensburg Aug 

17, 1943. MACR 388. 

Crashed near Bingen, Germany. 10 POW 


Columbus, OH Feb 2, 1945. 

30020 (381st BG, 532nd BS, "Sweet Eloise") 

salvaged Jun 10, 1943 


over Westerschide, 

Holland Jun 22, 1943. MACR 160 

30023 (100th BG, 349th BS, "Forever Yours 

II") shot down by Fw. Kurt 

Niedereichholz in Fw 190A of JG 1/5 at

Amelsburen, Germany 

Oct 10, 1943 on mission to Munster. 


30024 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "Caroline") 

damaged in ground explosion and 

reduced to salavage Jun 23, 1943. 

30026 (381st BG, 534rd BS, "Battle Wagon") 

transferred to 

384th BG, 546th BS May 30,1943. 

Transferred to 390th BG Apr 27, 1944. 

Returned to USA Jul 13, 1944. 


at Bergenseil, 

Germany Jun 25, 1943. MACR 162. 10 

KIA. 

30028 (381st BG, 534th BS, "Sweet Le Lani") 

shot down by Lt Alfred Grislawski in 

Bf 109G-6 of JG 50/1 at Simmern, SW of 

Rheinbollen, 



10 POW 

30029 (381st BG, 535rd BS, 'Chaps Flying 

Circus') damaged by 

fighters and ditched in North Sea Jan 

30, 1944. MACR 2495 

30030 (384th BG then to 388th BG, 562nd BS 

"Old Ironsides") ran out 

of fuel and ditched off Farne Island, 

Northumberland 

Sept 17, 1943. 2 KIA, 8 rescued. 


mission to Villacoulbay, France 


c/n 5146/5245. 

30032 (381st BG, 532nd BS, then to 384th BG, 

546th BS, *Sky Queen*) MIA Jul 28, 1943 on 

mission to Kassel, Germany. MACR 

15165 

30033 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Little America*) 

crashed due to 

mechanical failure at Leisele, Belgium 

Dec 1, 1943 

on mission to Solingen, Germany. MACR

1335. 10 POW, 1 evaded. 



Dec 27, 1943 for unspecified trials. 

Returned to 

USAAF Jan 7, 1944. 

30035 (100th BG, *Torchy*) MIA Sep 3, 1943 

on mission to Paris 


collision 6/12/1943 over base 

30037 (384th BG, 546th BS) shot down June 26, 

1943 on mission 

to Villacoublay, France. Pieces of 

this aircraft were displayed in a 

museum estabilshed at Paris-Nanterre 

by occupying German forces. 

30038 (100th BG, *Bar Fly*) MIA Jun 25, 1943 

on mission to Bremen. MACR 270 

30039 to 803rd BS(P) at Oulton early 1944 as 

radar countermeasures aircraft, 

fitted with Mandrel sets and nine 

carpet sets. 

(384th BG, 544th BS, *Liberty Belle*) 

to Aphrodite project and 

launched against U-boat pens on 

Heligoland Oct 15, 1944. In final 

mission, was hit by flak and crashed 

into sea short of target. 


Friedrich May in 

Fw 190A-6 of JG 2/3 near Bar-le-Duc, 

France Oct 14, 1943. 

1 KIA, 5 POW, 4 evaded. MACR 837 

30041 (384th BG, 544th BS) ditched in N. 

Atlantic 6/3/1943. 

30042 (100th BG, 349th BS, *Oh Nausea*) 

damaged by fighters Aug 17, 1943 

on mission to Regensburg and ditched in 

Tyrrhenian Sea 

60 mi off Sicily. MACR 682. 10 POW 

30043 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Ruthless*) 

ditched in North Sea Oct 4, 1943 on 

mission to Frankfurt, Germany. 10 

crew rescued.

30045 (95th BG, 334th BS, 

"Fight'n-n-Bit'n/She's My Gal") damaged by fighter 

and ditched in English Channel off 

France Oct 4, 1943. MACR 744 and 1455. 

1 KIA, 9 POW. 

30046 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Merrie Hell*) MIA 

Aug 12, 1943 on mission to 

Gelsenkirchen, Germany. MACR 289 

30047 (100th BG, 350th BS, "Sweater Girl") 

shot down by Uffz Herzog in 

Fw 190A of JG 1/2 at Ostbevern, Germany 



30048 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Flak Dancer*) 

crashlanded at Laon airfield, France June 26, 1943 

on mission to Villacoulbay, France. 

Salvaged by Luftwaffe, and used by KG.200 as A3+CE 

30049 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Miss Deal*) MIA 

Jun 25, 1943 on mission to Hamburg, 


30050 (100th BG, 350th BS, *Judy D*) MIA on 

mission to Le Bourget Jul 10, 1943. MACR 268 

30051 (100th BG, 351st BS) MIA Apr 7, 1943 

on mission to La Pallice. MACR 272 

30053 (301st BG, 352nd BS) shot down by Maj 

Kurt Uben in Bf 109G-6/R1 of 

JG77/III Stab near Luccia, Italy Oct 1, 

1943. MACR 760 


MACR 6338 

30057 (100th BG, 351st BS, *Raunchy*) badly 

damaged over Germany by enemy fighters and ditched in 

Lake Constance, Switzerland Sep 6, 

1943. All surviving crew escaped and were interned, 

ball turret gunner had already been 

killed during fighter attack. MACR 689. 

30058 (384th BG, 546th BS) shot down by Obfw. 

Immerl in Fw 190A of 

JG 105/2 at Guillerva, France on 

mission to Villacoublay, France. Crew 

of 10 POW. 

30059 (100th BG, 351th BS, *Barker's 

Burdens*) struck on #3 engine 

by bomb dropped from another plane Sept


to Paris. Moments later, the plane 

exploded. MACR 685 

30061 (100th BG, 418th BS, *Just-A-Snappin*) 

dmmaged by AAA on mission to Bremen Oct 8 ,1943. 

Landed in a field at Ludham on return, 

brakes were inoperative and collided with a tree. 

Returned to USA. 

30062 (100th BG, 418th BS, *Bastard's 

Bungalow II*) MIA Feb 10, 1944 on 

mission to Brunswick. MACR 2383. 

30063 (100th BG, 418th BS, *Picklepuss*) 

shot down by fighters 

between Herbesthal and Lontzen, 

Belgium Aug 17, 1943 on mission 

to Regensburg. MACR 677. 6 KIA, 4 

POW. 

30064 (100th BG, *Wild Cargo*) shot down by 

AAA and crashed at Surgures, France 

Sep 16, 1943 on mission to La 

Pallice/Bordeaux. MACR 647. 10 POW. 

30065 384th BG, 547th BS transferred to 306th 

BG, 369th BS Aug 1943. 

MIA Sep 6, 1943 on mission to 

Stuttgart, Germany. 

30066 (2nd BG, 429th BS, *MugWump*) w/o Aug 

17, 1943 on mission 

to Regensburg, Germany. It seems that 

the plane survived went to 803rd BS(P) at Oulton 

in early 1944 as radio countermeasures 

aircraft and fitted with Mandrel 

sets and 9 Carpet sets. Was modified 

as a Castor drone. Launched 

Oct 30, 1944 in raid on Helgoland but 

lost contact 

and went out of control and crashed near 

Trollhattan, Sweden. The crater is still visible today. 

30068 (388th BG, 561st BS) damaged by AAA 

then shot down by 

two enemy fighters at Haamstade, 

Netherlands Aug 19, 1943. 

MACR 3068 (MACR has 1944, but it is 

wrong). 8 KIA, 2 POW. 

30070 (100th BG, 350th BS, *Tweedle

O'Twill*) shot down by Obfw. 

Anton-Rudolf Piffer in Fw 190A of JG 1/2 

at Tauberbischofsheim, 

Germany Aug 17, 1943 on mission to 

Regensburg. MACR 679. 

1 KIA, 9 POW. 

30071 in wheels-up landing at Honington, UK. 

Not repaired 

30072 (97th BG, 342nd BS) lost May 5, 1944. 

MACR 4607 

30074 (384th BG) crashed in USA 5/1/1943. 


on 

mission to Antwerp, Belgium. MACR 

2165 

30080 (100th BG, 351th BS, *High Life/Peg 

O'My Heart*) damaged by Ltn 

Hans Ehlers in Fw 190A of JG 1/2 during 

mission to Regensburg 

and interned in Switzerland Aug 17, 

1943. MACR 683 


MACR 655 



30087 (100th BG, 351st BS, "Shackrat") shot 

down by Fw. Erick Mattern in 

Bf 109G-6 of JG 1/8 at Vynen, Germany 



30088 (100th BG, *Squawkin Hawk*) returned 

to USA May 17, 1944. 

30089 (100th BG, *Sunny*) MIA Sep 3, 1943 on 

mission to Paris. MACR 684 

30090 (100th BG, 351st BS, "El P'sstffo", 

then "Mad House") shot down by fighter 

at Haltern, NR-W, Germany Oct 10, 1943 

on 

mission to Munster. MACR 1020. 10 

POW. 

30093 (301st BG, 419th BS) damaged Aug 11, 

1943, believed by captured 

P-38 flown by Regia Aeronautica pilot. 

30096 (385th BG, 549th BS, 'Liberty

Belle')lost due to accidental on-board fire 

Nov 30, 1943. Crashed near Penlan Hall, 

Wake's Colne close to a 

base at Wormingford. Four crew were 

lost. MACR 4403 

30098 crashlanded at Altus AAF, OK Jul 20, 

1945 


MACR 286 

30105 (95th BG, 412nd BS, "Slightly 

Dangerous") lost Jul 10, 1943. MACR 4902 

30106 (301st BG, 353rd BS) lost Jun 27, 1944. 



MACR 1366 


109G-6 of JG 51/II S 

of Wiener Neustadt, Austria Nov 2, 

1943. MACR 1093. 10 KIA 


MACR 1891 

30114 (95th BG, 335th BS) crashed on landing 

at Alconbury, UK May 

28, 1943. Repaired and named "Spare 

Parts". Damaged by 

fighter and ditched into North Sea Oct 

20, 1943. 

Crew rescued. One database has this 

plane as going to 

803rd BS(P) at Oulton early 1944 as 

radio countermeasures 

aircraft, fitted with 6 Mandrel sets 

30115 (301st BG, 419th BS) shot down by Oblt 

Ernst-Georg 

Altnorthoff of JGr Sud/2 over Gulf of 

Lion, 114 km SW of 

Marseilles, France Nov 16, 1943. MACR 

1128. 10 KIA. 

30118 (95th BG, 335th BS) crashed in Kiel Bay 

Jun 13, 1943. MACR 4738 

All 10 KIA. 


30120 (95th BG, 334th BS "Patches") salvaged 

Jan 6, 1945.


MACR 2859 

30126 (99th BG, 461th BS, *Sugar Foot*) 

damagedby Bf 106G-6's of JGH 3/III 

and caught fire, then shot down by Swiss 

AAA and 

crashed in Switzerland near Ragaz Oct 

1, 1943. MACR 796. 

7 KIA, 3 interned. 


109G-6 over Wiener 

Neustadt, Austria Nov 2, 1943. MACR 

1094. 9 KIA 

30130 (337th BS, *Klap Trap II*) shot down 

Jan 7, 1944, Ludwigshaven, Bermany. MACR 2018 

30131 (384th BG, 547th BS) transferred out 

7/43. lost Feb 2, 1944 with 1st BG. MACR 2250 


c/n 5246/5345. 

30133 (2nd BG, 492th BS, "Raggedy Ann") shot 

down by AAA over 

Wiener Neustadt, Austria Nov 2, 1943. 


30134 (301st BG, 32nd BS) shot down by AAA 

at Bolzano, Italy 

Dec 25, 1943. MACR 1589. 4 KIA, 4 

POW, 1 returned. 

30135 (351st BG, 511th BS then to 95th BG, 

334th BS, "Trouble Shooter") 

shot down over Germany Oct 14, 1943. 


30137 (97th BG, 341st BS) ditched off 

Sardinia Sep 25, 1943. 

30139 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Snuffy*) damaged 

by AAA then shot 

down by Fw Christof Nagel in Bf 110 of 

NJG 101/10 Aug 17, 1943 

at Burkardroth, Germany on mission to 

Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 294 

2 KIA, 8 POW 

30140 (381st BG, 523rd BS, *King Malfunction 

II*) shot down by 

Oblt Herbert Kleinschmidt in Bf 110G-4 

of NJG 1/6 Esch, Germany

Aug 17, 1943 during Schweinfurt raid 1 


MACR 379 


MACR 140 

30142 (388th BG, 560th BS, "Pistol Packin' 

Mama") shot down by 

Lt Horst Ertmann in Fw 190A-6 of FG 1/II 

Stab between 

Biervliet and Ijzendijke, Netherlands 

Nov 5, 1943. MACR 3123. 


30143 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Yankee 

Powerhouse*) MIA Jun 25, 1943 on mission 

to Hamburg, Germany. MACR 16378 

30144 tried to land on unfinished airfield, 

ended up bellylanding in 

field near Walsham-le-Willows, England 

Jun 27, 1943 



Jan 7, 1944 for "range tests". 

Returned to USAAF 

Feb 7, 1944. ("Green Hornet") used as 

communications aircraft 

by 486th BG. 

30146 (333rd BS, 94th BG, *Down and Go*) 

belly-landed near Copenhagen after mission to 

to Warnemunde Jul 29, 1943 after hit by 

flak. 1 KIA, 9 POW. MACR 202. Salvaged by Luftwaffe and 

operated as A3+BB, A3+EE. Exploded on 

takeoff Feb 9, 1945, killing crew and 10 Vichy agents. 

30147 (384th BG, 544th BS, *M'Honey/Flak 

Dancer*) show down by Fw. Kark-Heinz Zeschke 

in Fw 190A of JG 26/6 at Moutmolen, 

Belgium Aug 17, 1943 on mission 

to Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 291 

30149 (94th BG, 332nd BS, "Spare Parts") 

damaged and crashed near 

Bamberg, Germany Oct 14, 1943. 10 POW. 

MACR 790 

30150 (95th BG, 412nd BS, "Exterminator") 

lost Jul 28, 1943. MACR 214 

30151 (381st BG, 532rd BS, *Spare Parts*)

crash landed at 

St Omer, France due to mechanical 

problem Mar 4, 1944. MACR 2910. 

30153 (381st BG, 532rd BS) damaged by AAA and 

crashed at 

Sudmoor Jul 25, 1943. MACR 131 

30154 (100th BG, 349th BS, *War Eagle*) hit 

by Bf 109G-6 and 

crashed 5 mi SE of Bremen, Germany Oct 

8, 1943 on mission to Bremen. 


30155 (305BG, 366 BS) lost Jan 5, 1944, 

Simonsberg, Schleswig, Germany. MACR 1684 


MACR 127 

30157 (91st BG, "Hell's Belles") overshot 

landing at 

Bassingbourn Jul 28, 1943 due to shot 

up hydraulics, ran 

off airfield into oatfield and 

eventually ended up in ditcy. 

30158 (379th BG, 525th BS, "Mary Jane II") 

shot down by 

Lt Heinert in Fw 190A of JG 11/3 at 

Worms, Germany Aug 17, 1943 

during Schweinfurt raid. MACR 1764. 

2 KIA, 8 POW 

30159 (305th BG, 366th BS, "Setting Bull") 


Kryzwo in Bf 110 of NJG 101/10 at 

Wegnez, Belgium 

Aug 17, 1943. MACR 301. 2 KIA, 8 POW. 

30160 destroyed in crash landing at 

Snetterton Dec 13, 

1943. Four killed. 

30161 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Cuddle Cat") shot 

down by AAA Sep 6, 1943, 

Stuttart, Germany. MACR 547. 10 POW. 



30163 (306th BG, 368th BS) ran out of fuel 

and crashlanded near 

Rouen, France Sep 6, 1943. MACR 518. 

10 POW.

30164 (95th BG, 334th BS) shot down by Fw 190 

on mission to 

Keil Jun 13, 1943. MACR 8960 and 1371. 

General Nathan Bedford 

Forrest III was onboard. All bailed 

out and landed in the Baltic 

Sea. Only one crewmember was rescued. 


MACR 1356 

30166 (94th BG, 332nd BS, "Black Jack III" 

then "You Can't Miss 

It") shot down by Oblt Heinrich Klopper 

in Bf 109G-6 of 

JG 1/7 off W coast of Schouwen, 

Netherlands Nov 5, 1943. MACR 1043. 

8 KIA, 2 POW. 

30167 (95th BG, *Destiny's Tot*) shot down 

50 mi E of Paris while returning from mission 

Dec 26-27, 1943. Crew bailed out 

successfully, 5 POW, 5 evaded. 

30168 (385th BG, 550th BS, 'Slo-Jo') shot 

down by Bf 110G-2 of 

ZG 26 Dec 11, 1943 near Esens, Germany. 



Austria May 24, 1944. MACR 5070 

30170 (100th BG, 349th BS) shot down Mar 6, 

1944 by fighter attack 

near Haseluenne. MACR 3015. One 

killed, 9 others bailed out 

and taken prisoner. 

30173 (95th BG, 412th BS, "All 

American/Circe") lost Feb 10, 1944. MACR 2544 

30174 (94th BG, 332nd BS) lost Jul 26, 1943. 

MACR 90 

30175 (306th BG, 367th BS, "Hammer of Hell") 


Germany Oct 14, 1943. 10 POW. MACR 

822 

30176 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Assassin") shot 

down by Oblt. Arthur 

Beese in Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/1 at 

Oostmalle, Belguum during 

mission to Regensburg Aug 17, 1943.

MACR 401. 

Crashed in Belgium, 1 KIA, 5 POW, 4 

evaded. 

30177 to 803rd BS(P) at Oulton early 1944 as 

radio countermeasures aircraft, 

fitted with Mandrel sets and 9 Carpet 

sets. Presented to Free French general M. P. Koening 

by General Eisenhower. Named *Bir 

Hakim* and 

*Charlene* at verious times. Served 

postwar with 

the French High Commissioner at Wahn, 

Germany. 

Later to French Institut Geographique 

National as F-BGSG. Was used 

for spares, and remains were scrapped 

Aug 1973. 

30178 after service with 95th BG as *Darlin' 

Dolly* converted to 

Aphrodite flying bomb and launched 

against power station at 

Oldenburg Jan 1, 1945. Shot down by 

flak before reaching target. 

30179 (385th BG, 550th BS, 'Grim Reaper') 

lost Jul 28, 1943. MACR 189A 

30180 (96 BG 339 BS, "Guzzlers") damaged Jan 

29, 1944. Converted 

to Aphrodite flying bomb and launched 

against U-boat pens 

on Heligoland Sep 11, 1944. Hit by 

enemy flak and crashed into sea. 

30181 (95th BG, 335 BS, "Lover Boy") lost Jan 

24, 1944, Torhout, Belgium. MACR 2258 

30182 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Blondie II") 

caught fire and crashed 

into North Sea off Netherlands Dec 11, 

1943. MACR 1562. 

10 KIA 

30185 (95th BG, "Wee Bonnie") 

30187 (385th BG, 551th BS, 'Lulu Belle') lost 

Aug 24, 1943. MACR 961 

30188 (96th BG) damaged during Feb 4, 1944 

Frankfurt mission. 

crashed at East Shropham and w/o.


MACR 3067 

30190 converted to XC-108B, an experimental 

tanker transport with all armor and 

armament 

deleted and extra fuel tanks in 

fuselage. 

30191 (379th BG, 525th BS, "The Belovich") 

damaged by AAA then 

show down by Fw Cristof Nagel in BF 1009 

of NJG 101/10 at 

Elfershausen, Germany Aug 17, 1943 on 

mission to Schweinfurt. 

MACR 1765. 1 KIA 9 POW. 

30193 (388th BG, 561st BS, "Hardluck") 

engine caught fire on takeoff, 

overshot and wrecked at Knettishall, UK 

Oct 14, 1943. Bombs 

later detonated, but 10 crew got out 

before detonation. 

30194 (95th BG, 335th BS) "We Ain't Scared") 

30195 (388th BG, "Blind Date") bellied into 

field on Holly Tree 

Farm at Walpole, Suffolk Oct 7, 1944 

after engine caught 

fire shortly after takeoff. Crew got 

of aircraft before 

fire spread and eventually detonated 

the bombs. 

30196 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Sad Sack*) shot 

down by fighter near 

Wurzburg, Germany Oct 14, 1943 on 

mission to Schweinfurt, 

Germany. 4 KIA, 6 POW. MACR 839 

30197 (385th BG, 550th BS, 'Mission Belle') 

lost Apr 11, 1944. MACR 3822 

30199 (306th BG, 369th BS, "Wicked WAAC") 

shot down by fighter near 

Frankfurt, Germany Oct 14, 1943. MACR 

821. 1 KIA, 8 POW, 

1 evaded. 


MACR 1892 

30201 (388th BG, 560th BS, "Shedonwanna")

shot down by fighter near Chartres, 

France Sep 6, 1943. MACR 3124. 4 KIA, 

6 POW 


MACR 3125 

30203 (388th BG, 560th BS, "Shack-Up") shot 

down by Fw 190A of JG2 

at Coudray (Loiret), France Sep 6, 

1943, Germany. MACR 3126. 


30204 (385th BG, 548th BS, "Gremlin Buggy") 


over Germany Nov 29, 1943. MACR 1581 

30206 (94th BG, 410th BS, "Happy Daze") shot 

down by 3 Fw 190s during 

attack on Hamburg and ditched in sea Jul 

25, 1943. MACR 89. One crew MIA. 

Remaining 9 crew were rescued and 

returned to England. 

30207 (388th BG, 561st BS, "Big Red") crashed 

in Vendee region of France 

due to electrical malfunction and fire 

in oxygen system 

Mar 27, 1944. MACR 3540. 4 KIA, 2 

evaded, 4 POW. 

30208 (388th BG, 563rd BS) shot down south 

of Antwerp on mission 

to Kassel, Germany Jul 26 (30?), 1943. 

MACR 3142 and 5386 


MACR 3264 

30211 (95th BG, 335th BS) shot down by flak 

during raid on Huls Jun 22, 1943. One KIA, 

rest became POW. MACR 4903. One 

crewmember was repatriated after one of his 

legs was amputated. 

30212 after service with 388th BG as 

*Quarterback*, converted to 


against V-site at 

Watten Aug 6, 1944. Experienced 

control problems and 

crashed into sea. 

30213 (388th BG, 562nd BS, "Li'l One")

unaway prop caused abort, 

all bailedout and plane crashednear 

East Wretham, Norfolk Nov 13, 1943 

30214 (388th BG, 560th BS, "Iza Angel") ran 

out of fuel and crashlanded 

in UK Feb 21, 1944. 


MACR 3127 

30216 (388 BG, 563 BS) lost Jul 28, 1943, 

Oscherslebe, Germany. MACR 3128 

30218 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Heavenly Daze") 

shot down by Oblt. Hugo 

Frey in Bf 109G of JG 11/7 at Ferwerd, 

Netherlands Dec 11, 1943. 


30219 (95th BG, 334th BS) damaged during 

attack on Kessel, 

Germany and 3 crew bailed out and became 

POW Jul 28, 1943. MACR 215. 

Rest of crew returned with plane, which 

crashlanded at 

Framlingham, UK. Salvaged Aug 13, 

1943. 





collision with B-17F 42-29971 

over Thurleigh, UK Jul 8k, 1943. 

Repaired. Transferred to 368th BS 

and named "Rick O Shay". Crashed into 

English Channel after midair 

collision with B-17F 42-30841 off 

Folkestone, UK Dec 27, 1943. 2 killed, 

8 rescued. 42-30841 landed safely. 

30222 (388th BG, 563rd BS) lost Sep 6, 1943, 


30223 (390th BG, 571st BS, "Rick-O-Shay") 

shot down by Oblt Albin 

Meyer in ME 410A of ZG 26/5 at 

Westeraccum, Germany Dec 11, 1943. 

MACR 1582. 8 KIA 2 POW. 


MACR 3130


MACR 3131 

30226 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Spook V") lost Jan 

29, 1944, Zeigfield, Belgium. MACR 2256 

30229 (388th BG, 563rd BS) lost between 

Gander and Prestwick Jun 20, 1943. MACR 4 

30230 (Homesick Angel ot 5623nd BS) reported 

as being captured by Luftwaffe. 

It is probable that this aircraft was 

not captured. There is photographic 

and written evidence which appears to 

prove that aircraft 

was wrecked when bellylanded near 

Stanton, England Aug 24, 1943 after running 

out of fuel during return from mission. 

No serious injuries to crew. 

30231 (92nd BG, 326th BS) shot down by Lt 

Erwin Stalberg in 

Bf 109G-6 of JG 3/8 Oct 14, 1943. MACR 

844 


c/n 5346/5445 

30232, 30252, 30253, 30256, 30268, and 30299 

converted to F-9 photo-recon aircraft 



30233 (98th BG, 336th BS, *Rhapsody in Flak*) 

interned in Switzerland Apr 13, 1944. MACR 3765. 

Returned Aug 27, 1945. 

30234 (388th BG, 563rd BS) shot down by 

fighter Sep 6, 1943 on mission 

to Studdgart, Germany. MACR 3132 

30235 (95th BG, 412th BS, "The Zoot Suiters") 

30237 after service with 397th BG as *Stump 

Jumper* converted to 


against power station at 

Oldenburg Jan 1, 1945. Shot down by 

flak before reaching target. 


MACR 3133 

30240 (94th BG, 410th BS, "Black Kitten") 

lost Jun 22, 1943 over 

Huls, Germany. 7 crew POW, 3 KIA.

30242 (305th BG, 364th BS, "Lallah 

VIII/Pappy's Hellions") shot 

down over Germany Oct 14, 1943 on 

Schweinfurt raid. MACR 911. There is 

a photo of Bob Hope 

and Frances Langford with this plane. 


MACR 115 

30244 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Holy Terror") lost 

Jan 5, 1944. MACR 1687 

30245 (381st BG, 534th BS, *Lady Luck/Lucky 

Lady II*) shot down 

by Fw Peter Ahrens in Fw 190A of JG 26/3 

at Oostmalle, Belgium 

Aug 17, 1943. MACR 381. 1 KIA, 8 POW, 

1 evaded. 

30246 (390th BG, 570th BS) lost Feb 20, 1944, 


30248 (94th BG, 333rd BS, "Southern Queen") 

lost Jan 11, 1944. MACR 1889 

30249 (385th BG, 551st BS, 'El Lobo/Raunchey 

Wolf') shot down by Obfw. 

Bartl in Fw 190A-5 of 123/5(F) at 

Ligny-Saint-Flochel, 

France Dec 30, 1943. MACR 1899. 1 KIA, 


30251 (385th BS, 549th BS, 'Piccadilly 

Queen') lost Jan 29, 1944, Kaiserslautern. MACR 2267 

30254 (385th BG) lost over Atlantic Jun 21, 

1943 on way overseas. MACR 3 

30255 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Lonesome Polecat 

II") shot down by 

two Fw 190A-7s of JG 1/1 Dec 16, 1943 

off De Koog, Texel, Netherlands. MACR 1558 

3 KIA, 7 POW. 

30257 (385th BG, 550th BS, 'Lady Suzie II') 

lost Jul 28, 1943. MACR 189C 


MACR 189C 

30259 (100th BG, 349th BS, "Damifino II") 

shot down by training 

flight by 3 Bf 109Gs of JG 3/II and 

crashed into North Sea 

E of Great Yarmouth, UK Sep 24, 1943.

MACR 778. 5 killed, 

5 rescued. 

30260 (385th BG, 548th BS) crashed in 

Yellowstone National Park 

May 1943. Only one survivor, the one 

who was able to bail out. 

The plane encountered turbulence at 

15,000 feet and was on 

fire when the commander ordered a bail 

out. The wreck was 

found in 1988 after the fires. 

30262 (390th BG, 568th BS, "Tech Supply") 

shot down by a rocket fired by 

Uffz Josef Holzmann in Bf 110G-2 of ZG 

1/1 at Ladbergen, 


KIA, 6 POW 

30264 (385th BG, 551st BS, "Dorsal Queen") 

crashed after midair 

collision with B-17F 42-3290 at 

West-Horndon, UK Sep 26, 1943. 

10 killed. 

30265 (390th BG, 571th BS, "Pinky") shot down 

by Oblt Horst Sternberg in 

Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/6 between Burse and 

Haarmuhle, Netherlands 

Oct 10, 1943. MACR 865. 1 KIA, 8 POW, 

1 evaded. 

30267 (97th BG, 341st BS, 'Hustlin' Hussy') 

shot down Jun 23, 1944 near 

Mizil, Romania. MACR 6951 

30268 to RFC at Ontario May 20, 1945. 

30271 (95th BG, 335th BS, "BomBoggie") lost 

over France Sep 6, 1943. 


30272 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Fritz Blitz") shot 

down by Fw. Gerd Wiegland in 

Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/4 near Haaksberghen, 

Netherlands during mission to 

Munster Oct 10, 1943. MACR 1118. 1 

KIA, 9 POW. 

30273 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Patsy Ann III") 

shot down by Jaj Johannes 

Seifert in Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/II Stab

near Lingen, Germany Oct 10, 1943. 


30274 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Our Bay-Bee") shot 

down by Lt. Erich 

Burkert in Bf 109G-6 of JG 26/7 on 

mission to Regensburg Aug 17, 1943. MACR 402. 

Plane went down near Mol, Belgium. 3 

evaded, 7 POW 

30275 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'The Vibrant 

Virgin') shot down by AAA 

at Quackerbruck, Germany Oct 8, 1943. 

MACR 825. 10 POW. 

30276 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Terry and the 

Pirates") shot down in 

France Sep 16, 1943. MACR 615 

30278 (100th BG, 418th BS) probably shot down 

by fighter 

attack near Haseluenne Mar 6, 1944. No 

survivors. MACR 3016 

30279 (385th BG, 549th BS, 'Black Jacker') 

lost Jul 26, 1943. MACR 191C 

30280 (482nd BG, 812th BS) went down Feb 21, 

1944 in Netherlands. MACR 2471 and 2470 

Wreckage recovered 

1970;Zuid-Flevoland 


MACR 191A 


MACR 95 

30283 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Mason's Morons") 

shot down by Lt. 

Gottfried Weiroster in Bf 109G-6 of JG 

50/Stab near 

Darmstadt, Germany on mission to 

Regensburg Aug 17, 1943. MACR 403. 

10 POW 

30285 (385th BG, 549th BS, 'Roundtrip 

Ticket') lost Jul 28, 1943. MACR 189D 

30286 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Spook IV") 

30288 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Louise II") 

30289 (390th BG, 568th BS, "The Dull Tool") 

hit by flak while 

bombing Krupp works at Kiel Jan 4, 1944. 

With two engines

out and a third on fire, crew bailed out 

over the Baltic. 

MACR 2021. 4 lost, 6 POW. 

30290 (338 BS/96th BG, "Lucky Lady II") shot 

down and crashed near 

Tielrode, Beldium on mission to Kassel, 

Germany Jul 30, 1943. MACR 145. 

5 KIA, 5 POW. 

30292 (390th BG, 569th BS) shot down by Hptm 

Anton Hackl in Bf 109G-6 of 

JG 11/III Stab at Quelkhorn, Germany 

Oct 8, 1943. MACR 783. 

6 KIA 4 POW. 

30297 damaged due to mechanical failure at 

Williams Field, AZ Jan 17, 1945. 

30300 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Hell-n-Back") 

damaged by fighters, caught fire, and 

exploded S of Stuttgart, Germany Sep 6, 

1943. MACR 546. 10 POW 


MACR 5901 

30302 (390th BG, "Calamity Jane") wrecked in 

taxying accident at Framlingham 

and condemned for salvage. 

30303 (94th BG, 333rd BS, "Raider") crashed 

due to mechanical 

failure into North Sea Oct 20, 1943. 

10 KIA. MACR 903 

30304 (95th BG, 334th BS, "She's My Gal") 

lost Jul 26, 1943. MACR 196 

30307 (301 BG, 419 BS, "Bonnie Sue") shot 

down off the coast of 

Italy Aug 11, 1943 by captured P-38G 

flown by Col. Angelo 

Tondi. MACR 490. The P-38G had been 

captured Jun 12 when 

it landed by mistake at Sardinia on a 

ferry flight. 


MACR 393 

30309 (379th BG, 525th BS, "Raging Red") shot 

down by Fw. Erich Becker in 

Bf 110F-4 of NJG 6/2 at Neiderwetz, 

Germany Aug 17, 1943. MACR 1763.

1 KIA, 9 POW 

30310 (301st BG, 419th BS) shot down near 

Salzburg, Austria 

Feb 25, 1944. MACR 2597 

30311 (100th BG, 350th BS) shot down b Hptm 

Rudolf Germeroth 

in Bf 109G-6 of J 3/1 during mission to 

Regensburg 

Aug 17, 1943. MACR 681. Crashed at 

Schornsheim, 

Germany. 2 KIA, 8 POW 

30314 (301st BG, 353rd BS, "Beautiful Baby") 

lost on mission to Regensburg Aug 17, 1943. MACR 407 

30315 (390th BG, 539th BS, *Battle Queen/Peg 

of my Heart*) damaged 

during Regensburg mission and interned 

in Switzerland 

Aug 17, 1943. MACR 391 

30316 (390th BG, 568th BS, "Madie") damaged 

by fighter and 

crashed Aug 17, 1943 at Bellheim, near 

Karlsruhe, Germany. MACR 390 

1 KIA, 9 POW. 

30317 (388th BG, 562nd BS, "Second Chance") 

collided in midair 

with 42-37838 and crashed near Bremen, 


MACR 3075. 10 KIA. 

30318 (390th BG, 570th BS, "Devil's 

Daughter") shot down by 

AAA at Bremen, Germany Oct 8, 1943. 



MACR 6310 

30320 (390th BG, 569th BS, "Coy De Coy") 

severely damaged during 

raid on Emden Dec 11, 1943. 1 KIA, 4 

bailed out and became 

POW, rest returned safely. MACR 

14404. Repaired. 

Lost Noordscharwoude, Netherlands Jan 

4, 1944. MACR 2022. 10 crew POW 

30321 (301st BG, 419th BS) engine caught 

fire, abandoned and

crashed at Villaputzu, Sardinia Nov 29, 

1943. MACR 2595. 

Crew bailed out, but 6 of them drifted 

over sea and drowned. 

4 returned. 

30322 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Liberty Belle") 



Feb 22, 1944 for trials involving Oboe, 

altimeters, and 

"supersonic bombs". Duration of stay 

not known. 

30329 (301st BG, 352nd BS) shot down over 


30330 (390th BG, 568th BS, "Blood,Guts and 

Rust II") shot down 

by AAA and crashed at Fischerhude, 


4 KIA, 6 POW. 


c/n 5446/5545. 

30332 (390th BG, 571st BS) lost Apr 18, 1944. 

MACR 4012 

30334 (390th BG, 570th BS) lost Jan 29, 1944, 

Friedrichhafen. MACR 2271 

30335 (100th BG, 350th BS, "Sans Finis") 

damaged by fighters and 

crashlanded at Colmar, France Sep 6, 

1943. MACR 687. 1 KIA, 9 POW. 

30336 (385th BG, 548th BS, *Miss Nonalee II*) 

attempted to reach Sweden with mechanical 

problems Oct 9, 1943, but came down at 

Norholm Mark, near Varde, Denmark. MACR 824. 

1 evaded, 10 POW. Repaired by 

Luftwaffe and flown as 7+8 

30342 after service with 95th BG as *Taint 

A Bird II*, converted to BQ-7 


against V-site at Watten 

Aug 4, 1944. Impacted at Gravelines, 

probably due to flak damage. 

30343 (97th BG, 342nd BS) shot down over 

Austria Apr 2, 1944. MACR 3586 

30344 (301st BG, 32nd BS, "The Lady Evelyn")

damaged by Fw. Horst Schlick in 

Bf 109G-6 of JG 77/1 and ditched 20-30 

mi W of Naples, Italy 

Sep 4, 1943. 1 POW, 9 rescued. MACR 

513. The date in the first page 

of the MACR is Oct 4, 1943, which is 

wrong. 

30347 (301st BG, 419th BS) shot down over 

Austria May 29, 1944. MACR 5445. 

30348 (390th BG, 569th BS, "Royal Flush") 

shot down by fighter of JG 11 near 

Oldenburg, Germany Dec 16, 1943. MACR 

1728. 10 POW 

30349 (388th BG, 563rd BS) shot down by Fw 

190A of JG 2 at Montgueux, 

France Sep 6, 1943. 10 KIA 

30350 (388th BG, 563rd BS) ran out of fuel 

and ditched in English 

Channel 5 mi SW of Isles of Scilly, UK 

Dec 5, 1943. Crew rescued. 

30353 Roger Freeman says that after service 

with 95th BG, 335th BS as 

*Ten Knights in the Bar Room* converted 

to Aphrodite flying 

bomb. Was to have been launched 

against marshalling yard at 

Herford Dec 5, 1944 but target not 

located due to cloud so 

directed at Haldorf. Crashed outside 

of town. In early 1944 had been sent 

to 803rd BS(P) at Oulton as radio 

countermeasures aircraft, fitted with 

one Jackal set. 

30354 (385 BG, 549 BS, 'Hustlin' Hussy') one 

engine was disabled 

by flak during bomb run over Frankfurt 

Jan 29, 1944 and was 

subsequently severely damaged by enemy 

fighters. Aircraft 

was able to reach Belgian airspace 

where the 

crew bailed out near Chaleroi, Belgium. 

MACR 2268 All POW 

except the right waist gunner who had

een killed during the 

fighter attacks. 

30358 (100th BG, 350th BS, "Phartzak") shot 

down by AAA at Bremen, 

Germany, Oct 8, 1943. MACR 947. 8 

KIA, 2 POW. 

30359 (96th BG, 339th BS) shot down by Lt Hans 

Ehlers in Fw 190A-6 

of JG 1/3 near Oldenburg, Germany Nov 

29, 1943. MACR 1392. 

8 KIA 2 POW. 


MACR 3649 

30362 (388th BG, 561st BS, "Wee Bonnie II") 

hit by AAA and crashed at Houilles, 

France Sep 9, 1943. MACR 3134. 5 POW, 

5 evaded 

30363 after service with 96th BG as *Ruth L 

III*, converted to 


against oil refinery at 

Hemmingstedt Sep 14, 1944. Missed 

target due to poor weather 

conditions. To 803rd BS(P) at Oulton 

early 1944 as radio countermeasures 

aircraft, fitted with 6 Mandrel sets. 

30364 (385th BG, 551st BS, 'The Old 

Shillelagh II') lost Aug 24, 1943. MACR 395 

30365 (96th BG) lost Oct 17, 1943 during 

mission recall 

from attack on Duren. Last seen going 

down in 

flames of Cromer, Norfolk. MACR 1019. 

Crew seen to bail 

out, but were never found. 

30367 (96th BG, 337th BS, "Flak Happy") shot 

down by Lt Heinz-Gunther 

Luck in Fw 190A-6 of JG 1/1 at 

Neuscharrel, Germany Oct 8, 1943. MACR 852. 

7 KIA, 3 POW. 


Dec 20, 1943, Bremen, Germany. 

MACR 1703. 

30369 to Royal Aircraft Establishment,


for trials of Monica III radar. 

Date/duration of stay 

not known. (96th BG, 339th BS) lost 

Mar 16, 1944. MACR 3421 


MACR 144 

30371 (388th BG, 560th BS, "Iza Angel II") 

shot down by Bf 109G-6 

and crashed into North Sea SW of Fano 

Island, Denmark 

Oct 9, 1943. MACR 3141. 4 KIA, 6 POW 

30372 (96th BG, 339th BS, "Shack Rabbit III") 

shot down by 

Lt Paul Mungersdorff in Bf 109G-6 of JG 

2/II Stab over 

Grandglise, Belgium Oct 20, 1943. 4 

KIA, 4 POW, 2 

evaded. MACR 1017 

30373 (96th BG, 338th BS, "Lucky Lady III") 

shot down by Oblt. 

Fritz Stratmannin Bf 110G-2 of ZG 1/3 

at Weinbergen, 

Germany Oct 8, 1943. MACR 854. 5 KIA, 

6 POW. 

30376 (94th BG, 331st BS, "Southern Belle") 

damaged and ditched in 

English Channel Dec 5, 1943. Crew 

rescued. 

30377 (95th BG, 412 BS, "Roger the Lodger 

II") shot down by fighters 

and crashed into North Sea off 

Netherlands Oct 9, 1943. 

MACR 850. 10 KIA. 

30378 (94th BG, 331st BS) lost Feb 10, 1944. 

MACR 2386 

30379 lost Jan 25, 1944. MACR 2059 


MACR 3581 

30383 (94th BG, 332nd BS, "Brennan's 

Circus") ditched into North 

Sea Oct 14, 1943. Crew rescued. 


Austria. MACR 7000


MACR 1963 

30387 (92nd BG, 326th BS) hit by Bf 190G-6 

and caught fire, 

crew bailed out then shot down by Hptm 

H-J Thomeschat in 

Bf 110G-4 of NJG 101/7 at Markt Bibart, 



30388 (2nd BG, 249th BS, "Sunny Boy") lost 

on mission to Regensburg Aug 17, 1943. MACR 406 

30389 (94th BG, 331st BS, "Dear Mom") shot 

down by Hptn Kark 

Borris in Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/1 at 

Lummen, Belgium 


MACR 323. 6 KIA, 1 POW, 

3 evaded 


MACR 143 

30396 (99th BG, 346th BS) damaged by AAA 

during attack on railroad marshaling 

yards at Bologna, Italy Sep 2, 1943, and 

finished off by fighters. MACR 565. 

8 crew POW, 2 evaded. 

30398 (*Patches*) shot down over Genoa, 

Italy Oct 29, 1943. 


MACR 139 

30402 (100th BG, 418th BS, "The Poontang") 

lost engine and crew bailed out Sep 6, 1943 and crashed 

near border between Switzerland and 

Germany. 9 POW, 1 

interned. MACR 688 


MACR 3292 

30408 (92nd BG, 327th BS) one engine caught 

fire after takeoff, the 

plane was heading toward cottages, 

pilot banked the aircraft 

away and crashed near Poddington, UK 

Nov 30, 1943. All 10 

onboard killed. 

30418 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Pickadilly

Commando") 

30411 (390th BG, 568th BS, "Hot Rocks II") 

shot down by AAA and crashed 

near Norden, Germany Dec 11, 1943. 

MACR 1727. 2 KIA, 8 POW. 


MACR 3425 

30414 (385th BG, 549th BS, 'Roundtrip Ticket 

II') blew up on hardstand Jan 31, 1944 

30415 (94th BG, 410th BS, "Lucky Lady") shot 

down by Lt. Hans Ehlers 

in Fw 190A-6 of JG 1/3 at Orvelte, 

Netherlands Dec 11, 1943, Germany. 

MACR 1257. 1 KIA, 10 POW. 


fighters over Adriatic Mar 11, 1944. 

MACR 2835. 2 POW, 9 MIA. 


MACR 254 

30419 (301st BG, 419th BS, "The Mighty 

Rabbit") damaged by AAA and then 

shot down by Fw Heinz Hinz in Bf 109F-4 

of JGr Sud/3 over 

Gulf of Lion 53 km S ot Istres, France 

Nov 16, 1943. MACR 1127. 

10 KIA. 


30421 (388th BG, 561st BS) shot down by AAA 

and crashed into sea off 

Emden,Germany Oct 2, 1943. MACR 3135. 

10 KIA 

30423 (92nd BG, 407th BS) crashed on mission 

to Frankfurt in 

Koersel (Limbourg, north of Hasselt) 

Feb 4, 1944. MACR 2237 

30425 (94th BG, 333rd BS) lost Jan 11, 1944. 

MACR 1888. 






c/n 5446/5645. 

30433 (94th BG, 410th BS) lost Apr 11, 1944.

MACR 4437 


MACR 3659 


MACR 3962 

30438 (97th BG, 414th BS, "Kan-Do") shot down 

by Bf 109G-6 over Tyrrhenian 

Sea Oct 14, 1943. MACR 973 

30444 (94th BG, 332nd BS) lost Jan 5, 1944. 

MACR 1893 


Greece Oct 10, 1943. MACR 6615 and 924. 

9 KIA, 1 survived. 


MACR 84 

30451 (306th BG, 368th BS, "V Mail Gets There 

Fastest") salvaged Jul 5, 1944 

with non battle damage. Later used by 

34th BG as a hack aircraft. 

Flown back to USA. 

30453 (94th BG, 333rd BS, "Thunderbird") 

damaged and crashed 

somewhere in France Oct 14, 1943. 1 

KIA, 6 POW, 3 


30454 (94th BG, 333rd BS, "Reluctant 

Dragon") shot down by Lt Franz 

Ruhl in Bf 109G of JG 3/4 and ditched 

in North Sea off 

Greetsiel, Germany Sep 27, 1943. MACR 

733. 

1 KIA, 9 POW. 

30455 (390th BG, 569th BS, "Schifless 

Skonk") shot down by Ju 88C-6 of 

NJG3/10 over North Sea Nov 16, 1943 

while returning from Norway. 

10 crew MIA. MACR 1400 

30456 (2nd BG) lost Aug 27, 1943. MACR 481. 

30457 (94th BG, 331st BS, "Jimmy Boy II") 

shot down by Lt Hans 

Santler inFw 190A-6 of JG 2/1 Stab at 

Crepy-en-Valois, 

France Oct 14, 1943. 1 KIA, 3 POW, 6 

evaded. MACR 792


MACR 2491 


MACR 3521. Crashed 

near Udine 


MACR 3714 


MACR 1830 


MACR 458 

30468 lost Aug 5, 1943. MACR 163 

30469 and 30486 converted to F-9B 

photo-recon aircraft with cameras added and bombing 



MACR 1952 


MACR 929 

30476 (390th BG, 568th BS, "Rovin Ramona") 

shot down by AAA at 

Bremen, Germany Dec 20, 1943. MACR 

1731. 10 KIA 

30478 (388th BG, 560th BS, *Impatient Virgin 

II*) interned in Switzerland Sep 6, 1943. MACR 3136. 


30480 damaged by friendly fire at Ardmore 

AAF, OK Apr 21, 1945. 

30481 crashed Feb 12, 1944 at Mill Creek, OK 

after formation collision. 11 killed, 

tail gunner parachuted to safety. 


MACR 1992 

30491 (99th BG, 346th BS, "Hot For The Body") 

crashlanded in Sardinia, 

Italy Oct 1, 1943. 

30493 (96th BG, 339th BS) shot down by Oblt. 

Josef Wurmheller in 

Fw 190A-6 of JG 2/9 at St-Germain-en 

Laye, France Sep 15, 1943. MACR 727. 

9 KIA, 1 POW 

30499 (351st BG) lost Jun 21, 1944. MACR 

6537. Salvaged Aug 1, 1944 

30500 (2nd BG, 885th BS, "Miss Charlotte")

lost Sep 10, 1944. MACR 9578. 

Crashed on north side of Mount Gran 

Mioul, northern Italy. 10 KIA 


MACR 429 

30513 crashlanded at Roswell AAF, NM Mar 13, 

1945. 


MACR 2016 


c/n 5646/5730 

30555 (28th BG) lost Sep 28, 1943. MACR 812 





expended, WFU Apgu 1944 


MACR 267 

30601 (385th BG, 550th BS, "Mary Ellen II") 

collided in midair with 

another B-17F over UK Sep 16, 1943 and 

crashed at Rickinghall, England. 


30602 (96th BG, 338th BS, "Dry Run III") shot 

down by Lt Hermann 

Stock in Ju 88C-6 of NJG 3/12 Dec 12, 

1943 over North Sea and 

crashlanded at Molenrij, Netherlands. 

MACR 1654. 10 POW. 

30603 (306th BG, 423rd BS, "Las Vegas 

Avagner") shot down by Lt 

Heinz-Gunther Luck in Fw 190A-6 of JG 

1/1 between Doniaga 

and Sint Nicolaasga, Netherlands Nov 

26, 1943. MACR 1329. 

4 KIA, 6 POW 

30604 (100th BG, 350th BS, *Badger's Beauty 

V*) crashed landed in Normandy near 

Villers, France Oct 4, 1943. MACR 843. 

All crew survived, 5 POW, 5 evaded. 

30606 (306th BG, 367th BS, "El Diablo") lost 

Jan 4, 1944. MACR 1681 

30607 (96th BG, 337th BS, "Pat Hand") shot

down at La Garenne-Colombes, 

France Sep 15, 1943. MACR 728. 10 

KIA, 1 POW. 

30608 (92nd BG, 326th BS) shot down by AAA 

and crashed into North 

Sea at East Frisian Islands, Germany 

Nov 26, 1943. MACR 1386. 

10 KIA. 

30609 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Pistol Packin' 

Mama") lost Feb 10, 1944. MACR 2542 

30613 (381st BG, 535th BS) salvaged Apr 12, 

1944 

42-30617/30731 Boeing B-17F-115-BO Fortress 

c/n 5731/5845. 

30623 (92 BG, 326 BS) lost Feb 25, 1944, 

Laumesfeld 

30624 (91st BG, 322nd BS, "Queen Bee") shot 

down by fighter at Ihlow, 

S of Aurich, Germany Sep 27, 1943. 


30633 in midair collision with 4206019 and 

crashed near Jackson, 

MS Apr 11, 1945. 


lost Feb 21, 1944, Holland. MACR 2423 


MACR 2853. 

30637 crashed in UK Feb 20, 1944. MACRs 5022 

and 7325 wrongly identify 

42-30637 but actually refers to 

42-30837. 


MACR 7555 

30643 (305 BG, 364 BS) salvaged Jan 29, 1944. 


MACR 4851 


Flemming in Bf 109G-6 

of JG 1/9 between Oldenburg and 

Gristede, Germany Nov 26, 1943. 


30646 (92nd BG, 326th BS) shot down by Oblt 

Rufolf Englender in 

Fw 190A-6 of JG 1/1 and crashed near

Niedergrundau, Germany 

Oct 4, 1943. MACR 745. 2 KIA, 8 POW. 

30647 (305th BG, 366th BS) on landing 

collided with B-17Fs 42-30650 

and 42-30809 at Chelveston, England Sep 

23, 1943, 

killing all 10 onboard. 

30648 (92nd BG, 327th BS, "Woolaroc") shot 

down over Germany Dec 20, 1943. 


30649 (92nd BG, 327th BS) lost Apr 11, 1944. 

MACR 3668 

30654 (92nd BG, 327th BS) whot down by Lt Hans 

Reuter in Bf 109G-6 

of JG 11/9 with a rocket and crashed at 

Bischbrunn, 

Germany Oct 14, 1943 on Schweinfurt 

raid. 7 KIA, 3 POW. MACR 848 

30656 (422nd BS, 305th BG, *Miss Mickey 

Flynn*) scrapped at Altus, OK 

30661 (388th BG) diverted to Sweden Feb 24, 

1944 due to engine 

trouble and interned. MACR 3080. 

Sold to Sweden for $1 and 

converted to airliner under 

registration number SE-BAK "Jim" and 

was owned by the Swedish Crown but 

operated by ABA. WFU Sep 1946 

and used for firefighting practice 

before being scrapped Dec 1946. 

30662 (385th BG, 550th BS, 'Clarissa Jean') 

lost Feb 24, 1944. MACR 2778. 


MACR 2014. 

30666 collided on takeoff with 42-29953 over 

Cheveston, UK. Both planes crashed. 21 KIA. 

30667 (390th BG, 569th BS, "Wild Children") 


shot down by Fw. Heinz Fuchs in Fw 190A 

of JG 1/4 at 

Harkstede, Netherlands Dec 11, 1943. 

MACR 1584. 10 POW. 

30674 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Destiny's 

Tot/Kathy Jane III/Cincinatti Queen") left formation after No.

4 engine 

was hit by flak while returning from 

mission to Ludwigshafen 

Dec 30, 1943 and shot down by Hptm 

Herbert Huppertz in Fw 190A-6 

of JG 2/III Stab and crashed at Thieux, 

Picardy, France. MACR 2024. 


30676 (381st BG, 532rd BS, *Baby Dumpling*) 

shot down by fighter Jan 5, 1944 over 

France. MACR 1962. Plane crashed in 

village of Aubigne Racan (Sarthe). 

1 killed, 6 POW, 3 evaded.. 

30677 (92nd BG, 326th BS) crashed into 

IJsselmeer, near Urk, Netherlands Dec 16, 1943, MACR 1556 


MACR 2765. 

30683 damaged in ground collision at 

Hendricks Field, FL Jun 26, 1945. 

30697 (346th BG, 503rd BS) crashed during 

training 

flight near McKenzie, TN. 8 crew 

killed. 

30705 (97th BG, 414th BS, "Ther-N-Bak") shot 

down by Bf 109G-6 of 

JG 53/III at Apecchio, Italy Nov 27, 

1943. MACR 1303. 8 KIA, 2 POW 

30706 (306th BG, 367th BS) lost Dec 20, 1943, 

North Sea. MACR 1701 


Sommer in Bf 110G-2 of ZG 1/2 

at Hanau am Main, Germany Oct 14, 1943. 


Other sources say 5 KIA, 5 POW. 

30708 (92nd BG, 407th BS) shot down by 

fighter near Schweinfurt, 


MACR 845 

30709 (96th BG) lost Oct 14, 1943. 10 POW. 

MACR 836 


at Schweinfurt, 


MACR 818


MACR 2253 

30712 (323rd BS, 91st BG, *Miss Minookie*) 

shot down by fighters Feb 21, 1944, 

Luechtreigen, Germany. 4 KIA, 6 POW. 

MACR 2461. 

30713 (390th BG, 568th BS, *Phyllis Marie*) 

made contolled landing in field near Vaerlose, 

Denmark Mar 8, 1944 during mission to 

Berlin. MACR 2987. Later operated by Luftwaffe. 

Found intact in Bavaria May 4, 1945. 

30717 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'Man O' War') 

collided with 42-39860 over Bremen, 

Germany Nov 13, 1943. 30717 spun in 

immediately, 39860 

ditched in North Sea on return. MACR 

1402 

30719 (390th BG, 569th BS, "Shatzi") shot 

down by Uffz Zinkl in 

Fw 190A of JG 1/6 and crashed at Eerde, 

Netherlands 

Oct 20, 1943. 2 KIA, 7 POW, 1 evaded. 

MACR 1039 

30721 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "Sweet and 

Lovely") returned to USA 

Jul 12, 1945. 

30722 (381st BG, 534th BS, "Bobby T") shot 


Bremen, Germany Oct 8, 1943. MACR 

1398. 10 POW. 

30723 (100th BG, 351st BS, "Holy Terror" then 

"Sexy Suzy Mother of Ten") collided 

with a Bf 109G and crashed near Munster, 


6 KIA, 4 POW. 


MACR 1685 

30725 (100th BG, 350th BS, "Aw-r-go") shot 

down by Fw 190A of JG 1 at 

Lienen, Germany Oct 10, 1943. MACR 

1028. 1 KIA, 8 POW. 

30726 (92nd BG, 407th BS) shot down by Fw 

Joachim Gutmann in 

Bf 110G-2 of ZG 26/8 at Kembach, Germany

Oct 14, 1943. 


30727 (306th BG, 367th BS, "Fightin Bitin") 

shot down by Fw Emil 

Schmelzinger in BF 109G-6 of JG 11/9 at 

Hohefeld, Germany 

Oct 14, 1943 on Schweinfurt mission. 

MACR 817. 5 KIA, 5 POW. 


MACR 2769 



30731 (457th BG, 751st BS) damaged by flak 

during mission to 

Leipzig Jul 7, 1944 and ditched in 

English Channel. MACR 8195. 

4 drowned, 5 rescued. 


c/n 5846/5945. 

30732 (4th FRG) crashed at Prestwick UK Sep 

13, 1943. 

30733 (92nd BG, 326th BS) engines failed and 

crashlanded 40km NE 

of Saint-Jeand'Angely, France Dec 31, 

1943. MACR 1669 and 1958. 

6 POW, 4 evaded. One evader joined the 

French resistance and was 

killed during an ambush Mar 1944. 

30734 (100th BG, 351st BS, "Slightly 

Dangerous") shot down by Fw 190A and 

flak at Munster, Germany Oct 10, 1943. 


30735 (92nd BG, 327th BS) damaged by AAA and 

crashlanded near 

La Roche-sur-Yon, France Dec 31, 1943. 

MACR 1670 and 1957. 


30736 condemned salvage battle damage Oct 

20, 1943 

30737 (385th BG, 549th BS, 'Ohio Air Force') 

shot down over St. Quentin, France Mar 16, 1944. MACR 3245 

30738 to reclamation/scrap at Avon Park AAF, 

FL May 9, 1945. 

30739 surveyed at Mitchel Field, NY Aug 12,

1944 

1943 

1944 

30740 to RFC at Albuquerque, NM May 31, 1945 

30741 to RFC at Ontario Aug 27, 1945 

30742 surveyed at Walla Walla AAF, WA Sep 19, 

30743 to RFC at Ontario Jun 29, 1945 

30744 to CL-26 at Redmond AAF, OR Aug 20, 1943 

30745 to RFC at Ontario Jul 29, 1945 

30746 surveyed at Cutbank Field, MT May 5, 

30747 to reclamation/scrap at Rapid City 

AAF, SD Nov 2, 1944 


30749 surveyed at Cheyenne AAF Oct 2, 1943 

30750 surveyed at Geiger AAF, WA Jan 7, 1944 

30751 to RFC at Walnut Ridge Sep 14, 1945. 

There is an MACR 871 which lists this 

plane as being lost Oct 8, 1943 with 

305th BG, 365th BS. 

30752 to RFC at Walnut Ridge Sep 26, 1945 

30753 to RFC at Kingman Dec 27, 1945 



30756 to RFC at Altus Aug 22, 1945 



MACR 2344 

30759 surveyed at Kearney AAF, NB Sep 8, 1943 

30760 to RFC Jun 20, 1945 

30761 to RFC at Walnut Ridge Nov 13, 1945 

30762 suffered engine fire on training 

flight Apr 19, 1944 

over Ontonagon, MI. All aboard 

survived, but plane 

was a complete wreck. Surveyed at 

Rapid City AAF, SD Apr 30, 1944. 


30764 to RFC at Walnut Ridge Oct 26, 1945 

30765 (381st BG, 535th BS, *Chug a Lug*) hit 

trees and crashed 

near Maiden Bradley, UK Dec 29, 1943. 

Salvaged Dec 30, 1943. 

30766 to RFC at Albuquerque May 27, 1945 

30767 condemned salvage no battle damage Jan

5, 1944 

30768 surveyed at Kearney AAF Mar 2, 1944 

30769 to RFC at Albuquerque, NM Jun 19, 1945 

30770 to RFC at Albuquerque, NM May 22, 1945 

30771 to RFC at Ontario, CA Jun 10, 1945 

30772 (91st BG, 323rd BS) damaged by rocket 

fired by Lt Richard 

Heller in Bf 110G-2 of ZG 26/8, caught 

fire and crashed into 

Baltic Sea S of Langeland Island, 

Denmark Oct 9, 1943. MACR 895. 

8 KIA, 2 POW. 


30774 surveyed at Harvard AAF Aug 31, 1943 

30775 condemned salvage no battle damage Nov 

18, 1944 


42-3533 over North Sea 

Nov 3, 1943. MACR 1158. 10 KIA. 


30778 condemned salvage battle damage Aug 

14, 1944 

30779 (306th BG, 369th BS) shot down by Uffz 

Hanert in Fw 190A/R6 

of JG 1/1 with a rocket at Niederbieber, 

Rheine-Pl, Germany 

Oct 14, 1943. 3 KIA, 7 POW. MACR 815 


fighters Jan 11, 1944 on mission to Oschersleben. MACR 1938 

30781 (96th BG, 413rd BS) shot down by 

fighter over Denmark Oct 9, 1943. 

MACR 945. 10 KIA 


MACR 1931. Parts recovered 1977;Nijverdal 


MACR 3180 

30784 condemned salvage no battle damage Feb 

8, 1944 


Oct 4, 1943 on mission to 

Frankfurt. MACR 908. 3 KIA, 7 POW. 

30786 surveyed at Cheyenne Mod Ctr Nov 22, 

1943 

30787 surveyed at Dyersbrug AAF Sep 27, 1944


MACR 2760 

30789 (388th BG, 563rd BS, "Flak Suit, then 

"Butcher Boy") shot down 

Obfw Kirshow in Fw 190A-5/U8 of SKG 10/3 


Lokeren, Belgium Nov 5, 1943. MACR 


30790 (351st BG, 511th BS, "Cue Ball") shot 

down by AAA Oct 9, 1943 

on mission to Anklam, Germany. MACR 

878 

30791 condemned salvage from enemy action 

Nov 30, 1945 

30792 (96th BG, 339th BS, "Janet McIlwain") 

shot down by AAA at 

Emden, Germany Sep 27, 1943. MACR 756. 

2 KIA, 8 POW 

30793 (388th BG, 562nd BS, "Tom Paine") 

withdrawn from 388th BG Jan 

1945. Condemned salvage Jun 2, 1945 


fighters Jan 5, 1944 

over Kiel Harbor, Germany. 8 KIA, 2 


30795 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'The Wild Hare') 


Emil-Rudolf Schnoor in Fw 190A-6 of JG 

1/1 Stab between 

Eethen and Waspik, Netherlands Nov 11, 

1943. MACR 1161. 

1 KIA, 8 POW. 

30796 (100th BG, 351st BS, "Sunny II") badly 

damaged by German fightes 

and crashlanded at Starston, UK Dec 30, 

1943. 3 injured, 

7 OK. Salvaged Jan 1, 1944 

30797 surveyed at Eglin AAF Sep 26, 1943 



fighters near Haseluenne 

Mar 6, 1944. 3 killed, 7 bailed out and 

taken prisoner. MACR 3017 

30800 (388th BG, 563rd BS) lost Feb 29, 1944.

MACR 2893. 

30801 condemned missing Sep 1, 1943 

30802 (388th BG, 560th BS, "Gydnia") shot 

down by Lt. Hermann Stock 

in Ju 88C-6 of NJG 3/12 at coast of Romo 

Island, Denmark Oct 9, 1943. 

MACR 3138. 10 POW. 


over Elsig, Germany 

Dec 1, 1943 and crashed between Elsig 

and Frauenberg. 

9 KIA 1 POW. MACR 1387 


fighter at Glasofen, 

Germany in Schweinfurt raid Oct 14, 

1943. 8 KIA, 2 POW. MACR 922 

30805 (91st BG, 401st BS, "Bomb Boogie's 

Revenge") shot down by 

fighters of JG 1 over Wilhelmshaven, 

Germany Nov 3, 1943. MACR 1155. 

7 KIA, 3 POW. 

30806 (96th BG, 339th BS, "V Packet") damaged 

by fighters and 

crashed near Reims, France Oct 14, 

1943. 10 POW. MACR 832 

30807 (305th BG, 364th BS, "Katy") shot down 

by fighter at 

Eisden, Belgium Oct 14, 1943. 1 KIA, 


30808 (388th BG, 563rd BS) shot down by enemy 

fighter east of Quakenbruck on mission to 

Brunswick Mar 23, 1944. MACR 3541. 

30809 diverted to RAF ADO Feb 22, 1945 


MACR 3422 




30812 diverted to RAF ADO Feb 22, 1945 

30813 (306th BG, 423rd BS, "Queen Jennie") 

shot down by Oblt Rudolf Engleder in 

Fw 190A-6 of JG 1/1 at Dorne, Belgium 

on Schweinfurt mission Oct 14, 1943. 

MACR 820. 5 KIA, 5 POW.

30814 (305th BG, 366th BS, "Round Tripper") 

shot down by Obfw. 

Willi Roth in Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/5 at 

Adendorf, Germany 

Oct 14, 1943. 2 KIA, 8 POW. MACR 919 

30815 to RFC at Albuquerque May 25, 1945 

30816 (385th BG, 551st BS, 'Mary Ellen III') 


Siegfried Zick in Bf 109G of JG 11/7 

between Zuurdijk and 

Warfhuizen, Netherlands Dec 11, 1943. 

MACR 1664. 

2 KIA, 8 POW. 

30817 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Miss Flower III") 

shot down by Bf 109G over Germany 

Oct 10, 1943. MACR 1044. 10 POW. 

30818 (100th BG, 350th BS, "Salvo Gal") 

damaged by AAA then shot 

down by Lt Franz Ruhl in Bf 109G-6 of 

JG 3/4 at Hemrik, 

Netherlands Oct 8, 1943. MACR 952. 1 


30819 condemned salvage no battle damage May 

29, 1945 


30821 condemned salvage no battle damage Oct 

14, 1943 

30822 (385th BG, 551st BS, 'Foolish 

Virgin/Dorsal Queen') lost Feb 25, 1944. MACR 2776 

30823 (100th BG, 350th BS, "Invadin Maiden") 

lost Oct 10, 1943. MACR 1025 

30824 (92nd BG, 327th BS, "Bobby Joe") shot 

down by fighters over Villingen, Germany during Schweinfurt 

raid Oct 14, 1943. 5 KIA, 5 POW. MACR 

847 

30825 surveyed at Eglin AAF, FL Jan 29, 1946 

30826 (390th BG, 571st BS, "Short Stuff") 

shot down by Obfw Leo-Lothar Barann 

in Bf 109G-6 at Ostbevern, Germany Oct 

10, 1943. MACR 863. 2 KIA, 9 POW 

30827 condemned salvage no battle damage Jun 

12, 1945 

30828 crashlanded at Fairmont AAF, NE Jun 14, 

1945. To

eclamation/scrap at Fairmont AAF, NB 

Jun 7, 1946 

30829 (388th BG, 563rd BS) lost Mar 8, 1944. 

MACR 3081 

30830 (100th BG, 418th BS, "M'lle Zig Zig") 

shot down by flak at Munster, 


KIA, 9 POW. 

30831 (305th BG, 364th BS, *Lazy Baby*) 

interned in Switzerland Oct 14, 1943 

during mission to Schweinfurt. MACR 

913. First damaged by AA and then 

and then set on fire by German fighters. 

3 crew injured and 

another 2 bailed out and became POW. 

Crashlanded near 

Aesch, Switzerland. Another crewman 

died of injuries next 

morning. 


c/n 5946/6045. 

30832 (306th BG, 368th BS) shot down by Lt. 

Oppermann in Bf 109G 

of JG 11/III Stab at Schwerinsdorf, 

Germany Nov 26, 1943. MACR 1328. 

10 POW. 

30833 to RFC at Kingman, AZ Oct 27, 1945 

30834 (381st BG, 534th BS, *Micky Finn*) 

crashed Feb 4, 1944 and reduced 

to salvage Feb 7, 1944. 


30836 (385th BG, 551st BS, 'Dragon Lady') 

severely damaged by flak 

while attacking V-weapons site near 

French Coast Feb 13, 1944, 

losing No 4 engine. Two more engines 

failed soon 

afterwards and aircraft ditched in 


3 crew died, remaining 7 rescued. 

30837 (388th BG, 561st BS, "Ole Bassar") shot 

won by Fw 190A N of 

Cognac, France Dec 5, 1943. MACR 5022 

and 7325. 7 KIA, 2 POW,

1 evaded. Both MACRs wrongly identify 

the plane as 43-30637. 

30838 condemned salvage no battle damage Jul 

18, 1946 

30839 condemned salvage no battle damage Sep 

1, 1943 



Eissel, Germany Oct 8, 1943. MACR 951. 

5 KIA, 5 POW 


collision with B-17F 

42-30221 but landed safely at 

Thurleigh, UK Dec 27, 1943. 

Condemned salvage no battle damage Dec 

29, 1943. 42-30221 

crashed into English Channel. 

30842 to RFC at Kingma Nov 16, 1945 


30844 to RFC at Altus Nov 26, 1945 

30845 to reclamation/scrap at Rome AAF, NY 

Aug 1, 1945 



MACR 3423. 

30848 to RFC at Ontario, CA Jun 19, 1945 


30850 to RFC at Altus Sep 14, 1945 

30851 (388th BG, 560th BS, "Little Boy Blue") 

collided on takeoff with B-17G 

43-37623 Jul 19, 1944 and fuselage was 

cut in half. Front 

half exploded on impact near Thurston, 

Bury St. Edmonds, 

Suffolk. 8 killed and 2 parachuted to 

safety. The B-17G was 

able to jettison its bombs and land 

safely. 

30852 (381st BG, 535th BS, *Blowin' Bessie*) 


Hans Nowack in Fw 190A-6 of JG 2/3 near 

Klundert, 

Holland crashed near Dordrecht, 

Holland Nov 5, 1943. MACR 1399.

7 KIA 3 POW. Parts recovered 1969, 

Hollands Diep 

30854 (96th BG, 339th BS, "Black Heart III") 


Emil Schmelzinger in Bf 109G of JG 112/9 

at Oldenburg, 


KIA. 


MACR 4586. 

30857 (351st BG) returned to USA Dec 1, 1944 

30859 (96 BG, 413 BS) lost Jan 29, 1944, 

Hermeskeil. MACR 2377 

30860 (96th BG, 337th BS) collided in midair 

with another 

B-17 and crashed into North Sea 10 km 

W of Texel, 


10 KIA 

30863 (388th BG, 563rd BS, "My Devotion") 

damaged and crashlanded 

near St Cross South Elmham, UK Nov 5, 

1943. Crew OK. 

Salvaged. 


Haupstedt, Germany Oct 8, 1943. 



MACR 1927 

30866 (351 BG, 508th BS) ditched Feb 21, 

1944, North Sea due to battle damage. MACR 6063 

30867 (351st BG, 510th BS) shot down by Maj. 

Vorster in Me 410A of 

ZG 1/II Stab at Hallig Hooge, Germany 

Oct 9, 1943 on 

mission to Anklam. MACR 1035. 3 KIA, 

7 POW. 

30872 (96th BG, 337th BS, "Ole Press") 

collided in midair with 

42-31113 and crashed into North Sea Dec 

16, 1943, w of 

Tershelling, Holland. MACR 1565. 10 

KIA 

30887 in accident in Texas Jul 17, 1945.

30891 crashed Jun 13, 1944 Crown Point, 

Colorado. 

30897 seen at Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Aug 

24, 1943. 

30919 damaged in ground accident at Boca 

Raton AAF, FL Aug 28, 1945. 

30921 to Bolivia as CB-71 and later CP-571. 

W/o at Viacha, Bolivia Jan 16, 1962. 


c/n 6046/6145. 

30934 listed as having crashed Aug 19, 1943. 

But there are reports of 

this plane as still flying in 1944/45. 

30949 damaged in bird strike at Randolph 

Field, TX Apr 27, 1945. 

30960 force landed at Hendricks Field, FL Mar 

8, 1945. 


AAF, NM May 16, 1945. 

30994 (351st BG) transferred to 486th BG Jul 

15, 1944 and salvaged May 29, 1945 

31000 (385 BG, 550 BS) lost April 13, 1944, 

Dubendorf, 

Schweiz, Germany 


Arcadia, FL Jun 21, 1945. 


MACR 2239 

31020 (388th BG) lost Dec 11, 1943. 


MACR 7836 


MACR 5093 


MACR 1960 and 1754 

31020 (388th BG, 560th BS, "Mission Belle") 


Veutzke in Me 410A of ZG 26/4 at 

Finsterwolde, Netherlands Dec 11, 1943. 



MACR 3225 


MACR 2872

31030 (390th BG, 571st BS, "Shy Ann") 

suffered mechanical failure 

and crashed into North Sea off 

Aldeburgh, UK Nov 5, 1943. MACR 1162. 

10 killed. 

42-31032/31131 Boeing B-17G-1-BO Fortress 

c/n 6146/6245 


MACR 2507 

31034 (401st BG, 612nd BS) lost May 28, 1944. 

MACR 5309 

31035 (100th BG, 351st BS, "Hang the 

Expanse") crashed on takeoff 

at Thorpe Abbots, UK Nov 26, 1943. 

Salvaged Nov 29, 1943. 

31036 (401st BG, 614th BS) lost Feb 4, 1944. 

MACR 2285 

31037 (401st BG, 613rd BS) lost Jul 20, 1944. 

MACR 7545 


Prum. MACR 2873 

31042 (385th BG, then to 384th BG, 544th BS) 

shot down on mission 

to Bremen, Germany Nov 26, 1943. MACR 

1663. 1 KIA, 9 POW. 

31044 (97th BG, 340th BS) ditched off the 

coast of Calvi in Corsica 

after being damaged by fighters during 

bombing raid on railroad 

yards at Verona, Italy Feb 14, 1944. 

MACR 2395. 3 KIA, 8 rescued. 

The wreck is still down there. 

31045 (384th BG, 546th BS) salvaged Feb 16, 

1944 



MACR 1326. 10 POW. 

31047 (381st BG, 535th BS, *Little 

Duchess/Wolverine*) shot down by fighter at Ottbergen, 

Germany Jan 30, 1944. MACR 2243. 8 

KIA, 2 POW. 

Subsequently salvaged and used by 

Luftwaffe. 

31048 (384 BG, 545 BS) lost Apr 13, 1944,

Klushausen, Germany on mission to Schewinfurt. MACR 3866 

31050 (379 BG 525 BS) lost Jan 29, 1944, 

Belgium. MACR 2874 

31051 (100th BG, 351st BS) shot down by 

fighter attack Mar 6, 1944 

near Haseluenne. MACR 3018. 7 

killed, 3 bailed out and taken prisoner. 

31054 (95th BG, 412nd BS, "Irish Luck") lost 

Feb 10, 1944. MACR 2545 

31055 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Aloha") declared 

war weary Apr 9, 1945. 


MACR 2494 

31057 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Devil's Daughter, 

the 2nd") 

31058 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Liberty Run*) MIA 

Feb 28, 1944 on mission to Preusville, France. MACR 2937 

31059 (384th BG, 547th BS) shot down by Fw 

190A-6 of JG 2/1 

at Nubecourt, France Oct 14, 1943 on 

mission to Schweinfurt. 


31060 (303rd BG, 427th BS, *Poque Ma Hone*) 

crashed at Jaraczewo, Poland Feb 9, 1945 after 

mission to Lutzkendorf. MACR 12245. 

5 KIA, 4 rescued. Had been in midair 

collision with 43-39149. 

31062 (100th BG, 351st BS, "Holy Terror II") 

crashlanded Jan 21, 1944. 

Salvaged Jan 31, 1944 

31063 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Spook Six") 

31064 (401st BG, 614th BS, *Hey Lou*) while 

flown by a 613th BS crew 

was shot down by Hptm Herbert Huppertz 

in Fw 190A-6 of JG 2/III 

Stab and crashed into English Channel 

off St. Catherine's Point, 

Isle of Wight, UK Dec 31, 1943, France. 

MACR 1872. 10 KIA 

31065 (306th BG, 367th BS) lost Sept 12, 

1944, Germany. MACR 8827 

31066 (100th BG, 351st BS) lost Dec 31, 1944. 

MACR 11366 

31067 (381st BG, 535th BS, "Black

Widow/Phyllis") returned to USA 

Jun 8, 1944 

31068 (401st BG, 612th BS, "Fools Luck") 

abandoned and crashed near 

Herts, UK, Dec 31, 1943 

31069 (401st BG, 615th BS) lost Sep 28, 1944. 

MACR 9415 

31071 (100th BG, 418th BS, "Dorhelcia") 


into North Sea Dec 22, 1943. MACR 

1705. 10 KIA 

31073 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Miss Billie, Jr*) 

8 crew bailed out 

and crashlanded at Whittlesey, UK Dec 

31, 1943. Both pilots 

were injured. 

31074 (100th BG, 350th BS *Cahepit*) 

interned in Switzerland Jul 13, 1944. MACR 7501 

31075 (381st BG, 535th BS, 'The Rebel') shot 

down by Hptm. Alfred 

Grislawski in Fw 190A-7 of JG 1/1 Dec 

20, 1943, 

Albstadt, Germany. MACR 1722. 3 KIA, 

7 POW. 


MACR 1919 


MACR 9416 

31077 (401st BG, 612th BS) lost Sept 30, 

1944, Munster, Germany. MACR 9416 


over Emden, Germany 

Dec 11, 1943. MACR 1574. 1 KIA, 9 

POW. 

31079 (91st BG) shot down by fighters near 

Madeburg Mar 6, 1944. MACR 2897 


MACR 2371 

31081 (401st BG, 613rd BS) lost Oct 7, 1944. 

MACR 9757. 


MACR 2512 


and crashed near

River Seser at Vegesack, Germany Dec 

20, 1943. MACR 3154. 

10 KIA. 


MACR 7357 

31086 (96th BG, 337th BS) shot down by Fw 190A 

of JG 1/1 between 

Poppenwier and Raerd, Netherlands Dec 

16, 1943. MACR 1567. 

10 KIA. The plane may have collided 

with another B-17. 

31087 (401st BG, 612nd BS) lost Oct 7, 1944. 

MACR 9758 


MACR 6468 


MACR 8920 

31092 (3rd BG) lost Mar 27, 1945. MACR 13538 

31093 (379th BG, 525th BS, 'Deacon's 

Sinners') lost Jan 5, 1944. MACR 1944 


MACR 2534 

31097 (381st BG, 535th BS, *Mission Belle*) 


Albert Brett in Bf 109G-6 of JG 1/7 at 

Niew Nekkerland, Holland Dec 1, 1943. 


31098 (401st BG, 614th BS, "Penny's 

Thunderhead") severely damaged 

and some crew bailed out over enemy 

territory Dec 11, 1943. 

Rest returned safely. MACR 8711. 

Plane repaired. Crashlanded 

due to mechanical failure at 

Deenethorpe, UK Mar 26, 1944 and was 

scrapped. 

31099 (381st BG, 532 BS, *Tenabove*) shot 

down by AAA over 

Amiens, France Feb 11, 1944. MACR 2431 

31101 (94th BG, 332nd BS, "Margie") shot down 

by AAA at 

Wilhelmshaven, Germany Nov 3, 1943. 


31102 (385th BG, 550th BS) lost Mar 23, 1944.

MACR 3316 

31103 (388th BG, 563rd BS) struck by enemy 

aircraft near Vechta during mission to Brunswick 

Mar 23, 1944. Wing was knocked off, 

aircraft went down in a spin. MACR 3594. 

31105 (385th BG, 551st BS) scrapped Jun 18, 

1944 

31106 (482nd BG) first aircraft received 

from USA fitted with production Oboe II/ 

Albumleaf radar. Flew first test 

mission over enemy territory Jan 14, 1944 

31107 (447th BG, 708th BS) lost lost Jan 11, 

1944. MACR 2513 

31108 (447th BG 709th BS) lost Jan 29, 1944, 

Gondershausen. MACR 2279 


MACR 2236 

31110 (94th BG, 331st BS, "Pacific's Dream") 

while flown by 

a 332nd BS crew was shot down by AAA at 

Cognac, France 

Dec 31, 1943. MACR 1672. 4 POW, 6 

evaded. 

31111 (381st BG, 535rd BS *Four Aces--Pat 

Hand*) shot down by AAA 

over Cologne, Germany Dec 1, 1943. 

MACR 1659. 10 KIA 


MACR 2887 

31113 (96th BG, 339th BS, "Zilch") collided 

in midair with 

42-30872 Dec 16, 1943 and crashed into 

North Sea W of 

Terschelling, Holland. MACR 1564. 


MACR 5479 

31115 (388th BG, 562nd BS) lost Feb 10, 1944, 

Holland. MACR 2348. 

Parts recovered 1985:Uitgeest 



31117 (385th BG, 550th BS, "Daisy Mae") 

scraped Nov 1, 1947. 

31119 (379th BG, 524th BS) crashlanded near

Kimbolton, UK Dec 28, 1943. 

At least one crewmember was killed. 

31120 (94th BG, 410th BS) hit on raid over 

Brunswick, Germany Mar 23, 1944 

and ditched in English Channel. MACR 

3534. All aboard KIA. 

31121 (96th BG, 338th BS) damaged by AAA over 

Paris, then shot down 

by Fw Karl Tscheliesnig in Fw 190A-6 of 

JG 2/9 and crashed 

between Cayeux-sur-Mer and Abbeville, 


MACR 1673. 10 KIA. 

31122 (390th BG, 568th BS, "Six Nights in 

Telergma") shot down by a 

Bf 110G-2 of ZG 26 with a rocket over 

Nordey, Germany Dec 11, 1943. 


31123 (95th BG0 crashed on takeoff from 

Horsham, England Nov 19, 1943. 

Bombload exploded and all crew were 

killed. 



31125 (447th BG, 711th BS, "No Regrets") shot 


Cognac, France Dec 31, 1943. MACR 

1769. 3 KIA, 6 POW, 1 evaded. 




MACR 7547 

31131 (388th BG, 563rd BS, "Satan's Sister") 

collided with a B-17 out 

of control and brok into two and crashed 

at Heppenheim, 


KIA, 4 POW. 


c/n 6246/6345 

31133 (385th BG, 551th BS, 'Powers Girl') 



MACR 8910

31135 (388th BG, 562nd BS, "Susie SagTits") 

shot down by fighter flown by 

Hbtm. Hugo Frey of JG.11 over western 

Holland Mar 6, 1944. Crashed near Oud 

Schoonebeck. 

One killed, 9 bailed out and taken 

prisoner. MACR 3082 


MACR 3654 

31138 (388th BG, 560th BS, *Winged Fury*) 

shot down Apr 13, 

1944 during raid on Augsburg, Germany. 

Tail gunner KIA, 

rest of crew POW. MACR 3773 

31139 (306th BG, 423rd BS) lost Feb 24, 1944. 

MACR 2771 

31141 (94th BG, 332nd BS) lost Mar 8, 1944. 

MACR 2976 


MACR 2860 

31143 (369th BS, 306th BG, *Satan's Lady*) 

scrapped in USA at 

Kingman AZ Jun 1945. 




MACR 2353 


Gladbach, Germany. MACR 2277 


MACR 4436 

31149 (388th BG, 560th BG, "My Day") ditched 

in English Channel Dec 30, 1943 after 

receiving battle damage during bombing 

raid 

on Ludwigshafen, Germany. 4 

crewmembers rescued, 

remaining 6 never found. MACR 3139 


Gusenburg. MACR 2381 


MACR 4237 


MACR 3542


MACR 10755 


MACR 3824. The plane was damaged on a mission 

to Poznan, Poland. The crew tried to 

make it to Sweden, but crashed on Bornholm Island. 

6 evaded, 4 POW. 


MACR 2533 


MACR 3419 


MACR 2532 



31162 (351st BG, 511th BS, "Victory Ball") 

damaged by AAA and shot down 

by Lt Waldemar Radener in Fw 190A-6 of 

JG 26/7 1 km S of 

Saint Pol sur Ternoise, France Dec 30, 

1943 on mission to Brunswick. 

MACR 1757. 4 KIA, 6 POW (1 died in 

hospital from wounds). 

31163 (388th BG) damaged by fighter near 

Lingen 3/6/1944 and 

landed in Sweden. MACR 3083. Crew 

interned by Sweden but returned to England Nov 1944. 

Aircraft retained in Sweden and 

converted to airliner under registration number SE-BAM 

"Tom" and owned by Swedish Crown but 

operated by ABA. 

Crashed at Marietved Dec 4, 1945. 

31164 (96th BG, 337th BS) shot down Jan 5, 

1944 over Brest peninsula. MACR 2012 

1 KIA, 6 evaded, 3 POW. 

31166 (384th BG, 545th BS, Miss Billie, Jr") 

crashed in England Mar 24, 

1944. 

31172 (306th BG, 367th BS) interned in 

Switzerland Apr 24, 1944 

31173 (447th BG, 711th BS, "Maid to Please") 


crashed at Henonville, France Dec 30, 

1943. MACR 1770.


31174 (385 BG, 551st BS, 'Spirit of Chicago') 


31176 (388th BG) lost Apr 24, 1944, Germany 

31177 (303rd BG) lost Sept 12, 1944, Germany 

31179 (351st BG, 511th BS, "Stinky Weather") 

damaged by AAA and then shot down 

by Obfw Wilhelm Streckert in Bf 109G-6 

of JG 2/6 between 

Kerbors and Pleubian, France Dec 31, 

1943 on mission to Cognac, France 


31180 (92nd BG, 326th BS) shot down by Bf 109G 

fighter Feb 24, 1944 during mission to 

Schweinfurt, Germany and crashed near 

Zwolle, Holland. 8 KIA, 2 POW. MACR 2854 

31181 (385 BG 549 BS) lost Jan 30, 1944, 

Frothein near Lubeck, Germany. MACR 2266 

31183 (303rd BG, 359th BS, *Bad Penny*) shot 

down Aug 15, 1944 on mission to Weisbaden, Germany 


Switzerland near Siebnen Apr 13, 1944 

31187 (91st BG, 401st BS, "Buckeye 

Boomerang") DBR in crash landing at 

Bassingbourne, England Mar 4, 1944. 

Salvaged. 

31188 (447th BG) shot down by Me 262 Apr 19, 

1945. 

31192 (351st BG) diverted to Sweden Oct 7, 

1944 after battle damage on raid to Politz 

31193 (401 BG 615 BS) lost Jan 29, 1944, near 

Worms. 

31194 (388th BG) shot down by fighter near 

Dutch 

border 3/6/1944. 2 killed, one later 

died of 

wounds, 7 taken prisoner. 

31197 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "Shack Rabbit") 

returned to USA Jul 12, 1944 

31198 (401st BG, 612th BS, "Fancy Nancy II") 

ran out of fuel, abandoned, 

and crshed near Kimbolton, UK Dec 31, 

1943. 

31200 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Old Crow") MIA

Jun 28, 1944 

Sack") 

31201 (97th BG) lost Apr 24, 1944, Rumania 

31205 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Sack Robber/Sad 

31209 (388th BG, 562nd BS, "Janie BB") had 

engine problems on way 

to target at Brunswick< Germany Jan 30, 

1944 and salvoed her 

bombs in effort to remain with the group 

but fell behind and 

was shot down by Bf 110. 4 KIA. 

31211 (384th BG, 546th BS) crashed in England 

Mar 24, 1944. Lost May 8, 1944 with 544th BS, MACR 4560 


MACR 1890 

31213 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Pistol Packin' 

Mama") lost May 30, 1944. MACR 5341 


MACR 3085 


Adolf Glunz in 

Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/5 near Beauvais, 

France Nov 26, 1943. 



MACR 1884. 

31217 (447 BG, 710th BS) lost Apr 29, 1944, 


31218 (390th BG, 571st BS) lost Feb 10, 1944 

on mission to Brunswick, Germany. MACR 2504 

31219 (447th BG, 710th BS) crashed into Lake 

Melville 30 mi off 

Goose Bay, Canada Nov 22, 1943. 10 

killed. 

31222 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Lazy Daisy*) MIA 

Sep 28, 1944 on mission to Magdeburg, Germany. MACR 9366 

31224 (303rd BG, *Helen Heaven*) shot down 

Aug 15, 1944 on mission to Weisbaden, Germany. MACR 8169 

31225 (447th BG, 709th BS, *Scheherazade*) 

to Kingman AAF Nov 10, 1945, 

sold for salvage Jul 1, 1946 

31226 (401 BG, 613rd BS) lost Apr 29, 1944, 

Germany MACR 4345 

31227 (447th BG, 708th BS) damaged by flak

over Berlin Mar 6, 1944. MACR 2278 

Radio operator blown out of to hatch 

without a 

parachute. Aircraft returned to 

England damaged 

beyond repair. I also have a report of 

this plane as being lost Jan 29, 1944 with the same 

unit. MACR 2278 

31229 nose repaired with nose of 41-24484. 


MACR 1916 

31231 (92nd BG, 326th BS) Mar 23, 1944. MACR 

3413 


c/n 6346/6445 

31233 (303rd BG, 427th BS) shot down by 

rockets fired by Oblt. 

Bernard Paffenrath in Me 410A of ZG 26/6 

Dec 20, 1943, 

Delmenhorst, Germany. MACR 1707. 8 

KIA, 2 POW. 


MACR 1894 


MACR 4811 

31235 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Goin' Dog*) MIA 

May 7, 1944 on mission to Berlin. 


MACR 1933 

31237 (385th BG, 551st BS, *Alexander's 

Ragtime Band*) hit by AAA over France May 1, 1944. 8 crew 

members 

bailed out over France, pilot and 

copilot made it back to England, where they crashlanded 

at Mendlesham. Plane was scrapped. 

MACR 4455 

31238 (351st BG) crashed due to icing near 

Market Deeping Sep 8, 1944 

31239 (303rd BG) lost Feb (or Aug) 24, 1944. 

MACR 2763 


fighter attack south of Bremen Mar 6, 1944. Crew bailed out 

and all 

taken prisoner. MACR 3086

31241 (303 BG, 427th BS, "Spirit of Wanette" 

aka "City of Wanette") lost Apr 29, 1944, Germany. MACR 4463 

31243 (303rd BG, 427th BS) ran out of fuel 

and ditched into 

Pegwell Bay off UK Dec 1, 1943. All 10 

crew rescued. 


MACR 2768 

31246 (384th BG, 545th BS) MIA Jan 14, 1944 

on mission to Le Milliard, France. MACR 2497 


MACR 3669 


MACR 8882 


fighters near Diepholz Mar 6, 1944. 

All crew bailed out and taken prisoner. 

MACR 2981 

31253 (388th BG, 562nd BS) lost Apr 24, 1944, 


31257 caught fire in midair while on training 

mission over Nevada range and crashed 67 mi 

NNE of Las Vegas Army Airfield Jan 4, 

1944. All but one of the 13 men 

aboard parachuted from the aircraft, 

but one of them was unable to pull his ripcord in time 

and was killed. The crewman who did 

not parachute was killed in the crash. 

31258 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Lucky Strike") 

lost Apr 10, 1944 


MACR 3181 


MACR 2382 

31274 (384th BG, 544th BS, "Sea Hag") damaged 

and ditched into English Channel 7 mi off 

Dover, UK Dec 30, 1943 on mission to 

Ludwigshafen. MACR 1768. 

1 drowned, 9 rescued. 


MACR 4577 

31278 (381st BG, 532rd BS) reduced to salvage 

Jan 4, 1944. 

31291 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "Avengress")

crashed after midair collision over Wilmersdorf, Germany May 

24, 1944. MACR 5176 


MACR 2352 

31294 ("Two Kind Words")used in weather 

research 


MACR 2200 

31296 destroyed in mid-air collision with 

P-39Q 44-2378 

Nov 3, 1944 near Kingman, AZ. 

31299 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Junior/She's My 

Gal II") shot down by fighter flown by Ofw. Sherer of 1/JG11 

over Beilen, 

Holland. All crew bailed out. MACR 

2999. Pilot evaded 

capture for 4 months, but all were 

eventually 

taken prisoner. Parts recovered 

1988:Oranje 


fighters on mission to Bremen Dec 20, 1943, 

Germany. MACR 1557. Crashed in 

Osterholz-Scharmbeck. 7 KIA, 1 DOW, 2 POW 


MACR 1565 


MACR 2766 

31314 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Scorchy") 

suffered brake failure attempting emergency landing at 

Shoreham, UK 

Feb 11, 1944, and collided with the 

guardhouse, severely injuring an armorer. Crew 

escaped with minor injuries. It is 

said that a prisoner in the guardhouse took the 

opportunity to escape. 


MACR 5999 

31318 (452nd BG, 731st BS) lost Feb 10, 1944. 

MACR 2536 

31320 (95th BG, 412nd BS, "I'll Be Around") 


31322 (305th BG, 364th BS, 'Mi Amigo') 

damaged in raid on Aschersleben, Bernberg and

Halberstadt, Brunde, Wernegerode, 

Madeburg and crashed in 

Endcliffe Park, Sheffield, England Feb 

22, 1944. 10 crew killed. 


MACR 2801 


MACR 2764 

31329 (95th BG, 334th BS) interned in 

Switzerland Mar 16, 1944. MACR 3229 


MACR 5931 

31331 (452nd BG, 731st BS) lost Mar 8, 1944. 

MACR 3190 


c/n 6446/6545 

31333 (91st BG, 332nd BS, *Wee Willie*) shot 

down by flak Apr 8, 1945. MACR 13881 


MACR 3933 

31335 (385th BG, 548th BS, "Honky Tonk Sal") 

crashed 5 mi E 

of Cambridge, England May 12, 1945. 

W/o and salvaged. 


MACR 2347 

31337 (452nd BG) forced to leave formation 

over Berlin 

Mar 6, 1944. Finished off by flak. 

Crashed near 

gun testing range of Rheinmetall Borsig 

factory. MACR 2914. 

All crew bailed out and taken prisoner. 

One died 

of wounds shortly after capture. 


MACR 2540. 

31340 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Miss Liberty") 

crashlanded Sep 12, 1944 at Hucquelliers, 

France after being hit by flak over 

Boulogne. 


MACR 2915. 

31342 (305th BG, 365th BS) lost Aug 9, 1944.

MACR 8071. 


MACR 4855 


MACR 5021 

31346 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Shack Rabbit*) 

lost Apr 24, 1944, France on mission to Oberphaffenhofen. 

MACR 4355. 


MACR 11230 

31349 (385th BG, 550th BS, 'Stars and 

Stripes, 2nd Edition') lost Feb 24, 1944. MACR 2777 

31351 (97th BG, 341st BS) lost Jun 23, 1944. 

MACR 6407 


MACR 3661 

31353 (91st BG, 323rd BS, "Queenie") lost Apr 

29, 1944, Germany. MACR 4236 


MACR 3191 


MACR 2198 

31356 (97th BG, 341st BS) lost Mar 33, 1944. 

MACR 3697 

31357 (381st BG, 535th BS, *Our Desire*) shot 

down by AAA Hunsruck, Germany 

Apr 13, 1944. MACR 3865 


MACR 5229 

31359 (452nd BG, 731st BS) lost Jun 21, 1944. 

MACR 6238. 


MACR 3670 


MACR3479 

31364 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Nuttall's Nut 

House*) MIA May 24, 1944 on mission to Berlin. MACR 5268 

31366 (452nd BG, 731st BS) lost Apr 7,1945. 

MACR 13886 


France Aug 8, 1944. 9 KIA. MACR 8079 


MACR 2527. Note duplication 

with 42-31388

31369 (401st BG, 614th BS) lost Aug 6, 1944. 

MACR 7887 

31370 (385th BG) crashed into Reedham 

Marshes, UK after colliding with B-17 

42-37963 during return mission from 

Diepholz Feb 21, 1944. All crew killed. 

31371 (452nd BG, 728th BS) lost Mar 23,1944. 

MACR 3342 



31373 (452nd BG, 731st BS) shot down by 

fighter Mar 6, 1944 near German-Dutch 

border. Five crew killed, one taken 

prisoner, 

four evaded capture. MACR 2916 

31374 (401st BG, 613rd BS) lost Mar 13, 1944. 

MACR 3185 

31375 (384th BG, 546th BS) MIA Apr 11, 1944 

on mission to Sorau, Germany. MACR 2750 


MACR 2750 


MACR 2498 

31381 (381st BG, 535th BS, *Jaynee B*) hit 

by AAA and ditched in English Channel 

Mar 20, 1944. MACR 3315 

31383 (457th BG, 751st BS, *American Eagle*) 

shot down by 

fighters Sep 12, 1944. MACR 10207. 8 

KIA, one POW 


Holland Jan 17, 1945 after 2 engines failed on way to target 

at Paderborn. MACR 12000 


MACR 3676 

31386 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Sky Duster") lost 

May 19, 1944. MACR 4949 


MACR 2365 


MACR 2527. Note duplication 

with 42-31368 


MACR 5382.



31391 (301st BG, 419th BS) ditched in 

Tirrenian Sea between Elba 

and Anzio beach Feb 25, 1944. MACR 

2616 

31392 (97th BG, 414th BS) shot down by Bf 109 

fighter May 24, 1944 over Zagreb, Yugoslavia. MACR 5187 



31394 after service with 379th BG, converted 


bomb and launched against V-site at 

Watten Aug 6, 1944. 

Experienced control problems and 

crashed into sea. 


MACR 1833 

31397 (301st BG, 353rd BS) lost Feb 25, 1944. 

MACR 2722 


MACR 2645 


MACR 4151 

31402 (305th BG, 365th BS) exploded after 

direct hit by flak and 

crashed at Saarbruecken May 11, 1944. 

MACR 4869 


fighters Mar 8, 1944 during raid on 

Berlin. 2 KIA, 8 POW. MACR 3424 

31405 damaged in landing Aug 7, 1944. Rear 

fuselage fixed on 42-97880. 


MACR 2650 

31407 (94th BG, 331st BS) lost Apr 18, 1944, 


31408 (92nd BG, 407th BS) lost Aug 3, 1944, 



MACR 2648 

31410 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Berlin Bessie/I 

Dood It") lost Oct 6, 1944. MACR 9352 

31411 (92nd BG, 327th BS) lost Feb 21, 1944,


31412 (100th BG, 351st BS, *Mason and Dixon*) 

to Kingman Dec 1945. 

Sold for scrap Jul 1, 1946. 

31415 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Ham on Rye*) 

crashed in England Jan 30, 1944. 

31416 (2nd BG, 20th BS) shot down by fighters 

Feb 25, 1944, Weichsee, 

Austria. 7 KIA, 3 POW. MACR 2576 

31417 (381st BG, 533rd BS, *Patches/Big Time 

Operator II*) shot down by fighter over 

Minden, Germany Jan 11, 1944. MACR 

1879 



31420 crashed into Mt. Truskmore near 

Cliffony, Ireland Dec 9, 1943. 

3 killed, 7 survived. 


MACR 2299 

31423 (303rd BG, 427th BS) lost Aug 15, 1944. 

MACR 8168 


MACR 2062 



31426 (301st BG, 352nd BS) lost Mar 26, 1944. 

MACR 3644 

31427 (305th BG) lost Apr 11, 1944. MACR 

4010 


MACR 2655 


MACR 2827 




MACR 2891. 


c/n 6546/6745 

31432 (303 BG, 360 BS, "Old Glory") crashed 

in village of Tressin, near 

Lille, France June 22, 1944. MACR 

6541.

31433 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Rum Pot*) MIA Apr 

13, 1944 on mission to Schweinfurt. 

MACR 3867 

31435 (384th BG, 544th BS, *West End*) 

crashed in England Jul 6, 1944 

31436 (96 BG, 413 BS) lost Jan 29, 1944, 

Charleville, Belgium. MACR 2378 


MACR 2635 

31439 lost during ferry across Atlantic Dec 

9, 1943. MACR 1190 


Calais. MACR 2240 

31443 (381st BG, 532nd BS, *Friday the 13th*) 


near Munster, Germany Feb 22, 1944. 

MACR 2930 




MACR 3289 


MACR 3811 

31448 (381st BG, 532rd BS, *Half Breed*) shot 

down by fighters between 

Madeburg and Berlin Mar 6, 1944. MACR 

3001 


MACR 1934 


MACR 6949 

31455 (92nd BG, 326th BS) crashed at Nateln 

over Werl, Germany Mar 23, 1944. 

MACR 3414. 



31461 (305 BG, 365 BS) lost Jan 30, 1944, 

Aersen, near Hameln, Germany. MACR 2261 

31462 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Roarin' Bill") 

lost Jan 20, 1945. MACR 12320 


MACR 3713 


MACR 5314


MACR 2742 

31468 one engine caught fire and forcelanded 

at Enniskillen, Northern 

Ireland Dec 9, 1943. 1 killed. 


MACR 6564 

31471 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Doolitle's 

Destroyer") lost Mar 8, 1944. MACR 2908 

31472 (97th BG, 414th BS) shot down and 

crashed near Fiume 

Mar 18, 1944. MACR 3359. 10 bailed 

out. MACR 3359 


MACR 8109 


MACR 5339 


MACR 2490 




MACR 2633 


fighters Jan 11, 1944 on mission 

to Oschersleben. MACR 1941 


MACR 6328 

31483 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Bonnie-B") 

salvaged Sep 5, 1944 

31484 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Mairsy Doats*) 

crashed in England Dec 27, 1944 

31486 (401 BG, 612 BS) lost Jan 29, 1944 

Oberndorf. MACR 2272 

31488 (401st BG, 614th BS) lsot Mar 8, 1944. 

MACR 2911 


MACR 2305 

31490 (532 BS, 381 BG) lost in midair 

collision 

with 42-40008 near Duestedt, Germany 

Mar 24, 1944. MACR 3538. Crashed 

at Carvin, France. 

31491 crashed on landing at Langford Lodge,

UK Dec 9, 1943. 


MACR 2374 


31495 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Wabbit Twacks*) 

MIA May 8, 1944 on mission to Sottevast, France. 

MACR 4561. 


MACR 6000. 

31497 (381st BG, 534th BS, "Round Trip 

Jeannie") shot down by AAA Altteich, Germany 

Apr 11, 1944. 

31498 (94th BG, 331st BS, "Passionate Witch 

II") shot down by flak and crashed 

at Hassenberg, Northern Bavaria Apr 29, 



MACR 2493 


MACR 2653 

31502 (100 BG 350 BS) lost Jan 29, 1944, 

Frenze Lane, UK 

31503 (92nd BG, 325th BS) shot down by German 

fighters near 



MACR 4865 

31505 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Miss Cue*) shot 

down by flak over 

target at Bohlen, Germany Nov 30, 1944. 

MACR 11151. 

1 KIA, 8 crew POW. 


MACR 3913 

31508 (401st BG, 613rd BS) lost Apr 13, 1944. 

MACR 3938. 

31509 (351st BG, 510th BS) damaged by AAA on 

mission to Berlin Aug 6, 1944 and diverted to Sweden. 

MACR 7589. Returned to USA Jul 15, 

1945 

31510 (524th BS, 379th BG) lost over Afferden 

, Holland 

Feb 22, 1944. MACR 2875. Crew 8 

evaded and 2 POW.

31511 (401st BG, 612nd BS) lost Apr 10, 1944. 

MACR 3939 

31514 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Full House") lost 

Aug 16, 1944. MACR 8178 

31515 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost Nov 26, 1944. 

MACR 10836 


Feb 22, 1944 

31517 (457th BG, 748th BS) hit by flak over 

France on mission 

to Augsburg and shot down by fighters 

over Mont St Martin, 

France Feb 25, 1944. MACR 3003 7 KIA, 


31518 (401st BG, 615th BS) lost Feb 20, 1944, 


31519 (447th BG, 709th BS) ditched in North 

Sea Apr 29, 1944 on return 

from mission to Berlin. All crew 

rescued. 


fighters at Doellbach, near Fulda May 28, 1944. 

MACR 5300. All 9 crew POW. 




MACR 2391 

31523 (301st BG, 419th BS) lost Jul 26, 1944, 



MACR 3434 


MACR 1682 


MACR 1682 




fighters Mar 29, 1944 during 

mission to Waggum, Germany. MACR 

3487. 2 KIA, 8 POW 


MACR 3415 

31533 (381st BG, 533rd BS) shot down by

fighter Wiedenbruck, 

Germany Feb 22, 1944. MACR 2931 


MACR 5166. 

31535 (379 BG, 527 BS) lost Jan 30, 1944, bie 

Essern (Minden). MACR 2876 

31536 (92nd BG, 326th BS) crashed at Brielen, 

outside Ypres, Belgium Jan 28, 1945. 

Aircraft lost on return trip from 

Cologne, having engine problems all the way. 

All crew bailed out safely, but one 

broke his leg upon landing. 


MACR 7809 


MACR 1932 

31539 (306th BG, 423rd BS) interned in 

Switzerland Apr 24, 1944. MACR 4281. 

31540 (94th BG, 331st BS, Miss Donna Mae II) 

lost over Berlin May 19, 1944 when bombed from 

above by another B-17. Bomb struck the 

left horizontal stabilizer causing 

plane to lose altitude and go into a 

steep nose dive. All crew killed. 

There was a film taken of this accident 

which is often seen. MACR 4946 

31541 (457th BG) crashed in USA Dec 23, 1943 

after colliding in midair with 

42-38065 near Wendover AAF, UT. 8 

killed. 42-38065 landed 

safely. 




MACR 3537 

31545 (457th BG, 749th BS, *Bad Times, Inc*) 

crashed and salvaged 

Jun 16, 1944. 


MACR 3227 

31547 w/o Jan 5, 1944 in USA. 


MACR 3671 

31549 (388th BG, 561st BS) lost May 12, 1944.

MACR 4881 

31550 (381st BG, 533rd BS, *Green Hornet II*) 

reduced to salvage 

Nov 21, 1944. 

31552 (457th BG, 714th BS, *My Buddy*) hit 

by AAA near Munich Jul 12, 1944 and crashed in 

Schlappintal, Switzerland. MACR 

6926. 4 killed, 4 POW, 1 interned. 

31553 (381st BG, 534th BS, "Myer's Flaw") 

shot down by fighters near Madeburg 

Mar 6, 1944. MACR 3241 


fighters north of Madeburg Mar 6, 1944. MACR 2909 


near Stassfurt, Germany. MACR 4240 


MACR 5308 




Sep 8, 1944 on mission to Ludwigshafen. MACR 10534 

31561 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Just Elmer's 

Tune") lost Feb 24, 1944. MACR 2644 


MACR 2762 


MACR 2892 


MACR 3064 


crashed in Haveng, Belgium Mar 4, 1944 on return from raid on 

Berlin. MACR 2795 


MACR 2375 


MACR 5904 

31569 (381st BG, 534th BS, *Sweet Patootie*) 

crashed in village of Damerey in 

France Sept 3, 1944 on mission to 

Ludwigshafen, Germany. 

31570 (381st BG, 533rd BS, *Lucky Me*) 

crashed St. Goar, Germany due to 

mechanical faiure Sept 25, 1944. MACR 

10203


MACR 4527 

31572 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost Feb 21, 1944, 



MACR 11112 

31575 (381st BG, 532nd BS, "Mizpah") 



MACR 3426 

31577 (388th BG, 360th BS, "Aquilla") 

destroyed on ground at Poltava, Russia Jun 22, 1944 

31578 (91st BG, 401st BS) rammed by German 

fighter north of 



MACR 4579 

31581 crashed near Edgeworth, Lancashire, 

England Jan 13, 1944. 4 killed, 2 injured. 



31583 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Little Princess" 

aka "Clover Leaf") lost Jul 19, 1944. MACR 7415 

31585 (323rd BS, 91st BG, *Mount'n Ride*) in 

emergency landing at Dudendorf, 

Switzerland after flak hit Mar 16, 1944 

and interned. MACR 3221. Returned to UK 

at end of war and scrapped Oct 8, 1945. 


MACR 3672 



31593 (401st BG, 613rd BS) lost Apr 10, 1944. 

MACR 4054 


MACR 5299 

31595 (457th BG) rammed by Me 410 near Berlin 

Mar 6, 1944. 

31595 preceded to collide with 42-31627 

before it 

crashed SW of Berlin. MACR 3197 



31597 (379th BG, 527th BS) lost Nov 30, 1944.

MACR 11127 

31598 (385th BG, 551st BS, 'Moonglow') lost 

Aug 2, 1944, France. MACR 8161 


MACR 9349 

31600 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Pride of New 

Mexico/Spirit of New Mexico") lost Nov 21, 1944. MACR 11195 


MACR 3431 


MACR 4583 


31606 (384th BG, 544th BS) MIA Mar 4, 1944 

on mission to Cologne, Germany. MACR 2739 


MACR 4800 

31610 (91st BG) lost Jul 16, 1944 

31611 (305 BG, 366 BS) crashed May 11, 1944, 

Metz-Hagondange, France. MACR 4870. 

Crew bailed out and became POW. 

31612 (351st BG) shot down by AAA Feb 22, 1944 

on mission to Bernberg. MACR 2657 

31614 (381st BG, 533rd BS, *Minnie the 

Mermaid*) failed to return Nov 29, 1944. 


MACR 6003 

31616 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "The Spirit Of 

Flak-Wolf") lost Apr 9, 1944. MACR 5019 

31617 (96th BG, 413rd BS) lost Feb 20, 1944. 

MACR 2373 


MACR 5905 


MACR 4957 

31620 (457th BG, 750th BS, *Skunk Hollow*) 

damaged by flak over Rouen, France June 2, 1944 

and crash landed at base, veered to 

right, hit the wing 

of 42-38056 parked on a hardstand. 

Both planes totally 

consumed by fire. All survived. 


MACR 4856 

31622 (97th BG) lost Jun 23, 1944. MACR 6374

31624 (338th BS, 96th BG) lost near Schaijk, 

Holland Mar 23, 1944. MACR 3427 

Crew 10 POW. 



31627 (457th BG, 748th BS) rammed by 42-31595 

Mar 6, 1944 after the 

latter was rammed by Me 410. Crashed 

near 

Treuenbriezen. Tail gunner was sole 

survivor. MACR 3198 


MACR 2724 


target at Gdynia, Poland Apr 9, 1944. MACR 3664 

8 KIA, 3 POW. 

31630 (457th BG) crashed Feb 19, 1945 near 

Alconbury, England. All aboard killed. 

42-31632/31731 Boeing B-17G-25-BO Fortress 

c/n 6746/6845 


Switzerland Apr 24, 1944. MACR 4264 

31633 (457th BG, 749th BS) hit by flak on 

mission ot Leuna oil 

refinery Nov 25, 1944 and chrashlanded 

in France. All crew OK 

and returned to Glatton. 

31634 (91st BG, 322nd BS) shot down Aug 16, 

1944. MACR 8184. 5 KIA, 4 POW. 


MACR 5159 

31636 to 457th BG Dec 1943. On Mar 12, 1944 

tranfereed to 91st BG, 323rd BS 

and named 'Outhouse Mouse'. Flew 139 

missions, then to Kingman, AZ 

and sold for scrap Jul 1, 1946 


MACR 3535 






Austria Feb 24, 1944. MACR 2686


Austria Feb 25, 1944. MACR 2704. 

2 KIA, rest POW. 


MACR 2877 


MACR 3290. 

Crashed near Fiume. 

31645 (97th BG, 341st BS) lost Aug 24, 1944. 

MACR 7971 


MACR 5988 




MACR 5259 




MACR 8840 

31654 w/o when crashed 1 mi NNE of Keearney, 

NB AAF. 

31655 (2nd BG, 429th BS) interned in 

Switzerland Aug 3, 1944. MACR 7205 

31656 (457th BG, 751st BS) shot down by flak 

Jun 21, 1944 on mission to Berlin. MACR 6004 

5 KIA, 4 POW. 


MACR 2546 


MACR 3285 

31662 (401st BG, 612th BS, *Fancy Nancy IV*). 

To storage at Burtonwood, 

Merseyside, England May 31, 1945 after 

134 missions. Eventually 

scrapped. 


MACR 10354 


MACR 2593 

31666 (2nd BG, 96th BS, *Poncho Thalken*) 

damaged by enemy aircraft over Austria, ditched 

in Mediterranean Sea Feb 24, 1944. 

MACR 2579


MACR 2064 

31669 (303rd BG, 358th BS, *Shoo Shoo Baby*) 

interned in Switzerland Apr 24, 1944. MACR 4270 


MACR 2654 

31671 (301st BG, 353rd BS) shot down over 

Austria Feb 24, 1944. MACR 2634. 

31672 (91st BG, 401st BG) lost Mar 20, 1944. 

MACR 3411 

31673 (91st BG, 322nd BS, *Lassie Coming 

Home*) lost Aug 16, 1944 at Deiderode while 

enroute to Seibel Aircraft Works at 

Halle, Germany. MACR 8183. 4 KIA, 5 POW. 

Was with the 324th BS when lost. 

31675 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Berlin Bessie") 

31677 (385th BG, 548th BS, "Satan's Mate") 

31678 (91st BG, "Little Patches") returned 

to USA after the war. 

31679 (2nd BG, 49th BS) collided with 

42-38070 Feb 25, 1944. MACR 2615 

31680 (92nd BG, 407th BS) shot down by German 

fighters Mar 6, 1944 near 

Planteunnne. MACR 2904. Loss linked 

to a claim by H. Baer of JG1. 

31681 (95th BG, 412nd BS) lost Jun 14, 1944. 

MACR 5794 


MACR 3364 

31684 (463rd BG, 773 or 774th BS, *Joker*) 

shot down Jul 7, 1944.over Vicany, Germany on 

mission to Blechhammer, Germany. MACR 

6864 



31687 (92nd BG) on raid to Merseburg Sep 11, 

1944. MACR 8889 

31688 crashed Dec 23, 1943 near Pine Springs, 

TX 



31691 (390th BG, 571st BS, *Lassie&*) 

interned in Switzerland Apr 13, 1944. MACR 3948 

31692 (379th BG, 526th BS) lost Jan 30, 1944.

MACR 2878 

31694 (351st BG) crashlanded and burned at 

Southend due to battle damage Feb 11, 1944 after 

mission to Frankfurt 


MACR 2652 


fighter over Detmold, Germany 

Feb 22, 1944. MACR 2932. 

31697 (301st BG, 352rd BS) lost Aug 7, 1944. 

MACR 7468 

31698 (381st BG, 533rd BS) crashed after 

midair collision over 

Melchow, Germany with B-17G 42-92714 

May 24, 1944. MACR 5319. 

7 KIA, 2 POW. 

31701 (301st BG, 32nd BS) lost Jun 26, 1944. 

MACR 6333 

31702 (351st BG, 508th BS) shot down by AAA 

Aug 16, 1944 on mission to Schkeuditz. MACR 7902 

31703 (301st BG, 353rd BS) shot down over 


31704 (94th BG, 331st BS) lost May 12, 1944. 

MACR 4826 

31706 (457th BG, 749th BS, *Slow But Sure*) 

transferred to 56th FG Mar 24, 1945. Modified 

to carry airborne lifeboat and used by 

5th ERS 

31707 (388th BG, 561st BS) ditched in sea 

near coast of Germany May 22, 1944 

during mission to Kiel. MACR 4955 

31709 (97th BG, 341st BS) lost Oct 23, 1944. 

MACR 9513 


MACR 4578 

31711 (351st BG) returned to USA Jun 19, 1945 

31714 (351st BG) damaged by fire at Polebrook 

May 17, 1945 and salvaged. 

31716 (96th BG, 413rd BS) lost Mar 8, 1944. 

MACR 3428 

31717 (390th BG, 568th BS) lost Mar 8, 1944. 

MACR 2988 


MACR 4857

31720 (379th BG, 524th BS) lost Sep 8, 1944. 

MACR 8844 

31721 (351st BG, 510th BS) shot down by 

fighters May 28, 1944 on mission 

to Dessau. MACR 5334 

31723 (100th BG, 349th BS) lost over Germany 

Jul 29, 1944. MACR 7810 

31724 (447th BG, 708th BS) shot down Apr 22, 

1944 and crashed Werl during 

raid on Hamm, Germany. MACR 4174 


fighters May 30, 1944 on mission to 

Oschersleben. MACR 5236 


MACR 8829 

31731 (100th BG, 349th BS) shot down by 

fighter attack 3/6/1944. MACR 3019 

9 killed, one taken prisoner. 

42-31732/31931 Boeing B-17G-30-BO Fortress 

c/n 6846/7045 

31732 (390th BG, 568th BS) lost Jun 2, 1944. 

MACR 5231 

31734 (95th BG, 412nd BS) lost Mar 4, 1944. 

MACR 2796 

31735 (100th BG) shot down by fighter attack 

Mar 6, 1944. MACR 3020 

near Haseluenne. 2 killed, 8 bailed 

out and taken prisoner. 

31737 (306th BG, 423rd BS) lost Jul 18, 1944. 

MACR 7416 

31739 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Pugnacious 

Peter") lost Oct 11, 1944. MACR 9563 

31740 (384th BG, 546th BS) MIA Apr 9, 1944 

on mission to Marienburg, Germany. MACR 3653 

31741 (388th BG, 562nd BS) lost May 25, 1944. 

MACR 5264 

31742 (385th BG, 548th BS) shot down by AAA 

over 

Berlin, Germany May 24, 1944. All crew 


31744 (390th BG, 568th BS) lost Jan 14, 1945. 


31745 (388th BG, 563rd BS) shot down by 

fighters near Neinburg during mission to Brunswick

from service. 

Mar 23, 1944. MACR 3595 

31746 crash landed Feb 24, 1944. Removed 

31747 (94th BG, 332nd BS, *Angel in the 

Skies*) interned in Switzerland Apr 13, 1944. MACR 4006 

31748 (351st BG, 511th BS) shot down by AAA 

Jul 13, 1944 on mission to Munich. MACR 7504 

31749 (2nd BG, 20th BS) shot down by Ju 88 

Mar 18, 1944. MACR 3257. 

Crashed Krk Island (now Croatia). One 

parachute seen. 


MACR 2883 

31752 (463rd BG, 773rd BS) lost Aug 22, 1944. 

MACR 8108. 


fighters May 28, 1944 on mission to Dessau. MACR 5333 

31758 (306th BG, 367th BS) Interned in 

Switzerland Apr 24, 1944. MACR 4357 

31759 (463rd BG) lost Apr 24, 1944, Italy. 

MACR 4611 

31760 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Ikky Poo") lost 

Nov 6, 1944. MACR 10418 

31761 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "Rotherhithe's 

Revenge") returned to 

USA Jun 9, 1945 

31762 (385th BG, 551st BS, 'Crash Wagon 

II/Junior') lost Jun 12, 1944. MACR 5628. 

31763 (351st BG, "Ten Horsepower") crashed 

on approach to RAF Glatton Feg 20, 1944. Aircraft was damaged 

by 

fighters on mission to Leipzig and 

pilot injured and copilot killed. Navigator and 

flight engineer tried to land after 

rest of crew bailed out over Polebrook, but aircraft 

crashed between Glatton and Polebrook, 

killing all on board. Navigator and flight engineer 

awarded Medal of Honor. 

31764 (385th BG, 551th BS "War Horse") caught 

fire and exploded mid-air during climb to assembly Nov 11, 1944 

and 

crashed. Pilot KIA, rest of crew 

parachuted to safety though 6 were injured. 

31768 (306th BG, 396th BS) lost Apr 24, 1944,

near Augsburg, Germany. MACR 4283 

31770 (463rd BG, 777th BS) lost Jun 14, 1944. 

MACR 6094 

31771 (92nd BG, 407th BS) lost Aug 24, 1944. 

MACR 8213 

31772 (92nd BG, 407th BS) lost Mar 9, 1944. 

MACR 2995 

31773 (385 BG, 548 BS) shot down Gleidingen, 

Germany Apr 29, 1944. MACR 4456 

8 POW, 2 KIA (one murdered on the 

ground). 

31774 (96th BG, 338th BS) lost Apr 13, 1944. 

MACR 4456 

31775 (463rd BG, 773rd BS) lost Jul 7, 1944. 

MACR 6566 

31776 (351st BG) shot down by fighters Mar 

2, 1944 on mission to Frankfurt. MACR 2865 

31778 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'Wells Cargo') 

31780 (452nd BG, 731st BS) lost Nov 5, 1944. 

MACR 10346 

31781 (388 BG, 566 BS) lost Feb 4, 1944, Bonn, 


31782 (96th BG, 337th BS) lost Apr 11,1 944. 

MACR 3812 

31783 ("Ready Teddy") lost Sep 9, 1944. 

31785 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Slightly 

Dangerous II") forced to leave formation 

by flak damage and shot down by fighters 


Berlin Mar 4, 1944. MACR 2797. 2 KIA, 

8 bailed out and became POW. 

31786 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'Jeanne Ricky') 

lost May 8, 1944. MACR 4563 

31787 (385th BG, 548th BS) rammed by 

Luftwaffe figher near Coburg 

May 12, 1944. on mission to aircraft 

repair plant at Zwickau. MACR 4879 

31789 (2nd BG, 20th BS) shot down over 

Austria Jul 21, 1944. MACR 6685 

31790 (463rd BG, 774th BS) lost Apr 6, 1944. 

MACR 3881 

31791 (463rd BG, 773rd BS) lost May 18, 1944. 

MACR 5834 

31793 (463rd BG, 774th BS) lost May 5, 1944.

MACR 4623 

31795 (463rd BG, 774th BS) lost Jul 13, 1944. 

MACR 6858 

31796 (463rd BG, 774th BS) lost May 5, 1944. 

MACR 4616 


MACR 2705 

31798 (95th BG, 412th BS) lost Apr 11, 1944. 

MACR 3801 

31799 (379th BG, 527th BS) lost Mar 2, 1944. 

MACR 2736 

31800 (100th BG) failed to return 3/6/1944. 

All 

crew survived and taken prisoner. 

31801 (92nd BG) suffered combat damage 

during mission sometime 

in Nov 1944 and abandoned on Asch 

airfield. 


Austria May 10, 1944. MACR 4660. 

31805 (463rd BG) lost Apr 30, 1944, Adriatic 

31809 crashed near Sesak, Yugoslavia after 

running out 

of fuel. 

31816 (305th BG) crashed near Leuze, France 

Apr 24, 1944 on mission 

to Oberpfaffenhopen, Germany. 2 KIA, 

8 evaded. 



31820 shot down by enemy fire Feb 25, 1944 

at unknown location. 

31827 (463rd BG, "G. I. Delivery") lost Jul 

31, 1944, Rumania. 

31828 (92nd BG) lost on Merseburg raid Sep 

11, 1944. 

31830 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Marie") MIA Nov 

10, 1944 

31834 (463rd BG, 773th BS, *Holey Joe*) 

interned in Switzerland Sep 23, 1944. 

31836 (463rd BG, "Pig Chaser") 

31837 (2nd BG, 20th BS) shot down over by 

fighters Gyor, Hungary Apr 13, 1944. 

4 KIA, 7 POW. MACR 3916

MACR 5827 

31846 (463rd BG, "Our Bombay Baby") 

31847 (463rd BG, 772nd BS) lost Jun 2, 1944. 

31857 (97th BG, 340th BS) lost over Austria 

May 29, 1944. MACR 5437 

31859 (2nd BG, 49th BS) lost over Austria Feb 

24, 1944. MACR 2620 

31860 (92 BG) lost Feb 21, 1944, Holland 

31864 (385th BG, 549th BS, "Remember Us") 

lost Aug 15, 1944. MACCR 7907 

31865 (463rd BG, 774th BS, (Ole Ironsides* 

internedl in Switzerland Jun 13, 1944. 


31866 (385th BG, 550th BS *Pride of the 

Yankees/Sly Fox II*) interned in Switzerland Apr 13, 1944. 

MACR 3771 

31867 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Go Getter") 

31869 (91st BG) shot down by German fighters 

near 



24, 1944. MACR 2589. 


Switzerland Mar 18, 1944 on mission to Oberphaffenhofen. 


24, 1944. MACR 2719 

31874 (94th BG) lost Apr 18, 1944, Germany. 

31875 (351st BG) brakes failed on landing and 

crashed into tree Jul 29, 1944. Salvaged. 

31876 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Fireball") crash 

landed on grass and struck 

a pile of concrete rubble near Horham 

Sep 9, 1944 after 

aborting at 16,000 ft due to engine 

failure. Crew OK but 

plane was w/o 

31878 (381st BG, 535th BS, *Spamcan*) shot 

down by fighter 

Melchow/Biesenthal Germany May 24, 

1944. 6 crew MIA, 4 POW. 

31879 (351st BG) returned to USA Oct 4, 1944 

31882 (351st BG) samaged by AAA on mission 

to Bernberg and abandoned by crew over Norfolk Feb 22, 1944 

31886 (301st BG, 32nd BS) lost over Austria

Aug 7, 1944. MACR 11976 

31887 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Big Casino") lost 

Feb 15, 1945, Germany, MACR 12378 

31888 (92nd BG, 326th BS) crashed at Uentrop, 

Germany Mar 23, 1944. MACR 3416 

31889 (2nd BG, 429th BS, *Mammy Yokum*) 

interned in Switzerland Jul 18, 1944. 

31898 (92nd BG) crashed near Chevelston Jul 

15, 1944. 

31899 (351st BG, 510th BS, *Chatterbox*) 

damaged by fighters on mission to Luudwigshafen and 

landed in Switzerland May 17, 1944. 

31900 shot down Dec 11, 1944, Bertheim, 

Germany 

31901 (306th BG) lost Apr 24, 1944, Germany 

31906 (94th BG) lost Jul 31, 1944, Germany 

31908 (385th BG, 551st BS *Powerful 

Katrinka*) burned out in hanger at Great Ashfield 

May 22, 1944 when hangar struck by bomb 

from intruding Ju 88. This was the 

only B-17 to have been destroyed on the 

ground at its English base by 

the Luftwaffe. 

31909 *Nine-O-Nine* carried out 140 combat 

missions 

between 3/44 and 4/45 without crew 

fatality 

or injury. Scrapped at Kingman. 

31910 (95th BG) lost during mission to Berlin 

Mar 4, 1944. 

31911 (91st BG) shot down by German fighters 

near 


31914 (92nd BG, 326th BS, *Butch*) interned 

in Switzerland Apr 24, 1944. 

31917 (385th BG, 551st BS, 'Off Spring') lost 

Jul 12, 1944. MACR 7507 

31919 (452nd BG) heavily damaged by flak and 

fighters 

3/6/1944. Crash landed in England. 

Damaged 

beyond repair. 

31920 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Able Mable") 

31921 (92nd BG, 407th BS) crashed in


31923 (457th BG, 750Th BS, *Prop Wash*) shot 

down by fighters on mission to Merseberg Nov 2, 1944, 

5 KIA 4 POW. 

31924 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Ol' Dog") 

31926 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Lovell's Hovel*) 

MIA Mar 19, 1944 on mission to Wizernes, France 

31928 (38tth BG, "Powerful Katrinka") 

destroyed in hangar at 

Great Ashfield in early morning May 23, 

1944 by bomb dropped 

from Me 410 intruder of KG 51. 

31929 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Tennessee 

Hillbilly") MIA Mar 26, 1944. 


c/n 7046/7230 

31935 (390th BG) shot down by fighter 

3/6/1944 near 

Quakenbrueck. 3 killed, 7 bailed out 

and taken prisoner 

31940 suffered engine failure, crew bailed 

out and plane crashed 

8 mi NE ofHobbs AAF, NM Jul 24, 1945. 

31942 crashlanded at Hobbs AAF, NM Jun 8, 

1945 

31946 (94th BG) lost Apr 20, 1944, France 

31955 (351st BG) shot down by AAA Apr 18, 1944 

on mission to Orianenburg, Germany 

31958 (92nd BG) lost Jul 16, 1944, Germany 

31966 (351st BG) shot down by fighters Mar 

18, 1944 on mission to Landesberg 

31968 (100th BG, "Miss Irish") on mission to 

V-site in Marquiese 

Mimoyecques, France was hit by flak and 

radio operator was 

sucked out of a gaping hole that nearly 

broke the fuselage 

in two Mar 19, 1944. Plane aborted, 

dropped bombs over 

the Channel, then returned to land 

successfully 

31972 (379th BG) lost May 15, 1944, Germany 

31973 (388th BG, 562nd BS, "Little Joe") 

destroyed on ground at Poltava during

shuttle mission Jun 21, 1944. 

31975 (351st BG) shot down by fighters May 

27, 1944 on mission to Ludwigshafen 

31977 (94th BG, 332nd BS) interned in 

Switzerland Apr 13, 1944. 

31980 (381st BG, 532nd BS) shot down by 

fighter Prenzlau, 

Germany Jun 21, 1944. MACR 5990 

31981 (100th BG) collided with 43-38457 

during combat mission Dec 31, 1944 

and both aircraft became locked 

together. Four crew parachuted out of 38457 

and seven from 31981, but pilot and 

copilot stayed at controls of 31981 and 

managed to crashland the combination in 

a German field. 

31986 (100th BG, 349th BS) damaged by flak 

on raid on Wiesbaden Nov 9, 1944 

and crew bailed out over Belgium, one 

crew member being killed during 

bailout. Plane crashed near Perle, 

Belgium. MACR 99933. 

31988 (381st BG) crashed and burned on 

takeoff Apr 22, 1944 at Polebrook. 

31989 (95th BG, 336th BS, *Black Magic*) 

diverted to Switzerland Feb 25, 1945 

after being severely damaged by flak 

and fighters over 

southern Germany. Crew bailed out 

safely but aircraft flew on 

and crashlanded in forest clearing at 

southern end of Lake 

Baldegger. Plane later dismantled, 

parts stored at 

Dubendorf and scrapped after the war. 

31990 (381st BG, 535th BS, *Stage Door 

Canteen*) to Kingman, AZ 

Feb 26, 1946 and subsequently scrapped. 

31992 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Mirandy") 

31993 (95th BG, 334th BS *Genril oop/Lil 

Brat*) interned in Switzerland Apr 24, 1944. 

Returned Sep 8, 1945 

31995 (92nd BG, 327th BS, *Heavens Above*) 

inerned in Switzerland Sep 13, 1944.

Pickwickian") 


32999 (95th BG, 412nd BS, "Chicken Ship/The 

32000 was Gee-H pathfinder aircraft. Lost 

2 engines to flak over 

France Jul 4, 1944. When third engine 

began to lose power, 

bellylanded in field at Felpham, 

England. Aircraft ended up 

in back garden of No 18 Downview Road 

with wingtip within six 

feet of back door of house. Two crew 

members had been slightly 

injured. Pilot took tea with the lady 

of the house. 25 years 

later to the day (Jul 4, 1969) he 

returned to take tea with her 

again. 

32002 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Berlin First") 

shot down by fighter near Quakenbrueck 3/6/1944. 

Crew bailed out and taken prisoner 


to mission to Cologne, Germany 

32010 (483rd BG, 840th BS) lost Jul 30, 1944, 

Hungary. MACR 7107 

32011 (388th BG, 562nd BS) lost May 8, 1944. 

MACR 4599 


Apr 2, 1944. MACR 3887 



32016 (99th BG, 347th BS, "Swamp Gal") lost 

over Austria Dec 25, 1944. MACR 10704. 

32017 (483rd BG, 815th BS) lost Mar 14, 1945. 

MACR 12822. 


MACR 3803. 

32020 (94th BG, 331st BS) lost Oct 7, 1944. 

MACR 9551 


MACR 4793 

32025 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "Dreambaby") 


32026 (390th BG, 568th BS) lost Dec 30, 1944.

MACR 11247 

32027 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Betty Jane") lost 

Sep 13, 1944. MACR 8824 


MACR 6948 

32029 (483rd BG, 815th BS, "Miss Treated") 

crashed Nov 11, 1944 at 

Steparone after mission to Salzburg. 

The plane landed with 

a hung bomb armed in the bomb bay with 

one engine dead and 

another engine on fire. On landing the 

plane rolled up runway 

matting, skidded and caught fire. 

Everyone got out before 

the bomb blew. 

32030 (388th BG, 561st BS) lost Jul 31, 1944, 



MACR 9327 


Feb 24, 1944 on mission to Schweinfurt, 



MACR 4390 

32037 (303rd BG, 358th BS) lost Jun 21, 1944. 

MACR 6540. 

32038 lost Iceland during ferry 3/10/1944. 

MACR 2732. 


MACR 6518 

32045 (96th BG) shot down by flak 7/19/1944 

on return 

from Schweinfurt. 10 crew POW. MACR 

7411 

32048 (2nd BG, 20th BSA) lost Aug 29, 1944. 

MACR 8098 

32049 (381st BG, 534th BS, *Yankee Rebel*) 

hit by AAA Aug 3, 1944 

and crashed Terneuzen, Holland. MACR 

7883. 


MACR 6428 

32054 (92nd BG, 407th BS) lost Jan 28, 1945.

MACR 12014 


Apr 2, 1944. MACR 3888. 


MACR 6368. 

32058 (2nd BG, 96th BS) shot down over Gyor, 

Hungary 

Apr 13, 1944. 9 POW, 1 KIA. MACR 

3917. 

32059 (385th BG, 548th BS) 

32060 (381st BG, 535th BS, "Boulder Buf" 

scrapped Dec 22, 1944. 


MACR 4909 

32063 (99th BG, 347th BS) lost in crash 

landing after raid to Varese in Northern Italy Apr 30, 1944. 


MACR 4076 

32966 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Silver 

Slipper/Silver Sliver") 


MACR 7122. 


MACR 4363 


Kleinlobming, Styria, Austria. MACR 12082 

32072 (91st BG) lost Apr 27, 1944, France. 

MACR 4258. 




32076 (91st BG, 401st BS) interned by Sweden 

May 29, 1944. 

MACR 5354. Converted in Sweden to 

airliner under registration number 

SE-BAP, which was 

owned by the Swedish crown but operated 

by SILA; 

sold to Denmark as OY-DFA "Stig 

Viking". Bellylanded at Blackbushe 

Nov 27, 1945. Repaired but withdrawn 

from airline service Jun 25, 1947. 

To Danish AF as 67-672 "Store Bjoem". 

To Danish Nzavy Dec 1, 1949

and back to Danish AF Oct 24, 1952. WFU 

and sold to Babb Co of New 

York Feb 2, 1955 and by them to French 

Institut Geographique 

National as F-BGSH and delivered Apr 6, 

1955. WFU Jul 15, 1961. 

Acquired by USAFM Feb 4, 1972 and 

shipped to Dover AFB for 

restoration. Flown to WPAFB Oct 15, 

1988. 

This aircraft is now on display at WPAFB 

Museum. 

as *Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby&* under its 

original serial number. 

32077 (483rd BG, 815th BS) lost Oct 13, 1944. 

MACR 9142. 

32078 (385th BG, "Barbara B") 

32079 (457th BG, 749th BS, *Jayhawk/Delayed 

Lady II*) shot down by flak 

over Holland Sep 26, 1944 during 

mission to Osnabruck. MACR 9419. 

2 KIA, 3 POW, 4 evaded. Parts recovered 

1987; Lisse 


MACR 5030 


MACR 10162 

32082 (94th BG) lost during mission to Berlin 

Mar 6, 1944. MACR database 

has (452nd BG, 728th BS, "Passionate 

Witch 2") shot down by flak 

during mission to Chateaudun Mar 28, 

1944. MACR 3488. 6 crew 

members KIA, 4 POW. One died of 

injuries Mar 29. 

32083 (452nd BG, 731stBS) lost Feb 26, 1945. 

MACR 12772. 

32084 (457th BG, 750th BS, *Lil' Satan*) 

salvaged Jun 24, 1944. 


MACR 12233 

32086 (457th BG, 749th BS, *You Never Know*) 

hit by flak Sep 10, 1944 over target on 

mission to Gaggenau. Thinking the

plane was doomed, two 

control of the plane 

a successful 

MACR 7387 

gunners bailed out, but pilot gained 

and flew it back to Joigny, France where 

landing was made. MACR 8904. 


32088 (381st BG, 532nd BS, *Dry Gulcher*) 

shot down by AAA Mehrin, 



MACR 5257. 


MACR 7392 


MACR 3187. 

32097 (99th BG, 347th BS, "Slipstream") shot 

down Dec 18, 1944 and crashed near Breunn. MACR 10635. 

32098 (457th BG, 750th BS, *GI Vergin II*) 

hit by flak Oct 2, 1944 over target 

during mission to Kassel and landed 

safely in 

Belgium. All crew OK 


MACR 11039. 

32100 (2nd BG, 965h BS) lost over Austria Mar 

19, 1944. MACR 3258. The 

actual MACR says that this is 42-38100. 

32101 (457th BG, 748th BS) made emergency 

landing in France Mar 19, 1945 

after running out of fuel enroute home 

from a mission. 

32102 (381st BG, 535th BS, "Little Duchess, 

Male Call, Julie Linda") 

salvaged Feb 1, 1945. 



32109 (483rd BG, 840th BS, "Mizpah") nose 

shot off by flak over Budapest, 

killing the navigator and bombardier, 

then crashed near 

Dunavecse, Hungary Jul 14, 1944. MACR 

6901. 2 KIA, 8 POW.

32110 (99th BG, 416th BS) damaged over 

Odertal and diverted to Hungar, 

then show down in error by Soviet Yak 

9 fighters and crashed 

near Jakabszallas, Hungary Dec 18 

,1944. MACR 10633. One crew 

severely injured by the fighters and 

died while hanging in his 

chute. Rest of crew bailed out safely 

and were returned. 


MACR 4952. 

32116 (91st BG, 323rd BS) to storage at 

Kingman AAD, sold for 


42-37714/37715 Douglas-Long Beach B-17F-80-DL 

Fortress 

c/n 8500/8501 

37714 (351st BG) damaged by AAA on mission 

to Berlin and ditched in North Sea May 7, 1944 

37715 (100th BG, 351st BS, "Sugar Foot") shot 

down by BF 110G-2 

of ZG 26 over North Sea between Langeoog 

and Baltrum, 


KIA, 1 POW. 

42-37716 Douglas-Long Beach B-17G-10-DL Fortress 

c/n 8502 

42-37717/37720 Douglas-Long Beach B-17F-85-DL 

Fortress 

c/n 8503/8506 

37718 (306th BG, 368th BS) shot down by Maj. 

Rolf Jung in Bf 110G-4 

of NJG 2/1 Stab Oct 9, 1943. Crew 

bailed out over island of Samso (Denmark). 9 got out, but waist 

gunner had been killed in the battle. 

MACR 870. 9 POW. 

37719 (381st BG, 535rd BS, "Hellcat") 

ditched in Zuiderse, Holland 

Jan 11, 1944 after being damaged by AAA. 

MACR 1881 

Parts recovered 1966;Ijsselmeer 


Germany Oct 14, 1943.


42-37721/37803 Douglas-Long Beach B-17G-10-DL 

Fortress 

c/n 8507/8589 

37721 (381st BG, 534th BS, "Sugar") salvaged 

Jun 2, 1945. 

37725 (384th BG, 546th BS) abandoned and 

crashed at Ossham, England Dec 31, 1943. 

37727 (384 BG, 545 BS) lost Jan 30, 1944 on 

mission to Brunswick, Germany. MACR 2265 


fighter over Denmark 

Oct 9, 1943. MACR 1045. 10 POW. 


Minden, Germany 

Jan 11, 1944. MACR 1887 

37731 (351st BG, 510th BS) damaged by AAA and 

then shot down by 

Ofhr Botte of JGr Ost/W near Royan, 

France Dec 31, 1943 on 

mission to Cognac. MACR 1984. 3 KIA, 

8 POW. 

37732 (379 BG, 526 BS) lost Feb 25, 1944, 

Landau. MACR 2879 

37733 (381st BG, 535th BS, "Patches n 

Prayers") shot down by AAA Apr 18, 1944, 

Kidens, Germany. MACR 4051 

37734 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Cuddle Cat") lost 

Jan 5, 1944. MACR 1686 

37736 (91st BG, 324th BS, "Duk of Paducah") 

salvaged Nov 6, 1945. 

37737 (91st BG, 401st BS, "Tennessee 

Toddy/Hell's Belle") shot down by Uffz 

Josef Hulzmann in Bf 110G-2 of ZG 1/1 

8 km NE of Apeldoorn, 

Netherlands Oct 10, 1943. MACR 941. 


37738 (91st BG, 322nd BS, "Miss America II") 

damaged by fighters and caught 

fire and later exploded over Velsen, 

Netherlands Dec 22, 1943. 


37739 (96th BG, 337th BS) shot down by Fw 190A 

of JG 1/1 between

Poppenwier and Raerd, Netherlands Dec 

16, 1943. MACR 1566. 

10 KIA 

37740 (305th BG, 365th BS, "Sundown Sal") 

shot down Oct 14, 1943. 



over Belgium Oct 4, 1943. 


37742 (91st BG, 401st BS, "Vagabond Lady") 

shot down by fighters and 

crashed into North Sea Nov 3, 1943. 

MACR 1154. 10 KIA. 



bomb and launched against U-boat pens 

on Jeligoland 

Oct 15, 1944. To 803rd BS(P) at Oulton 

early 1944 as radio countermeasures 

aircraft, fitted with Mandrel sets and 

ELINT equipment. 

37744 (1st CCRC) crashed on takeoff at 

Bovingdon field, England Dec 9, 1943. All 10 onboard killed. 


MACR 2643 

37747 (94th BG, 332nd BS, "Bucket of Bolts") 

shot down by two Fw 19A-6 of 

JG 2/2 near Callac, Brittany, France 

Dec 5, 1943. MACR 1174. 

37748 (100th BG, 418th BS) damaged by AAA and 

turned back, later shot down 

by two Fw 190A-6 of JG 2/2 over English 

Channel 20 km 

N of Isigny, France Nov 5, 1943. MACR 

1156. 8 KIA, 2 evaded. 

37750 (305th BG, 366th BS, "Mary T") shot 


Beek, Limburg, Netherland Oct 14, 1943. 

1 KIA, 1 evaded, 

rest ??. MACR 915 

37751 (305th BG, 365th BS, "Wacky Woody of 

Hellcat") damaged then 

shot down by Lt Franz Ruhl in Bf 109G-6 

of JG3/4 and crashlanded

at Noordostpolder area, Netherlands 

Oct 8, 1943. MACR 871. 


37752 (96th BG, 339th BS) shot down by Obstlt 

Hans Philipp in 

Fw 190A-6 of JG 1/Stab at Lohne, Germany 

Oct 8, 1943. MACR 853. 

10 POW. 

37754 (381st, 534th BS, "Who dat ding Bat") 

crashed in English Channel Mar 28, 1944. 

37755 (92nd BG, 325th BS, *Dottie G*) 

interned in Switzerland Feb 25, 1944. MACR 2755 

37756 (95 BG, 335 BS, "Roarin' Bill") lost 

Jan 24, 1944, Hucheln, Germany. MACR 2259 


AAF, NM May 5, 1945. 



expended, withdrawn from use Aug 1944 

37762 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Champlain's 

Office*) badly damaged 

by Hptm Anton Hackl on Bf 109G-6 of JG 

11/III Stab. and was 

forced to crashland at Bad Zwischenahn 

Nov 26, 1943 on 

mission to Bremen, Germany. MACR 

1580. 7 crew bailed out 

safely but the tail gunner opened the 

chute in the bomb 

bay, hung up below plane and was killed 

during the 

crashlanding. 1 KIA, 9 POW. 

37763 (390th BG, 571st BS, flown by 569th BS 

crew) shot down by 

fighter near Bremen, Germany Dec 20, 

1943. MACR 1730. 

1 KIA, 9 POW. 

37764 (379th BG) damaged beyond repair by 

fighter 

attack 3/6/1944. Aircraft returned to 

England 


MACR 1702. Shot down by 

Bf 109G-6/U4 flown by Lt. Karl-Heins

Kempf of JG26/11 at Zuidwolde, 

Netherlands. 4 KIA, 5 POW, 1 evaded. 


MACR 1943 

37770 (401st BG, 614th BS, "Flak Rat") shot 

down by Fw Schmid 

in Fw 190A of JGr. West/3 and crashed 

at Morcenx, France 

Dec 31, 1943. MACR 1871. 5 KIA, 1 


37772 (100th BG, 350th BS, "Flyin' Jenny") 

salvaged after taxiing 

collision with B-17F 42-3474 and B-17F 

42-6094 at Thorpe 

Abbots, UK Dec 16, 1943. 

37773 (388th BG, 563rd BS, "Full House") 


into IJsselmeer off Edam, Netherlands 

Dec 22, 1943. MACR 3148. 

8 KIA 2 POW 

37774 (351st BG, 508th BS) ran out of fuel 

and crew abandoned aircraft 

over Bassingbourne, UK after mission to 

Cognac Dec 31, 1943 

37778 (305th BG, 365th BS) lost May 13, 1944, 


37780 (351st BG) declared war weary Jul 6, 

1944 and transferred to 487th BG. Salvaged Jul 16, 1944. 

37781 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Silver Dollar*) 

MIA Mar 9, 1944 on mission to Berlin. MACR 3005. 

Crashed after tail unit separaget 

(believed struck by bomb from higher 

aircraft. 




MACR 5322 

37786 (381st BG, 532nd BS,) crashed due to 

mechanical fault Feb 25, 1944, Willmandingen, 

Germany. MACR 2933. 6 KIA, 4 POW 

37787 (303rd BG, then to 384th BG,then to 

379th BG, 526th BS) shot 

down by Oblt Friedrich Freyschmidt in 

Bf 110G-2 of ZG 26/8

at Borger, Netherlands Nov 26, 1943. 

MACR 1330. 10 POW. 


Apr 24, 1944 

37790 (100th BG, 418th BS, "(Ain't) Miss 

Behavin") shot down by fighters 

near Haarslev, Denmark Feb 20, 1944. 

Crew headed to Sweden but 

were forced to bail out. MACR 2426. 

One evaded, rest POW. 


MACR 4558 

37792 (384th BG, 545th BS, transferred Jul 

16, 1944 to 487th BG, 836th BS "Bermondsey") 

Returned to USA Jun 24, 1945 

37793 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Spirit of Winsome 

Winn II*) interned in Switzerland 

Mar 18, 1944 on mission to 

Oberphaffenhofen. MACR 3484 

37796 (100th BG, 350th BS, "Fletcher's 

Castoria II") lost Feb 21, 1944 

when crashed in Holland on Brunswick 

raid. MACR 2761. 10 POW 




MACR 1883 

37800 (100th BG, 351st BS "Piccadilly Lilly 

II) suffered takeoff 

accident at Thorpe Abbots and appeared 

undamaged, but proved 

almost uncontrollabe during subsequent 

test flight, thus 

indicating distortion of airframe. 

Declared salvage Jun 27, 1944. 

37801 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Dynamite 

Express*) MIA Mar 16, 1944 on mission to Augsburg, Germany. 

MACR 3243 



MACR 1390. 10 KIA 

37803 (390th BG) lost Dec 20, 1943, Germany 


Fortress

MACR 4853 

c/n 8590/8679 


37805 (525th BG, 379th BG, "Carol Down") 

transferred to Kingman, AZ Dec 1945 

and presumably scrapped there. 


MACR 5256. 

37807 (350th BS, 100th BG) ditched in North 

Sea. Crew rescued by 

by British SAR. 


MACR 2015 

37809 (401st BG, 615th BS) lost Jan 11,1 944. 

MACR 2506 


fighter near Bremen, 

Germany Nov 29, 1943. MACR 1391 


MACR 2990 

37813 (301st BG, 32nd BS) downed by enemy 

aircraft on 

mission to Ploesti June 23, 1944. MACR 

16203. May have made safe 

landing in enemy territory. 7 of 10 

aboard survived. 

37815 (94th BG, 333rd BS, "Miss Lace") shot 

down by Oblt Gerd 

Schaedle in Bf 109G-6 of JG 2/5 at 

Belleville, Oise, 

France Nov 26, 1943. MACR 1124. 5 


37816 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Big Stupe*) MIA 

Apr 13, 1944 on mission to Schweinfurt. MACR 3868 

37817 (351st BG, 510th BS, "Aristocrat") 

shot down by Hptm. Walter 

Hoeckner in Fw 190A-6 of JG 1/II Stab 

1 mi S of Gross 

Mackenstedt, Germany Nov 26, 1943 on 

mission to Bremen. 



Kanal. MACR 2270 

37819 (388th BS, 560th BS) lost Mar 8, 1944.

MACR 3087 

37820 (94th BG, 333rd BS) crashed at St. 

Mary-in-the-Marsh near Kent Dec 31, 1943 after 

running out of fuel on return from 

abort. MACR 1755 

37821 (94th BG, 410th BS, "The Sweetest One") 

lost in collision with 

Bf 109 over Paris, France Nov 26, 1943. 

MACR 1126. 9 KIA, 1 evaded. 

37822 (384th BG, 544th BS) salvaged Mar 19, 

1945. 

37823 (390th BG, 569th BS) damaged by AAA and 

shot down by Uffz. 

Leo Demetz in Bf 109G-6 of JG 11/9 at 

Leezdorf, Germany 

Dec 11, 1943. MACR 1726. 8 KIA, 2 

POW. 

37825 (351st BG, 511th BS, *Super Ball*) 

damaged by fighters on mission to Landsberg and 

landed in Switzerland Mar 18, 1944 and 

was interned. MACR 3237. 

37826 (95th BG, 335th BS, "No Excuse") lost 

Feb 10, 1944. MACR 2543 


fighters Apr 13, 1944 on mission to Schweinfurt. MACR 3863. 


1944 

37830 (96th BG, 413rd BS) shot down by Oblt 

Wolfgang Neu in Fw 190A-6 

of JG 26/4 near Ommen, Netherlands Nov 

13, 1943. MACR 1388. 

7 KIA, 3 POW. 


fighters Mar 18, 1944 on mission to Landsberg. MACR 6168 and 

3238 


MACR 3599 

37835 shot down Jun 19, 1944 near Bordeaux, 

France 


MACR 8830 

37838 (401st BG, 612th BS, "Fancy Nancy" 

during mission to Bremen 

Nov 1943 struck by out-of-control B-17

42-30317, severely damaged and 

ball turret (including the occupant) 

knocked off. Gunner was KIA. Returned 

safely to Detling but condemned as 

salvage. 


MACR 3088. 

37840 (306th BG, 367th BS) crashed near the 

Chasms on the southern 

tip of the Isle of Man Apr 14, 1945. 


37841 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Banshee") crew 

bailed Aug 27, 1944. 


MACR 3658 


MACR 5801. 


to Cambrai and ditched 25 mi SE of Dungeness Jun 12, 1944 


fighters Dec 1, 1943 

on mission to Solingen. MACR 1658. 2 

KIA, 8 POW. 

37848 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Sissy*) shot down 

Mar 16, 1944 on mission to Oberphaffenhofen. MACR 3244. 


fighter Dec 20, 1943, 

Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany. MACR 

1719. 7 KIA, 3 POW. 


fighters on raid on Berlin Apr 

18, 1944. One crewman KIA, rest POW. 

MACR 4157. 


MACR 2276 

37857 (385th BG, 548th BS) 


MACR 4938 

37865 (447th BG) lost between Goose Bay and 

UK Nov 27, 1943. MACR 1119 



37867 (388th BG, 561st BS) lost Jan 11, 1944, 

Netherlands, on mission to Brunswick, Germany. MACR 3140.


MACR 4251 

37869 (8th AF, Weather Flight) crashed into 

a cloud-covered high 

ground 3 mi SE of Bridestowe, UK Dec 25, 

1943. 5 killed, 3 injued. 


MACR 4950 

37871 (447th BG, 711th BS, 'Uninvited') 

declared war weary Jan 1945, arrived 

at Kingman, AZ Aug 11, 1945, sold for 

scrap Jul 1, 1946 


MACR 1688 


Switzerland Jul 11, 1944. MACR 7223 

37874 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'Who Dat Ding 

Bat') ran out of fuel 

and ditched into North Sea Nov 29, 1943. 

MACR 1532. 10 KIA. 

37875 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Flying Bison" aka 

"Empress of D Street") 

salvaged Aug 16, 1944 

37876 (95th BG, 412nd BS, "Struggle 

Bunny/Miss Raps-O-D/Batcha's Patches") shot down into Baltic 

Sea during mission to 

Rostock Apr 11, 1944. MACR 3804 


MACR 5357. 


MACR 9376 

37879 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Wrinkled Belly 

Baby") 

37880 (390th BG, 570th BS) crashed at 

Mannheim Feb 25, 1944. MACR 2658. 


MACR 8069 

37882 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Hard 

Time/A-Good-Bett/Blues in the Reich") 

37883 (390th BG, 571th BS, blown by 569th BS 

crew) shot down by 

AAA at Bremen, Germany Dec 20, 1943. 


37884 (381st BG, 534th BS) shot down by

fighter Jan 29, 1944 Mannheim, Germany. MACR 2241 

37885 (384th BG, 544th/545th BS, *Mrs. 

FDR/Frostie) interned in Switzerland Apr 24, 1944 on mission 

to 

Oberphaffenhofen, Germany. MACR 

4287. 

37886 (388th BG, 562nd BS) shot down by 

fighter near Dutch 

border Mar 6, 1944. While crew was 

bailing out, 

struck 42-40054, and both aircraft went 

down. 

4 killed, six bailed out and taken 

prisoner. 

MACR 3089. Ball turret 

recovered 1976;Zwartemeer 

37889 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Pride of 

Vhelhalis") lost Jun 29, 1944. MACR 6741 



37893 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Bam Bam") crashed 

Jun 10, 1944. 


Fortress 

c/n 8680/8774 

37894 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Pegasus IV") 


MACR 1930 

37902 (390th BG) lost Apr 18, 1944, Germany 

37906 (390th BG) Aug 2, 1944, France 


1944 

37929 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Diana") 

37930 (305th BG, 365th BS) shot down Dec 20, 

1943, Bremen, Germany. 


37931 (305th BG) lost Apr 11,1 944. MACR 

3818 


MAC 2886 

37933 (381st BG, 535rd BS, "Superstitioous 

Aloyisius") crashed 

in Kent, UK Mar 28,1944 and reduced to 

salvage.

37935 (95th BG, 336th BS *Wee Miss America*) 

shot down by AAA over Rostock, Germany 

sometime before Apr 11, 1944. MACR 

3805 

37936 (100th BG, 351st BS, "On Mark", later 

"The All American Gal") lost Jan 10, 1945, Germany. MACR 11744. 

Last seen disappearing into cloud with 

one prop feathered 

during mission to Cologne. Aircraft 

believed crashed into 

sea, crew missing, presumed lost 



MACR 3784 


MACR 4554 




MACR 2520 


MACR 4816 


Crashed at Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle. MACR 4492 

Recovered Jul 14, 2001 

37950 (452nd BG, 731st BS, *Dinah Might*) 

crashlanded near 

Zuider Zee Feb 10, 1944. MACR 2538 


fighters Feb 20, 1944, Denmark. MACR 2779 

2 POW, rest KIA. 


MACR 3480 


MACR 3192 


Germany. MACR 4179 


MACR 3432 

37959 (385th BG, 550th BS, 'Esky?') lost Mar 

23, 1944. MACR 3317 

37960 (452nd BG, "Delta Girl") shot down by 

fighters near Dankern, Germany Feb 10, 1944 

during raid on Brunswick.

37962 (381st BG, 532nd BS, "Betty Lou") shot 

down by AAA Gallenbeck, 

Germany Jan 11, 1944. 

37963 (385th BG) lost control in cloud during 

return from mission 

to Diepholz Feb 21, 1944 and collided 

with B-17 42-31370, 

losing tail in process. Crashed into 

Reedham Marshes, 

killing all crew. 

37969 (381st BG, 532nd BS, "Old Iron Gut") 

failed to return from 

mission Jan 20, 1945, returned to 

strength Apr 23, 1945, 

scrapped May 31, 1945. 


24, 1944. MACR 2621 

37971 (95th BG, 336th BS) shot down Feb 1944. 

37972 (100th BG) to Kingman AAD, sold for 


37974 (384th BG, 545/544th BS, *Section 8*) 

MIA Jul 20, 1944 on mission to Dessau 


and fighters over Holland Feb 4, 1944. 4 KIA, 6 MIA 

37976 (92nd BG, 407th BS, *Manchester 

Leader*) interned in Switzerland Jul 11, 1944. 

37977 (385th BG, 549th BS) lost Ap4 8, 1944. 

MACR 3823 

37978 (305th BG) interned in Sweden May 13, 

1944. 

37980 (388 BG) lost Apr 29, 1944, Germany 

37982 (384th BG, 544th BS, *The Tremblin' 

Gremlin*) MIA Sep 19, 1944 

37983 (381st BG, 532nd BS) ditched in English 

Channel Jan 20, 1945. 

37986 (381st BG, 534th BS) in midair 

collision over Itzehoe, Germany 

Mar 3, 1944. 

37987 (91 BG 322 BS) lost Jan 29, 1944, 

Bredgar, UK 

37988 (95 BG, 336th BS, "Floozie Flossy") 

lost Apr 29, 1944, Germany 


Fortress

c/n 8775/8869 

38001 (96 BG 338 BS) lost Jan 29, 1944, 

Schwarzerden. MACR 2380 


MACR 2661 



38005 (351st BG, 511th BS) damaged by AAA on 

mission to Berlin and crash-landed on Danish island 

of Als May 24, 1944. MACR 5175 


fighter Apr 19, 1944, Rohrberg, Germany. MACR 4046 


MACR 4669 


Jun 15, 1944, Bazas, France. MACR 5799 


fighters and flak over Berlin, 

Germany May 24, 1944. MACR 5178 

38011 (100th BG) shot down by Bf 109 Mar 6, 

1944 near 

Diepholz. Aircraft blew up, only 2 

bailed out, 

both taken prisoner. MACR 3023 


MACR 2275 

38013 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Nevada Avenger*) 

salvaged Apr 26, 1945. 

38014 (384th BG, 546th BS) crashed in France 

Sep 19, 1944. 

38015 (96th BG, 338th BS) shot down by Fw 190 

flown by Lt Willius Karl, CO of 2./JG 26 and 

crashed at Pisseleux, France Feb 6, 

1944. MACR 2342. All crew KIA. 


MACR 3024 

38017 (349th BS, 100th BG) damaged by enemy 

fire during mission to 

Berlin and crashlanded Schwelsig 

Airfield Mar 3, 1944. The 

crew mistakenly thought they had 

reached Sweden. 10 POW. MACR 3025. 

Aircraft salvaged by Luftwaffe and 

operated by KG200, perhaps as A3+GE. Destroyed

MACR 3677 

at Jagel by P-51s. 


38020 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "V-Packett") 

crashlanded Apr 25, 1944. 


fighter over western 

Germany Mar 6, 1944. 2 killed, 8 

bailed out and 

taken prisoner. MACR 2977. 

38023 (381st BG) crashelanded at Framlingham 

Feb 22, 1944 with AAA damage after raid on Bernberg. 


fighter near Quakenbrueck Mar 6, 1944. 

9 crew bailed out and taken prisoner. 

One killed. MACR 2984. 

38025 (92nd BG, 327th BS) captured by 

Luftwaffe Scharnitz, Austria Jul 16, 1944. MACR 7565 


MACR 4815 


MACR 7285 


Jul 12, 1944 on mission to Munich. MACR 7505 


fighter over Letterle, Holland Mar 8, 1944. MACR 3002 


MACR 2195 


and fighters Mar 18, 1944 on raid on Landsberg. MACR 3239 


MACR 3332 

38034 (94th BG, 332nd BS, *Twat's it to 

you?*) interned in Switzerland Jul 31, 1944. MACR 7740 

38035 (385th BG, 550th BS, "Mr. Lucky") 

suffered midair collision Mar 1, 1945 with 

B-17 43-38273 near Ostend during 

mission to Ulm and was chopped in half at radio 

room. Tail gunner rode the tail 

section to the 

ground and was rescued by the 

underground. Remaining 8 crew members KIA. 


38039 (388th BG, 561st BS) lost Apr 9, 1944.

MACR 3655 




MACR 2861 


fighters 3/6/1944 near 

Haseluenne. MACR 3026. 3 killed, 7 


38045 (381 BG, 534 BS) shot down by fighters 

Jan 29, 1944, near Frankfurt. MACR 2242 

38050 (303 BG, 359 BS, "Thunderbird") 

returned to USA and flown to Kingman, AZ and scrapped. 

38051 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "My Yorkshire 

Dream") lost Jun 29, 1944. MACR 6739 

38054 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Hamawa/Holy 

Matrimony") 

38055 (457th BG, 748th BS) hit by flak and 

fighters May 27, 1944 during 

mission to Ludwigshaven. Crew tried 

to make it to the 

Channel but were forced to bail out over 

Belgium. MACR 5298. 5 POW, 

5 evaded. 

38056 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Queen Bea*) 

destroyed on ground Jun 2, 1944 by crashlanding 

42-31620 


MACR 8282 



Mar 6, 1944. MACR 3027. 4 killed, 6 



Feb 24, 1944 on mission to Schweinfurt, Germany. 

MACR 2917. 2 KIA, rest POW. 

38061 (381st BG, 535th BS, "Georgia Rebel 

II") shot down by AAA 

Apr 28, 1944, Avord Airfield, France. 

MACR 4241. 


MACR 4566 

38063 (457th BG, 749th BS, *GI Virgin*) hit 

by flak Jul 12, 1944 over target during mission

Munich. Crew bailed out over English 

Channel during return 

and all were rescued. 

38064 (457th BG, 749th BS, *Arf & Arf*) lost 

in midair collision with another 

B-17 (44-8418) over English Channel Nov 

8, 1944. MACR 10344. All aboard KIA. 

38067 (2nd BG, 49th BS) lost Feb 17, 1944, 



MACR 11270 


42-31679 59 mi E of Munich Feb 25, 1944. MACR 2829 

38073 (457th BG, 750th BS, *Luck of Judith 

Ann*) salvaged 

Aug 16, 1944. 


MACR 2770 


MACR 2794 

38076 (301st BG, 32nd BS) lost over Austria 

Feb 25, 1944. MACR 2594 


MACR 3303 

38078 crash landed on return from mission 

Sept 21, 1944. 

Repaired but destroyed in fire. 

38079 (381st BG, 532nd BS, "Carnival Queen") 

failed to return 

from mission Sept 22, 1944. Declared 

salvage Apr 21, 1945. 

Not sure what happened here. 


MACR 1953 


MACR 5321 

38083 (91st BG, 322nd BS) lost Nov 2, 1944. 

MACR 10144 


Fortress 

c/n 8870/8999 

38089 (2nd BG) lost Jun 16, 1944. MACR 6032. 


MACR 8110.

38100 (2nd BG, 96th BS) shot down by enemy 

aircraft Mar 19, 1944 

near Klagenfurt, Austria. MACR 3258. 

38102 (381st BG, 532nd BS) transferred from 

457th BG Mar 12, 1944. 

Crashed shortly after takeoff Mar 24, 

1944 from Ridgwell, Essex at 

Bailey Hill Farm, Birdbrook. All crew 

killed. 

38103 (381st BG, 532nd BS, *Our Boarding 

House*) crashlanded 

Apr 9, 1945 and reduced to salvage. 


MACR 3417. 


MACR 6093. 


1944 and crashed Laufwedel 

during raid on Braunschweig, Germany. 

MACR 3476 

38107 (94th BG, 331st BS) shot down Feb 10, 

1944 and crashed Gross Hehlen 

during raid on Braunschewig, Germany. 

MACR 2372. 


MACR 3477 

38110 (92nd BG, 407th BS) crashed at Little 

Rifington Sep 8, 1944 

and salvaged Sep 10, 1944. 


on mission to Schweinfurt. MACR 3869. 

38113 (457th BG, 750th BS) hit by flak during 

mission to 

Hopsten Mar 21, 1945. MACR 13895. 

Crew bailed out and evaded 

except for one who became POW. 

38114 (463rd BG, 772nd BS) lost Jun 6, 1944. 

MACR 5847. 

38117 (381st BG, 535th BS, *Touch the Button 

Nell II*) crashed 

after mechanical failure Amboise, 

France Jul 4, 1944. MACR 6773. 

38118 (91st BG) shot down by flak and 

fighters

near Hannover Mar 6, 1944. MACR 2901. 


and crasyed Wesendorf during Mar 23, 1944 

mission to Braunschweig, Germany. 1 



MACR 2882. 

38123 (95th BG, 334th BS, "To Hell or Glory") 

lost Jun 23, 1944. MACR 5915. 

38124 (452nd BG, 728th BS, *Passionate 

Witch*) landed at Dunsfold emergency landing field 

Mar 20, 1944 with severe battle damage 

from enemy fighters. It was repaired and 

was ready to return when RAF Lancaster 

ND572 with battle 

damage skidded on landing and collided 

with the B-17G. B-17G was w/o. 

38127 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Liberty Ship") 

lost Apr 22, 1944, North Sea. MACR 4263. 

38128 (91st BG, 324th BS) lost Nov 26, 1944. 

MACR 10838. 

38130 (390th BG, 570th BS) shot down Apr 22, 

1944 and crashed Alsbach 

during raid on Hamm, Germany. MACR 

4170. 

38131 (305th BG, 304th BS *Bertie Lee*) 

severely damaged by enemy fighters during 

mission to Stettin Apr 11, 1944. 

Returned to England but then SOC. 

38133 (96th BG, 337th BS, *Reluctant 

Dragon*) lost Nov 30, 1944. 


MACR 2631. 

38135 (385th BG, 549th BS, 'Dear Mom') lost 

Jun 21, 1944. MACR 5920 

38136 (401st BG) shot down by flak and 

fighters near Madeburg Mar 6, 1944. MACR 2743. 




38140 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Dolly's 

Daughter"), )95th BG, 412th BS, 

"E.T.O. Happy"), (95th BG, 335th BS, 

"The Pregnant Goose"),

(95th BG, 335th BS, "Lackanookie") 


MACR 7359. 


MACR 3286. 

38145 (452nd BG) collided with B-17 of 288th 

BG and crashed at New 

Buckenham May 19, 1944. 2 crew killed, 

8 bailed out. Other 

B-17 landed safely. 


Jul 29, 1944 on mission to Merseberg. MACR 7323 

38148 (381st BG) gained from 306th BG and 

flown to Kingman, AZ 

Dec 3, 1945 and broken up there in 1946. 


MACR 4011. 



Dec 28, 1944 for unspecified trials. 

Duration of stay 

not known. 


MACR 3230. 


to Soest and ditched in North Sea Sep 19, 1944 

38157 (452nd BG) lost Mar 23, 1944. MACR 

3657. 


on mission to Oberphaffenhofen, Germany. MACR 4352. 

38160 (385th BG, 550th BS, *Lonesome 

Polecat*) badly damaged by Fw 190s over Germany 

Mar 16, 1944 and made for Switzerland, 

landing in the Zugersee after all crew 

except pilot had baled out; navigator 

died when his parachute failed to open. MACR 3246. 

Aircraft raised 1952 and used as 

travelling exhibit for a year, then dumped 

in field at Suhr until sold for scrap 

1972. 

38161 (379th BG, 525th BS, "Sara Jane") 

crashed near Wolvega 

(Nijelamer), Holland May 7, 1944. 

MACR 4559

38162 (401st BG, 614th BS) lost Apr 9, 1944. 

MACR 3940. 

38163 (306th BG, 367th BS) lost Jun 17, 1944. 

MACR 5896. 


MACR 4767. 

38165 crashlanded at Sioux City AAF, IA Apr 

26, 1945. 

38167 used by 406th BS for nighttime leaflet 

dropping. Later modified to carry 

airborne lifeboat and transferred to 

5th ERS 

38168 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Dear Mom") 

crashlanded Apr 5, 1944. 


MACR 2998. 


MACR 5337. 

38177 (388th BG, 561st BS) shot down Mar 6, 

1944 by fighter in vicinity of Zwolle and crashed near 

German-Dutch border while on raid to 

Berlin. Five killed, 5 bailed out 

and taken prisoner. MACR 3091. 

38178 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Ten Aces") lost 

Jul 19, 1944. MACR 7409. 

38183 (379th BG, 525th BS, "Lost Angel") tail 

gunner bailed out over 

target, rest returned safely to base 

Sep 28, 1944. MACR 9363. Tail 

gunner became POW. Declared war weary 

Apr 19, 1945, and 

salvaged Oct 31, 1945. 

38188 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "Connie") shot 

down by fighters Koethen, 

Germany May 30, 1944. MACR 5234. 


MACR 4568. 


MACR 4947. 


MACR 7506. 

38194 (381st BG, 533rd BS, *Baboon McGoon*) 

interned in Sweden 

Jun 21, 1944. MACR 5992. Flown to

Kingman, AZ Dec 14, 1945 and broken 

up there in 1946/47. 


Switzerland near Wildhaus Mar 16, 1944. MACR 3247. 

38196 (385th BG, 550th BS) damaged Apr 13, 

1944 near 

Augsburg, Germany and diverted to 

Switzerland and interned. MACR 3772. 



Mar 6, 1944. One killed, 9 bailed out 

and taken prisoner. MACR 3028. 

38199 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'Hairs Breath') 

lost Aug 4, 1944. MACR 7743. 

38200 (385th BG, 551st BS, 'Miss Cheyenne') 

lost Apr 22, 1944, Germany. MACR 4167. 

38201 modified to carry airborne lifeboat 

and used by 5th ERS 


MACR 10282. 

38204 (303rd BG, 358th BS) interned in 


38205 (2nd BG, 49th BS) lost over Austria Jul 

16, 1944. MACR 6906 


MACR 3695. 


Himberg, Austria. MACR 3955 


MACR 3193. 


MACR 6519. 

42-39758/39857 Lockheed/Vega B-17G-1-VE Fortress 

c/n 6501/6600 


MACR 1921 

39759 (390th BG, 571st BS, "Sarah Jane") shot 

down by Fw Heinrich 

Schild in Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/2 and 

bellylanded near 

Wimy, France Dec 30, 1943. MACR 1675. 


39760 (351st BG) salvaged due to damage Jul 

27, 1944.


fighters Jan 11, 1944 on mission to Oschersleben. 

MACR 1939. Parts recovered 1989: 

Zweeloerveld 

39762 condemned salvage non battle damage 

Jan 4, 1944 

39763 to reclamation at Pyote AAF, TX Apr 18, 

1950. 

39764 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Santa Ana") shot 

down by fighters 

and crashed Dec 20, 1943 near Bremen, 

Germany. MACR 1706. 

1 KIA, 9 POW. 

39765 to RFC at Kingman, AZ May 7, 1946 


Dec 6, 1944 


MACR 1886 

39768 (306th BG, 1575 BS) lost Dec 13, 1943, 


39769 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Missmanooki" 

crashlanded Dec 19, 1943. 

Condemned salvage non battle damage Dec 

22, 1943 

39770 (92nd BG, 326th BS) lost Feb 20, 1944, 


39771 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost Feb 4, 1944. 

MACR 2234 


MACR 2194 

39773 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'War Cry II') lost 

Apr 22, 1944, Germany. MACR 4168 


Jun 20, 1945 


Nov 3, 1944 

39776 (306th BG, 423rd BS) lost Apr 24, 1944, 



Sep 17, 1944 

39778 (351st BG, 511th BS, "Lucky Ball") 

ditched in North Sea after 3 engines 

failed on mission to Osnabrook Dec 22, 

1943. 5 drowned, 5 rescued.

MACR 1717. 


fighter at Grossenging, 


KIA, 8 POW. 

39780 (351st BG) damaged by AAA and 

crashlanded at Hawkinge Dec 30, 1943 and salvaged 

Jan 31, 1944. 

39781 (303rd BG, 360th BS) damaged by AAA and 

crashed at 

Radinghem-en-Weppes, France Dec 1, 

1943. MACR 1325. 1 KIA, 



MACR 2880 


MACR 4929 

39784 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Cabin in the 

Sky*) MIA Feb 8, 1944 on mission to Frankfurt. 

MACR 2496 

39785 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Thru Hel'en 

hiwater") lost Apr 22, 1944, Hamm, 

Germany. 4 KIA, 6 POW. MACR 4272 

39786 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "G. I. Sheets") 

lost Jan 29, 1944, Soire-St-Gery, Belgium. MACR 2260 

39787 to RFC at Walnut Ridge Mar 12, 1946 

39788 condemned salvage battle damage May 

20, 1944 


39790 to RFC at Walnut Ridge Jan 9, 1946 

39791 (100th BG, 350th BS, *Fletcher's 

Castoria*) crashed during crew transition 

at Thorpe Abbotts Dec 4, 1943. 

39792 (100th BG, 350th BS) interned in Sweden 

Feb 20, 1944. MACR 2427 

39793 (95th BG, 412th BS) seen to go down 

after fighter attack 

near Quakenbrueck Mar 6, 1944. All 

crew survived and taken prisoner. MACR 2985 


MACR 1929 

39795 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Ladies Home 

Companion") shot down by 

Fw Robert Hager in Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/4

and crashlanded at 

Froid-Chapelle, Belgium Dec 30, 1943. 

MACR 1674. 3 KIA, 5 POW, 

2 evaded. 

39796 (384th BG, 546th BS) ditched into North 

Sea off UK Dec 1, 1943 

on mission to Solingen, Germany. MACR 

1334. All 10 crew rescued. 

39797 (381st BG, 535th BS, "Nancy M") reduced 

to salvage Feb 12, 1944. 



MACR 2564 


Dec 5, 1944 


MACR 2978 

39802 (91st BG, 401st BS) shot down and 

crashed into North Sea 

1 mi off Neuharlingersiel, Germany Nov 

3, 1943. MACR 1153. 

7 KIA, 3 POW. 


MACR 2235 


MACR 2346 

39805 (96th BG) lost between Gander and 

Prestwick Sept 30, 1943. MACR 664. I also have a 

reference to this plane being with the 

2nd BG and being lost on 

Jul 16, 1944 in the Adriatic. 


39807 (303rd BG, 358th BS) crashed Apr 22, 

1944 near Hamm, 

Germany due to mechanical fault. MACR 

4273. 


Kent Dec 1, 1943, salvaged 

Dec 2, 1943. 

39809 (384th BG, 547th BS) MIA Feb 22, 1944 

on mission to Aschersleben, Germany. MACR 2467 

39810 condemned salvage Feb 14, 1944 


MACR 6988

39812 (94th BG, 332nd BS, "Casey Jones") shot 

down and crashed 

into North Sea 30 km W of Schouwen, 

Netherlands Nov 11, 1943. MACR 1066. 

10 KIA 

39813 (390th BG, 568th BS, "Yankee Rebel") 

No. 3 engine caught 

fire, abandoned, and crashed near Mt. 

Pleasant, UK 

Nov 16, 1943. 2 killed, 8 bailed out. 

39814 (96th BG, 337th BS) shot down Feb 21, 

1944, and crashed near Salzgitter during raid 

on Braunschweig, Germany. MACR 2425 


MACR 2641 

39816 (96th BG, 339th BS) shot down over Bay 

of Biscay Jan 5, 1944. 9 KIA, 1 POW. MACR 2013 

39817 (100th BG, 349th BS) lost Mar 3, 1944. 

MACR 3029 


North Sea. MACR 4354 


MACR 3947 


MACR 4015 


MACR 3946 

39822 (94th BG, 333rd BS) shot down Jan 11, 

1944 and crashed Fladderlohhausen, 

10 mi SE of Quakenbruck, Germany. MACR 

1887 

39823 (351st BG, 510th BS, "Iron Ass") shot 

down by AAA Dec 31, 1943 and 

crashed N of Saujon, France on mission 

to Cognac, France. MACR 1983. 


39824 converted to Aphrodite flying bomb. 

Was to have been launched against 

marshaling yard at Herford Dec 5, 1944, 

but target not located due to cloud 

so directed at Haldorf. Crashed 

outside town. 

39825 (401st BG, 613th BS, "Zenobia El 

Elephanta") crashed on takeoff

due to icing, caught fire, and 20 min 

after the crash exploded 

at Deenethorpe, UK Dec 5, 1943. 8 OK, 

2 badly injured. 

Condemned salvage Dec 7, 1943 

39826 (401st BG, 612th BS, "Stubborn Jean") 

shot down by AAA and 

crashed 4 km E of Zierolshofen, Germany 

Dec 30, 1943. MACR 1678. 

1 KIA, 9 POW. 



bomb and launched against oil refinery 

at Hemmingstedt 

Sep 14, 1944. Missed target due to 

poor weather conditions. 


MACR 5320 




MACR 3234 

39831 (92nd BG, 327th BS) shot down by Fw. 

Peter Ahrens in Fw 190A-6 of 

JG 2/3 during mission to Gelsenkirchen 

and crashed near 

Vierlingsbeek, Netherlands Nov 5, 

1943. MACR 1383. 9 POW, 1 evaded. 


39832 condemned salvage Apr 19, 1944 

39833 to RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 17, 1945 

39834 (351st BG) crashlanded at Pole Brook 

Jan 30, 1944. To RFC at Minter Field 

Jan 28, 1945 

39835 after service with 351st BG as *Wantta 

Spa*, converted to Aphrodite flying bomb 

and launched against V-site at 

Siracourt Aug 4, 1944. Control 

problems led to aircraft crashing in 

wood at Sudbourne, pilot 

killed when abandoned aircraft too soon 

before impact. 


and crashed between

Oberelvenich and Zulpich, Germany Dec 

1, 1943. MACR 1320. 

2 KIA, 8 POW. 



39839 (351st BG) hit by flak and fighters Nov 

26, 1943. BTG was blown out of turret and 

ROG had leg blown off (was awarded DFC). 

Crashlanded at Marham. Repaired and 

used by 8th AF HQ. Returned to USA Mar 

30, 1947. 

39840 six crewmembers bailed out over 

Belgium Dec 1, 1943, rest of crew flew home. 

3 evaded, three POW. 

Redesignated XB-17G Jun 8, 1945. 

Remain assigned to ATSC for use by Navy 

Nov 26, 1945. To Rome AMC Mar 31, 1947. 


MACR 2862. 

39842 condemned salvage crash Sep 19, 1945 

39843 condemned salvage battle damage Dec 

11, 1944 

39844 condemned Apr 21, 1944 


MACR 5317. 

39846 condemned non battle damage Aug 16, 

1944 


MACR 4016 

39848 (351st BG) salvaged as war-weary Jul 

27, 1944. 

39849 (351st BG, 508th BS) joined tail end 

of 457th BG on mission to Orianenburg and bombs dropped by 

this formation hit the aircraft, 

knocking it down Mar 22, 1944. MACR 4414 

39850 to RFC at Kingmanm, AZ Dec 18, 1945 


39852 to RFC at Kingman, AZ Nov 16, 1945 


toSorau May 29, 1944 and ditched in English Channel 


39855 (94th BG, 331st BS, "Ole Bassar") shot 

down by Fw 190A-6 of 

JG 26/II between Fijnaart and

Willemstad, Netherlands Nov 11, 1943. MACR 1068. 

3 KIA, 7 POW. 


MACR 3651 


Feb 22, 1944 on mission to Bernberg. MACR 2656 


c/n 6601/6700 


39859 (94th BG, 332nd BS, "Miss Mary") shot 

down by Oblt. 

Hans-Heinrich Koenig in Fw 190A-6 of JG 

11/3 and crashed 

into Waddenzee off Oudeschip, 


4 KIA, 6 POW. Parts recovered 1970, 

Oudeschip, Waddenzee 


collision with 42-30717 

over Bremen, Germany Nov 13, 1943 and 

ditched in North Sea. MACR 1403. 

One crew member KIA during collision, 

another died of 

injuries during ditching. 30717 spun 

down immediately. 


May 31, 1945 

39862 delivered to Peru Jan 31, 1945. 

Returned to USAAF due to lack of steel props. 

To excess May 5, 1945 

39863 (91st BG, 401st BS) crashed on takeoff 

at Bassingbourn, UK 

Dec 30, 1943. Salvaged Dec 31, 1943. 

39864 condemned Apr 21, 1944 


MACR 4588 


MACR 7820 

39867 to RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 13, 1945 

39868 (94th BG, 331st BS) shot down by Oblt 

Rudolf Leuschel in 

Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/8 near Numansdorp, 

Netherlands 

Nov 11, 1943. MACR 1067. 7 KIA, 3

POW. 

39869 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Heaven Can Wait") 

lost Apr 11, 1944. MACR 3806 

39870 condemned Feb 14, 1944 



and forced to leave 

formation Mar 6, 1944. Finished off by 

fighter. 

Crashed near Ostpriegnitz. 2 killed, 

8 bailed 

out and taken prisoner. MACR 3030 

39873 (401st BG, 615th BS) lost Aug 1, 1944, 



39875 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Buzz Blonde" aka 

"Thru Hel'en Highwater") lost Jan 10, 1945. MACR 11575. 

Involved in a midair collision with 

another B-17. 2 cremembers were 

thrown out of the plane and became POW. 

Plane crashlanded o 

a fighter strip in Luxembourg. 

Condemned salvage battle damage Feb 14, 1945 

39876 (390th BG) damaged beyond repair by 

fighters 3/6/1944. 



MACR 5336 


MACR 2023 

39880 to RFC at Walnut Ridge Feb 21, 1946 



39882 (487th BG, *My Gal Ellen II*) returned 

to USA Jul 10, 1945, 

arrived at Kingman, AZ Dec 19, 1945. 

Sold for scrap Jul 1, 1946 

39883 condemned Jan 8, 1944 


MACR 4854 

39885 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Sweet Rose 

O'Grady") to RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 8, 1945 


39887 (390th BG, 571st BS) lost Jun 5, 1944.

MACR 5480 

39888 to RFC at Kingman, AZ Nov 23, 1945. 


39890 (381st BG, 535th BS, "Return Ticket") 

shot down by fighters 

Melchow, Germany May 24, 1944. MACR 

5179 

39891 (381st BG, 533rd BS) crashed Arlon, 

Belgium Mar 2, 1944. MACR 2738 


MACR 3223 


MACR 2505 

39894 (388th BG, 561st BS) lost Feb 20, 1944, 


39895 (381st BG, 535th BS, "Bermondsay 

Battler") shot down by 

fighters Hiddesen, Germany Feb 22, 

1944. MACR 2935 


MACR 9554 


MACR 3199 


MACR 2642. 

39899 surveyed at Las Vegas AB, NV Jan 15, 

1944 

39900 surveyed at Grande Isle, LA Nov 3,1943 

39901 (385th BG, "Star Dust") crash landed 

at Detling, Kent following flak 

damage during rade on V-site in Calais 

Feb 13, 1944. 

Condemned Feb 15, 1944 

39902 to RFC at Albuquerque, NM Feb 7, 1946 


39904 (401st BG, 615th BS) lost May 13, 1944, 

Germany 


fighters Jan 11, 1944 on mission to Oschersleben 

39906 (381st BG, 535th BS, "Squat n'Drop It") 

caught fire while 

landing at Ridgwell Apr 15, 1944. 

Declared salvage 2 days later. 

39907 (388th BG, 560th BS) lost May 8, 1944


MACR 3321 


39910 (381st BG, 535th BS) shot down by Oblt 

Otto Stammberger in 

Fw 190A-5 of JGr West/2 at La Reole, 

France Dec 31, 1943. MACR 1978. 




39913 condemned salvage battle damage Jan 

31, 1944 

39914 (351st BG) completed 50 missions and 

used as assembly ship *The Black Bitch* (it was painted 

all black). Used 1945 as 

communication aicraft by 351st BG. 

Returned to USA Jun 6, 1945. To RFC at 

Kingman, AZ Nov 9, 1945 

39915 condemned salvage crash landing Sep 

26, 1945 


39917 (452nd BG, 728th BS) lost Mar 24, 1944. 

39918 (385th BG, 550th BS, 'Stormy Angel') 

lost Jun 2, 1944. MACR 5232 

39919 surveyed at Walla Walla AAF Nov 23, 

1943 

39920 (452nd BG) lost Apr 29, 1944, Germany 

39921 to CL-26 at Walla Walla AAF, WA Dec 4, 

1943 


39923 to RFC at Kingman, AZ Jan 10, 1946 

39924 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Tornado") lost May 

24, 1944 






39929 (91st BG, 322nd BS) interned in Sweden 

Apr 11, 1944 


39931 to reclamation at Kingman, AZ Jan 17, 

1945 

39932 condemned salvage non battle damage

Jul 7, 1944 

MACR 2197 

and fighters over 

39933 (452nd BG, 728th BS) lost Mar 23, 1944 

39934 (100th BG, 350th BS) lost Mar 15, 1944 

39935 (306th BG, 369th BS) lost Feb 22, 1944 

39936 (452nd BG, 728th BS) lost Apr 9, 1944 

39937 (452nd BG, 728th BS) lost May 12, 1944 


39939 (452nd BG, 730th BS) lost May 12, 1944 

39940 (452nd BG, 731st BS) lost Feb 8, 1944 

39941 (731st BS, 452nd BG) shot down by flak 

Aywaille, Belgium May 12, 1944. 

39942 condemned salvage Jan 25, 1944 

39943 (401st BG, 612th BS) lost May 7, 1944 

39944 (305th BG, 366th BS) lost Mar 2, 1944 

39945 (306th BG, 742nd BS) lost Feb 22, 1944 


Leopoldshohe, Germany 

Feb 22, 1944. 

39947 (305th BG, 364th BS) lost Dec 5, 1944 



39950 (306th BG, 423rd BS) crashed in Holland 

after being hit over 

Brunswick, Germany Mar 29, 1944. MACR 

3481 

39951 (385th BG, 551st BS, 'Esky?) lost May 

23, 1944. MACR 5628 


MACR 2196 


MACR 5313 


MACR 3344 


Feb 12, 1944 

39956 to RFC at Kingman, AZ Feb 22, 1946 


13, 1944 


c/n 6701/6800 

39958 condemned salvage battle damage Nov 

14, 1944


Jun 22, 1945 

39960 (92nd BG, 325th BS) crashed 

Moerzeke-Kastel (Belgium) Mar 2, 1944. MACR 2856 

39961 (452nd BS, 730th BS) lost Feb 10, 1944. 

MACR 2537 


on mission to Frankfurt. MACR 2529 


MACR 11038 

39964 to reclamation at Biggs Field, TX Sep 

14, 1945 


MACR 3482 

39966 (305th BG, 366th BS) lost Aug 3, 1944, 

Baden-Wurttemberg. MACR 7702 


MACR 3224 

39968 to RFC at Albuquerque, NM Feb 7, 1946 


MACR 2508 


39971 (452nd BG, 729th BS, "Little Chum") 

broke up in thunderstorm 

Apr 21, 1944 and crashed near Hoxne, 

Suffolk. 6 killed, 

4 parachuted to safety. Condemned 

salvage battle damage Apr 24, 1944 


MACR 11233 


Oct 18, 1944 

39974 (452nd BG, 731st BS, 'Punchboard') 

attempted to reach Sweden after mission to Warnemunde 

Apr 9, 1944, forced down at Vaerlose 

airfield, Denmark. 10 POW. MACR 3785 

Operated by special unit Kommando Olga 

within KG200. Crashed Feb 9/10, 1945 

on takeoff from Stuttgart with 10 

agents and Vichy officials on attempt 

to evacuate to Spain. 17 killed, 2 

survived. Compare with fate of 42-30146. 

Which one is correct? According to 

'Strangers in a Strange Land', it is 42-30146

that exploded on Feb 9, 1945. 


MACR 5355 

39976 (452nd BG, 731st BS) lost May 12, 1944. 

MACR 4820 

39977 condemned salvag non battle damage Feb 

9, 1944 



MACR 4018 


MACR 3240 


MACR 4450 


Feb 25, 1944. MACR 2592 


MACR 4866 

39984 (94th BG, 331st BS) shot down Feb 10, 

1944 and crashed Liebenau 


MACR 2369 

39985 (452nd BG, 730th BS) shot down Mar 23, 

1944 and crashed Rengershausen 


MACR 3551 

39986 (301st BG, 352nd BS) lost Apr 3, 1944. 

MACR 4401 




MACR 3430 


MACR 3231 and 4904 


MACR 4958 


crash landed near 

Blangermont, France Mar 4, 1944. MACR 

2741. Crew POW. Luftwaffe salvaged the plane. 



May 6, 1945 

39994 (100th BG, "Snort Stuff") damaged by

fighter attack near Haseluenne. Landed in Sweden Mar 6, 1944, 

all crew interned 

until September 1944, then returned. 

MACR 3031. To RFC at Albuquerque Feb 7, 1946 

39995 (452nd BG, 731st BS) lost Apr 11, 1944. 

to RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 22, 1945 

39996 (91st BG, 322nd BS) lost Aug 16, 1944. 

MACR 8179. 7 KIA, 2 POW. 

39997 (381st BG, 533rd BS, *Big 

Mike/Frenchy's Folly*) flown to 

Kingman, AZ Nov 28, 1945, broken up 

1945-47. 


Rosthausen, Germany May 8, 1944 on 

mission to Brunswick. MACR 4569. All 

crew POW. 


MACR 5831. Condemned Oct 20, 1944 

40000 (91st BG, 324th BS) shot down Apr 22, 

1944 and crashed Delecke during raid 

on Hamm, Germany. MACR 4259 



MACR 6001 




MIA Feb 11, 1944 on mission to Frankfurt. MACR 2530 

40006 (306th BG, 368th BS) hit by flak over 

Berlin 3/6/1944. 

Landed on island of Gotland, Sweden, 

where 

the crew set fire to the aircraft. 

Crew interned. MACR 2735 

40007 (381st BG, 533rd BS, *Honey*) failed 

to return from mission Nov 25, 1944. 

40008 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "Bar Fly") in 

midair collision with 42-31490 near 

Duestedt, Germany 3/24/1944. MACR 

3539 

40009 condemned Jan 26, 1944 


40011 (381st BG, 534 BS, *Shnozzle*) in 

midair collision Jan 21, 1945 with 42-97511.

40012 lost in ferry across Atlantic Dec 18, 

1943. MACR 1318 



MACR 2857 

40015 surveyed at Las Vegas AB, NV Feb 13, 

1944 


MACR 4267 

40017 (381st BG, 535th BS, *Assend 

Charlie/Me and My Gal/Miasses Dragon*) crashlanded Butgenbach, 

Belgium Feb 14, 1945 and salvaged Mar 

14, 1945. I have a reference to 

MACR 5385, which lists this plane as 

lost May 30, 1944. 

40017 (381st BG, 535th BS) lost May 30, 1944. 

40018 condemned salvage non batle damage Jan 

13, 1945 



MACR 2492 

40021 to reclamation at Kingman, AZ Dec t, 

1944 



40024 surveyed at Las Vegas AAB, NV Jan 6, 

1944 

40025 (381st BG, 535rd BS, *Touch the Button 

Nell*) crashlanded at Dunkwell, 

UK Feb 6, 1944. Salvaged Feb 7, 

1944. 

40026 to RFC at Kingman AAF, AZ Jul 12, 1944 



40029 to reclamation at Las Vegas, NV Jan 1, 

1945 




MACR 2363 

40033 condemned MIA Feb 8, 1944 

40034 to RFC at Walnut Ridge Sep 25, 1945 

40035 to reclamation at Kingman AF, AZ Nov 

2, 1944



40038 to RFC at Altus, OK Nov 7, 1945 

40039 surveyed at Orlando AB, FL Jan 14, 1944 

40040 surveyed at Kingman AAF, AZ Jul 7, 1944 


40042 to Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD Jun 19, 

1946 


40044 to RFC at Ontario, CA Jan 18, 1946 

40045 surveyed at Dyersburg AAF, TN Aug 1, 

1944 


MACR 1897 


Feb 24, 1944 on mission to Schweinfurt, 




40050 (401st BG, 612th BS) MIA Jun 19, 1944. 

MACR 6002 


MACR 3652 

40052 (92nd BG, 407th BS) hit by flak near 

German/Dutch border 3/6/1944. Five crew bailed out and were 

taken 

prisoner. Five bailed out over 

Holland and evaded capture. MACR 2905 


Oct 5, 1944 

40054 (388th BG, 562nd BS) rammed by 42-37886 

Mar 6, 1944 near Dutch border after the latter had been hit by 

fighter. 

Both aircraft went down. 3 killed, one 

later died of wounds, 6 bailed out and taken prisoner. 

MACR 3092 


MACR 2707 


fighters on raid on Berlin Mar 8, 1944. 10 crew POW. MACR 3032 

40057 (401st BG, 615th BS) lost Jan 29, 1944, 

Entenpfuyl/Pferdsfeld. MACR 2273 

42-73515 Vega XB-38 

Reserved for a new version of B-17 with

Allison engines. Because of urgency of the 

project, an existing B-17E was used and 

the new design was never completed. 

42-97058/97172 Boeing B-17G-40-BO Fortress 

c/n 7531/7645 

97058 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Scorchy II") lost 

Jan 21, 1945, Germany 

97059 (381st BG, 533rd BS, *Marsha Sue*) DBR 

at St Denis Westrem, 

Belgium during Jan 1, 1945 Bodenplatte 

raid. Reduced to salvage Jan 5, 1945. 

97060 (457th BG, 749th BS, *Calamity Jane 

II*) hit by flak Aug 5, 1944 over Holland on way to target 

at Nienburg, Germany. Plane ditched, 

crew picked up by 

Danish fishing boat which took the crew 

to England. 

97061 (91st BG, 401st BS) christened 

"General Ike" by General Dwight D. Eisenhower 

on Apil 11. 1944. Scrapped at end of 

war. 


Jun 14, 1944 over target during mission 

to Le Brouget/Melun, France. 7 KIA, 4 

POW. 

97063 (457th BG, 750th BS, *Miss Yu II*) 

attacked by fighters while 

on mission to Lechfeld and ditched in 

English channel 

Mar 16, 1944. Crew members picked up. 

97064 (447th BG, 711st BS) interned in 

Switzerland Apr 13, 1944. 

97065 (100th BG, 418th BS, *Return Ticket*) 

shot down Jun 24, 1944 

97066 (351st BG) shot down by AAA Jun 14, 1944 

on mission to Le Bourget 

97067 (447th BG, 748th BS, *Black Puff 

Polly/Georgia Peach*) shot down by flak May 28, 

1944 during mission to Dessau. 1 KIA, 

rest of crew POW. 

97068 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Key Bird") 

97069 (452nd BG, 731st BS) shot down by AAA 

and crashed near Messerich,

Germany Dec 4, 1944 

97070 (457th BG, 750th BS) caught fire during 

return to Glatton 

Apr 25, 1944. Left formation, dropped 

bombs in Channel, 

headed back to France where all crew 

bailed out. MACR 4306. 



MACR 13718 


Aug 1, 1944. MACR 7807 


MACR 5311 

97074 crashed near Bagotville, Quebec, 

Canada Feb 16, 1944. All crew OK. 

97076 (381st BG, 534th BS *Dee Marie*) to 

Kingman, AZ Nov 25, 1945 and 

broken up before 1948. 

97077 (305th BG, 366th BS) severely damaged 

by flak over Saarbruecken and 

eventually crashed at Belval (near 

Bharleville-Mezieres), France 

May 11, 1944. MACR 4875 


MACR 4457 

97079 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'Dozy Doats') lost 

Oct 6, 1944. MACR 9521 


MACR 3800 

97081 (384th BG, 546th BS) MIA May 8, 1944 

on mission to Berlin. MACR 4812 

97082 (94th BGH, 410th BS, "Mission 

Mistress") after damage from 

fighters and flak Jun 25, 1944, landed 

at a forward Canadian 

fighter base. Was eventually repaired 

and returned to 

England and returned to service. On 

takeoff from a mission 

on Jan 6, 1945, lost an engine and 

crashed into Mount Farm at 

Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. 5 killed. 

97083 (452nd BG, 728th BS) lost Apr 11, 1944.

MACR 3932 

97084 (381st BG, 534th BS, *Spare Charlie*) 


Calais, France Jun 22, 1944. MACR 5918 


MACR 8439 

97086 (94th BG, 332nd BS) lsot Apr 11, 1944. 

MACR 4008 


Jul 31, 1944 on 

mission to Munich, Germany. MACR 

7829. 7 KIA, 3 POW. 

97088 (457th BG, 748th BS) caught fire while 

forming up for 

mission to Munich Jul 11, 1944 and 

exploded. MACR 3827. 

3 killed, 6 parachuted to safety. 


MACR 3815. 


on mission to Kiel May 22, 1944. 

Crashed at Nettelsee, Germany. MACR 

4956 

97092 (447th BG, 708th BS, *Heel Der Fuhrer*, 

also *Virginia Lee II*) 

transferred to 710th BS. Salvaged Nov 

2, 1944. Returned to USA 

Oct 8, 1945, arrived Kingman, AZ Nov 29, 

1945. Sold for scrap Jul 1, 1946 


MACR 11255 


MACR 5168 


MACR 5986 



97098/97119 to RAF as Fortress III 

HB761/HB782 

97098 transferred to USAAF before 

delivery. Lost with 388th BG, 561st BS 

Aug 6, 1944. MACR 7705 

97099 (HB762) SOC Mar 11, 1947 

97100 (HB763) MIA Aug 26, 1944


delivery. 

97102 (HB765) overshot landing and 

damaged beyong repair Pulton, UK, Jul 10, 1945. 


delivery. 

97104 (HB767) MIA on mission to 

Frankfurt, Germany Jul 13, 1944. 

97105 (HB768) SOC Jun 21, 1947. 

97106 (HB769) SOC Jun 21, 1947. 


delivery 


delivery 

97109 (HB772) SOC Mar 11, 1947. 


delivery. 

97111 (HB774) SOC Mar 11, 1947. 

97112 (HB775) SOC Jun 21, 1947. The 

MACR database has this plane as being 

lost Jan 5, 1945 with 388th BG, 

562nd BS. 3 POW, 7 returned to duty. 

MACR 11562 

97113 (HB776) SOC Mar 11, 1947. 


delivery 

97115 (HB778) used by British Ministry 

of Supply. Returned to USAF at Burtonwood, UK on 

Sept 9, 1952 for fire protection 

tests. Presumably burned on site. 

97116 (HB779) SOC Mar 11, 1947. 

97117 (HB780) SOC Mar 11, 1947. 


delivery 

97119 (HB782) SOC Jun 21, 1947. 

97122 (457th BG, 751st BS) salvaged May 12, 

1944 after being damaged on mission 

to Lutzendorf 




on mission to Schweinfurt. 

97126 (388th BG) crashed into Beinn Nuis 

mountain, Scotland Dec 10, 1944 during training

flight. All 8 crew killed. Freeman has 

this plane as being with 

100th BG, 351st BS as *Silver Dollar* 

and damaged in taxying 

accident at Thorpe Abbotts and w/o as 

salvage. Unofficially 

repaired and used as group HQ's "hack" 

for several months after 

VE Day. 

97131 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Home James*) shot 

down by flak Aug 6, 1944 during mission to Genshagen 

Aug 6, 1944. 4 KIA, 5 bailed out 


on mission to Sottevast, France 

97137 (457th BG) shot down by flak Apr 20, 

1944 during mission 

to Gorenflos, France. 8 KIA, 2 bailed 

out. 

97138 (94th BG, 332nd BS) interned in 


97139 (384th BG, 546th BS) salvaged Jun 18, 

1944. 


MACR 7413 

97142 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Daniel Webster*) 

lost Sept 12, 1944 on mission to Brux, Germany. MACR 8901 


MACR 4776 

97144 (351st BG, 509th BS) diverted to Sweden 

Jun 21, 1944 and crash landed after mission to Berlin. MACR 

6536 


MACR 5903 


fighters May 27, 1944 on mission to Ludwigshafen. MACR 5327 

97150 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Silver Queen*) 

salvaged Jan 10, 1945. 


MACR 3514 

97153 (94th BG, 333rd BS) lost Sep 11, 1944. 

MACR 8841 

97154 (100th BG, 350th BS) lost SEp 11, 1944. 


97155 (c/n 7628, 94th BG, 333rd BS) interned

in Sweden Apr 11, 1944. MACR 3862. Converted to airliner 

under 

registration number SE-BAO and named 

"Ted". Owned by 

Swedish crown but operated by SILA. 

WFU and scrapped Oct 1948 


fighters May 27, 1944 on mission to Ludwigshafen. MACR 5330. 


MACR 8763 

97160 (390th BG, 568th BS) lost Aug 2, 1944, 

North Sea. MACR 7750 

97162 (457th BG, 748th BS) salvaged Apr 27, 

1944. 


MACR 8899 

97164 (457th BG, 749th BS, *Rebel Queen*) 

shot down by flak Jan 28, 1945 during 

mission to Cologne. MACR 11987. 2 

KIA, 7 POW. 

97165 (301st BG, 353rd BS) lost over Austria 

Jul 19, 1944. MACR 6910 


MACR 3591. 


MACR 4858 

97168 (351st BG) returned to USA Jun 1945. 

97170 (379th BG) crashed near Romilly, 

France Dec 4, 1944 after 

rear fuselage severed in collision with 

another B-17. 

7 crew killed. 

97171 (388th BG, 563rd BS) lost over Paris 

Aug 2, 1944. MACR 7745 

42-97173/97407 Boeing B-17G-45-BO Fortress 

c/n 7646/7880 

97173 (91st BG, 323rd BS) lost Jul 8, 1944. 

MACR 8323 

97174 (381st BG, 534th BS, *Joanne*) damaged 

by collisin of B-17 

42-31698, and 42-97214 May 24, 1944. 

All control surface of 

elevator and rudder burned down but 

returned to base safely

May 24, 1944. Tail gunner bailed out 

and POW, rest of crew 

returned. MACR 5180. Aircraft was 

shot down by AAA 

Jun 21, 1944. MACR 5993. 2 KIA, 7 POW. 

97175 (452nd BG, 728th BS) lost Feb 6, 1945. 

MACR 12240 


MACR 4939 

97177 loaned to US Coast Guard 1948. 

Returned 1949. 

97178 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Sweet Mama*) lost 

Jul 19, 1944, River Isar, Germany. MACR 7279. 

97179 (447th BG, 711st BS) lost May 12, 1944. 

MACR 4768 

97180 (306th BG, 423rd BS, 'Miss Ponca City') 

shot down Sept 12, 1944, Germany. MACR 8832 

97182 (390th BG, "Ding Dong Daddy") collided 

in midair with 42-102936 over Weston Park, UK 

Aug 26, 1944. All 9 onboard killed. 2 

on ground killed. 


MACR 6568 



97187 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Miss Umbriago") 

lost Sep 28, 1944. MACR 9410 


on mission to Couldmmiers, France. MACR 5800 


MACR 6080. 

97190 (457th BG, 748th BS, *Hitler's 

Milkman*) hit by flak during mission 

to Nijmegan, Holland Sep 17, 1944. 

Landed safely in Belgium. 

Plane was repaired and returned to 

active duty. Returned 

to USA Jun 4, 1945. 




MACR 3775 


97194 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Good Pickin")


MACR 7741 

97196 (351st BG, 510th BS) diverted to Sweden 

Oct 7, 1944 during mission to Politz. MACR 9568. 

Returned to USA Jun 29, 1945. 

97197 (301st BG) crashlanded near north end 

of runway at Lucera, Italy 

Apr 8, 1944 on return from local 

practice bombing mission. 

Aircraft exploded and all onboard were 

killed. 




MACR 3489 

97201 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Jamaica Mary*) 

salvaged Jul 24, 1944 


Jun 22, 1944 on mission to Rouen. MACR 6535 

97203 (92nd BG, 407th BS) interned in 


97204 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Skylark*) MIA Aug 

25, 1944 on mission to Anklam, Germany. MACR 8466 


MACR 4880 


MACR 4777 


MACR 7360 

97212 (96th BG, 339th BS) damaged by enemy 

fighters and 

landed at Malmo, Sweden Apr 11, 1944 and 

was interned. MACR 3817 

97214 (381st BG, 534th BS, *Carolina Queen*) 

in midair collision with 

B-17G 42-31698, crashed Gratze, 

Germany May 24, 1944. MACR 5181. 

9 KIA 

97216 (351st BG) salvaged May 8, 1945 with 

fire damage. 

97217 (92nd BG, 326th BS) lost Apr 24, 1944. 

MACR 4150 

97218 (92nd BG, 326th BS) lost Apr 24, 1944 

Bubach, Germany, MACR 4150


MACR 9378 

97220 (385th BG, 730th BS, 'Kickapoo Joy 

Juice') lost May 8, 1944. MACR 4589 


on mission to Oberphaffenhofen, Germany. MACR 4351 


MACR 3807 


I also have this one as being 

lost with 92nd BG, 325th BS Jul 16, 1944 

over Germany, MACR 7566. 


MACR 4458. 

97228 (384th BG, 545th BS, *GI Jive*) MIA Apr 

13, 1944 on mission to Schweinfurt. MACR 3871 

97229 (379th BG, 524th BS, "Hi Ho Silver") 

extensively damaged in midair collision 

Sep or Oct 1944, and subsequently 

scrapped. 



97232 (95th BG, 412nd BS, "G.I. 

Issue/Government Property/Sandy's 

Refueling Boys") lost Dec 16, 1944. 

MACR 11259. 




MACR 10360. 


MACR 4778 

97236 (457th BG) crashed near Glatton Apr 21, 

1944 on takeoff during mission to Merseberg, 

Germany. 4 bailed out, 6 killed. 

97237 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Royal Flush II*) 

landed Jul 19, 1944, Dubendorf, 

Switzerland and interned. MACR 7280. 

97238 (381st BG, 534th BS, "Our Captain") 


MACR 4555. 


MACR 3673. 

97241 (388th BG, 563rd BS) lost Apr 11, 1944.

MACR 3776. 


MACR 4014. 


MACR 3674. 

97245 (92nd BG, 407th BS) lost in North Sea 

Jun 20, 1944. MACR 5984. Only the navigator survived, he 

bailed 

out over Germany before the plane 

attempted to make it back. One body washed up to land in 

Holland. 


MACR 3474. 

97247 (452nd BG) destroyed by German bombers 

night of Jun 21-22, 1944 

on ground at Poltava, Russia. 


MACR 5987. 

97251 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Snuffy*) crashed 

in England Jan 20, 1945. 



MACR 11370. 

97254 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Iza Vailable 

Too") salvaged May 8, 1944 

97255 (388th BG, 563rd BS) shot down Apr 11, 

1944 by FW 190 off coast of Rostock, Germany. 

All 10 crew KIA. MACR 3777. 

97257 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Knock-Out Baby!") 


1945. 


MACR 4556 

97260 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Bow Ur Neck 

Steve's") lost May 11, 1944, Riegelsberg-Neuhaus. MACR 4868. 


MACR 7808 

97263 (38rth BG, 547th BS, *Lady Margaret*) 

crashed in England Jan 10, 1945. 

97264 (95th BG, 334th BS, 

"Shoo-Shoo---Baby") lost Oct 7, 1944. MACR 9560 

97265 (381st BG, 535th BS, *Hells Angel*) 

flown to Kingman, AZ Nov 28, 1945. 

97266 (398th BG, 602nd BS, *Godfathers Inc*)

shot down over Pilzen, Czechoslovakia Apr 25, 1944. 

MACR 14224. 

97267 (381st BG, 535th BS, *Tomahawk 

Warrior*) caught fire and exploded 

on ground at Ridgewell Apr 26, 1945. 


MACR 5161. 

97270 registration N5069P reserved Jan 1988. 

No information on it. 

97271 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Boss Lady*) MIA 

Mar 20, 1945 on mission to Hamburg. MACR 13565. 

97272 (303rd BG 359th BS, "Duchess 

Daughter") in taxi accident Jul 6, 1944 

97273 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Aces & Ates*) 

shot down by flak July 12, 1944 on mission to Munich. MACR 7568. 



97275 (385th BG, 549th BS, 'Roger the 

Dodger') lost Oct 6, 1944. MACR 9522. 


1944, Germany. MACR 8833. 

97280 (385th BG, 550th BS, "Haybag Annie") 

DBR in accident while landing at RAF 

Valley June 1945, date uncertain but 

probably June 16. Brake 

failure led to aircraft overshooting 

the runway. Plane was on 

its way back to USA, of 20 onboard, only 

three suffered 

slight injuries. 

97281 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Queenie") in 

belly landing Mar 28, 1945 

97282 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Rebel*) MIA Nov 

8, 1944 on mission to Merseburg, Germany. MACR 10352. 

97284 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Ain't 

Misbehavin") crashed in Italy Apr 9, 1944 

97285 (381st BG, 534th BS, *Patsy Ann*) to 

Kingman, AZ Dec 1, 1945. 

97286 (388th BG, 560th BS) crashed into Beinn 

Nuis Dec 10, 1944 enroute from Knettishal 

to Prestwick. MACR 11339. All 

occupants killed, wreck not found until Mar 3, 1945. 

Crash was during alleged cross-country 

navigation flight from

Knettshal, but the real purpose is 

believed to be the collection of 

whisky for officers' club. Two 

passengers were also onboard. 


MACR 13150 

97290 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Smilin' Sandy 

Sanchez") lost May 19, 1944. MACR 4928 


MACR 8212. 


MACR 6545. 

97293 (92nd BG, 326th BS) lost Aug 3, 1944, 



MACR 5255. 

97297 (306th BG, 369th BS, *How Soon*, later 

to 92nd BG May 9, 1945). 

Salvaged Germany Oct 31, 1945. 

97298 (303rd BG, 358th BS, *The Floose*) 

bellylanded Dec 24, 1944 after undercarriage 

failed to lower. SOC for salvage. 


MACR 4557 



97305 (351st BG) damaged by AAA and ditched 

in North Sea Apr 24, 1944 on mission to Erding 

97311 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Shoo Shoo Baby" 

aka "Silver Fox" 

scrapped Dec 14, 1945. 

97313 (381st BG, 535th BS, *The Columbus 

Miss*) MIA Jan 14, 1945. 

97315 (381st BG, 532nd BS) crashlanded and 

caught fire Halsead, UK May 5, 1944. 

97318 (351st BG) shot down by fighters Sept 

12, 1944 on mission to Plauen, Germany 

97319 (92nd BG) lost Feb 29, 1944, Germany 

97320 (384th BG, 544th BS) shot down in 

Belgium but salvaged Jan 10, 1945 

97323 (381st BG, 534rd BG, *Begin the 

Beguine/She Dood It*) flown to Kingman, AZ 

Dec 6, 1945. Scrapped 1946-47. 

97324 (97th BG, 341st BS) lost Mar 22, 1945.

MACR 13265 

97325 (351st BG) collided with B-24 during 

wing assembly May 24, 1944 for mission to Epinal. 


fighters Sep 11, 1944. 5 KIA, 4 POW. MACR 8890 

97329 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Flak Hack") lost 

Sep 28, 1944. MACR 9411. 

97330 (381st BG, 535th BS, *Chug a Lug IV*) 

shot down by AAA Rotenburg, 


KIA, 7 POW. 

97331 lost on ferry flight North Atlantic Apr 

9, 1944. MACR 3682 

97333 (94th BG, 333rd BS) lost Oct 7, 1944. 

MACR 9556 

97334 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Haard Luck") lost 

Sep 11, 1944. MACR 8892 

97336 (96th BG, 413rd BS) shot down Jun 20, 

1944 near Magdeburg, 

Germany. 6 KIA, 4 POW. 


MACR 4937 


MACR 14167 

97344 (401st BG, 613rd BS) lost Aug 24, 1944. 

MACR 8203 


MACR 3911 


MACR 5837 


MACR 7498. 


1945. 


MACR 7276 


MACR 6565. 


MACR 10709. 

97357 (381st BG, 533rd BS, *The Railroader*) 

reduced to salvage Jan 13, 1945. 


MACR 4821


MACR 5894 


MACR 7901 

97367 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Umbriago*) 

crashed in England Jul 16, 1944 



97371 (452nd BG, 728th BS) lost May 12, 1944, 


97372 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Booby Trap*) 

damaged by enemy fighters 

Apr 24, 1944 on mission to 

Oberphaffenhofen, Germany and 

crashlanded near Fusse, Germany whil 

attempting to reach 

Switzerland. MACR 4349 

97376 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Aunt Callie's 

Baby"), (95th BG, 335th BS, 

"She Fox"), (95th BG, 335th BS, "Lucky 

Lady") 

97381 (351st BG) returned to USA May 26, 1945 




MACR 10839 

97385 (398th BG, 601st BS) forced down in 

open field near Rechicourt le Chateau on mission to 

Ludwigshafen Sep 8, 1944. Captured by 

German troops, but destroyed on ground by Allied 

fighter bombers. MACR 8605 


MACR 12214 

97392 (447th BG, 711th BS, 'Ramblin Wreck') 

returned to USA Jul 9, 1945. 

Arrived at Kingman, AZ Dec 20, 1945. 


97394 (398th BG, 603rd BS) lost Aug 8, 1944. 

MACR 8065 

97397 (381st BG, 534th BS, "Unavailable 

Mabel") returned to USA 

Jun 10, 1945 


MACR 11352


MACR 7383 

97400 (708th BS, 447th BG, "Fuddy Duddy") 

collided with 43-38083 

over Mannheim, Germany. MACR 11228 


MACR 4570 


Poland. MACR 4813 

97405 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Mary Cary") lost 

Jun 22, 1944. MACR 7131 

97406 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost Apr 19, 1944, 



MACR 4047 


c/n 6801/6900 

97437 (97th BG, 342nd BS) lost Sep 10, 1944. 

MACR 8365 


MACR 2390 


MACR 5310 

97441 (92 BG, 407 BS) lost Jan 30, 1944, 

Hannover-Fahrenwald, Germany. MACR 2254 

97442 (381st BG, 532nd BS) crashlanded 

during practice mission 

Oct 1, 1944, salvaged Oct 3, 1944. 

97443 (457th BG, 749th BS, *Miss Yu*) 

salvaged Jan 22, 1944 

after crashed on landing in Ireland. 

97444 (97th BG, 414th BS)lost Feb 17, 1944, 

Mediterranean. MACR 2392 


MACR 2547 



97449 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Sweetheart*) 

captured by Luftwaffe Jul 19, 1944, Mils near 

Imst, Austria. MACR 7261. 


on mission to Aschersleben, Germany, MACR 2464 

97451 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Nancy K*) 

collided with 42-97456 on way to target at

Gaggenau, Germany Sep 10, 1944. Was 

able to land safely, but 

2 of the crew parachuted into friendly 

territory in France, 

fearing that the ship was doomed. 

42-97456 crashed, killing 

all but 2 of the crew. 

97452 (457th BG, 751st BS) shot down by enemy 

fighters May 28, 1944 during 

mission to Dessau and crashed into 




Berlin, Germany May 19, 1944. 

MACR 4932 

97455 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost May 19, 1944. 

MACR 4829 

97456 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Mighty Little 

John*) collided with 42-97451 while on 

way to target at Gaggenau Sep 10, 1944. 

Cut in half near 

the waist by props of other plane and 

crashed. 2 bailed 

out, 7 killed. 42-97451 made it back 

to base safely. 


Feb 25, 1944 during 

mission to Augsburg. MACR 2918. 6 

KIA, 4 POW. 

97460 (457 BG, 749 BS) shot down by flak May 

27, 1944, Differten during mission 

to Ludwigshaven. MACR 5295. 1 KIA, 

9 POW 

97461 (447th BG, 711th BS) crashlanded at RAF 

fighter strip near Eindhoven, Holland Oct 7, 1944 on 

return from Meresburg. Salvaged Nov 

14, 1944. 

97463 (306th BG, 423rd BS) lost Feb 20, 1944, 



MACR 3941 


Apr 9, 1944 during mission 

to Gdynia. MACR 3665. 1 KIA, 9 POW.


MACR 3478 

97467 (91st BG, 401st BS) interned in Sweden 

Jul 18, 1944. MACR 7418 

97468 (457th BG, 748th BS) crashlanded at 

base in England after missin to Augsberg 

Feb 25, 1944. All crew survived, but 

plane total loss. 

97469 (379th BG, 527th BS, "Busy-Baby") 

declared war-weary Jan 11, 1945. 

Scrapped Dec 1945. 

97470 (457th BG, 748th BS, *Oh Kay*) shot 

down by fighters Sep 28, 1944 on mission 

to Magdeburg. MACR 9771. All 9 crew 

POW. 

97471 (381st BG, 532nd BS, *Male Call*) 

crashlanded at Ridgewell Mar 20, 1944. 



97473 (390th bG, 571st BS) lost Jun 5, 1944. 

MACR 5481 

97474 (381st BG, 533rd BS, *Homing Pigeon*) 

shot down by fighters Opherdicke, 

Germany Feb 22, 1944. MACR 2934 


MACR 3536 

97477 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Porky's Pig*) 

lost Apr 24, 1944 on mission to 

Oberphaffenhofen, Germany. MACR 4348 


MACR 3769. RAF record card 

for Mosquito DZ548 states that this 

Mosquito crashed at St Ives, 

England Feb 5,1944 after colliding with 

this B-17. 

97481 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Liberty Run*) 

shot down by fighters on mission 

to Berlin May 19, 1944. MACR 4941. 9 

crew bailed out and 

became POWs. 1 KIA. 


1944 by fighter 

attack near Haseluenne. 7 killed, 3 

bailed

out and taken prisoner. MACR 3033 

97483 (91st BG, 322nd BS) shot down near 

Berlin Mar 6, 1944. MACR 2902 


MACR 3188 


MACR 3592 


on mission to Aschersleben, Germany. MACR 2465 


MACR 8363 


fighter attack Mar 6, 1944. MACR 3034 

near Haseluenne. One killed, 9 bailed 

out and 

taken prisoner. 


fighters Aug 3, 1944, Huttersdorf-Lebach, Germany 

MACR 7704 


MACR 2758 

97495 (95th BG) shot down Mar 6, 1944 by 

fighter attack near 

Haseluenne. Crew bailed out, taken 

prisoner. MACR 2986 

97496 (401st BG, 615th BG) lost Apr 9, 1944. 

MACR 3942 

97497 (447th BG, 711th BG) lost Oct 12, 1944. 

MACR 9573 


MACR 2384 


MACR 3977 







97503 (381st BG, 533rd BS, *Princess Pat*) 

caught fire during 

training flight and crashlanded at 

Ridgewell Mar 26 (27?), 1945 

and reduced to salvage. All crew

escaped. 

97505 (381st BG, ex 306 BS) flown to Kingman, 

AZ Dec 5, 1945. 

97506 (550 BS, 385 BG, 'Thunder Bird') shot 

down by enemy fighters Jan 29, 1944 near Simmern, 

Germany during mission to Frankfurt. 

MACR 2269. 10 crew POW. 

97509 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Old Hickory") MIA 

Mar 2, 1944 

97510 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Satan's 

Playmates) returned to USA postwar. To Kingman AAD. 

Sold for salvage Jul 1, 1946 

97511 (381st BG, 535th BS, *Egg haid*) in 

midair collision with 42-40011 Jan 21, 1945. 

Declared salvage. 

97515 (92nd BG, 325th BS, "Little Runt") 

interned in Switzerland Mar 18, 1944. MACR 3226 


Austria Jul 25, 1944. MAC 7126 

97519 (91st BG) lost Apr 19, 1944, Germany 


1945. 

97524 (96 BG, 337 BS) lost 3/9/1944. 

97526 (301 st BG, 353rd BS) shot down by 

fighters Feb 25, 1944 near Furth, 

Germany. 6 POW, 4 KIA. MACR 2723. 

97527 (92nd BG, 327th BS) shot down by flak 

near Vechta Mar 6, 1944. MACR 2996 

97528 (388th BG, 563rd BS, "Mary's Sister") 

damaged by flak during 

raid on Hanau marshalling yards and 

crashed upon landing 

at RAF fighter base at Hawkinge Jan 5, 

1945. 4 killed. 

97530 (492nd BG, 858th BS) Crashed July 10, 

1944 in England (RAF Halton) Forced Landing 

destroyed by fire. 


MACR 6950 


MACR 8208 

97534 (452nd BG, 728th BS) lost Nov 25, 1944. 

MACR 11049 

42-97536/97635 Lockheed/Vega B-17G-20-VE Fortress

c/n 6901/7000 


MACR 6414 


and fighters 

on mission to Gdynia Apr 9, 1944. MACR 

3666. 1 KIA, 9 POW 

97540 (463rd BG, 775th BS) lost May 18, 1944. 

MACR 5061 


MACR 12926 

97544 (463rd BG, 773rd BS) lost Aug 17, 1944. 

MACR 7458 


MACR 4160 

97546 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Idaliza") 

scraspped Dec 1, 1945. 

97547 (463rd BG, 772nd BS) lost May 10, 1944. 

MACR 4748 


MACR 5228 

97550 (463rd BG, "Lassie and Her Lads") 

crashed and burned at Foggia 

Main Oct 11, 1944. 

97551 (463rd BG, 772nd BS) lost over Austria 

May 10, 1944. MACR 4747 


MACR 4009 


MACR 7880 

97556 (96th BG, 413th BS) shot down by night 

intruding Me 410 

Apr 12, 1944 during night approach to 

base near Parkham and 

crashed at Glenham< Suffolk. 3 KIA. 

97557 (544th BS, 384th BG, "Mercy's 

Madhouse") scrapped at end of war. 

97558 (457th BG, 748th BS, *Tis Me Sugar*) 

left formation for no apparent 

reason on mission to Weimar Aug 24, 1944 

and never 

seen again. MACR 8200. Another 

report has this plane 

as being shot down by a jet fighter.


97559 (385th BG, 549th BS, 'Vapor Trails') 


97560 (96th BG, 413rd BS) fitted with H2X. 

Ran off end of runway at Thorpe Abbots 

May 19, 1944 while on loan to 100th BG 

and from photographic evidence 

probably DBR. 

97561 (300th BG, "Batchelor's Heaven") 

caught fire while forming 

up for practice mission and crew 

attempted to bail out. 

Plane broke up and crashed into some RAF 

cottages. 3 crew 

killed plus 3 RAF in the cottages. 6 

crew bailed out. 

97563 (91st BG, 323rd BS) lost Nov 2, 1944. 

MACR 10147. 


MACR 7414 

97567 (96th BG, 413rd BS) lost May 12, 1944, 


97568 (483rd BG, 816th BS) lost Sep 15, 1944. 

MACR 9900 


MACR 4161. 


MACR 7991 


Aug 24, 1944 on 

mission to Weimar. MACR 8201. 5 KIA, 

4 POW. 


on mission to Krzesiny, Poland. MACR 5318 


MACR 10414 

97575 (463rd BG, 774th BS) lost over Austria 

Dec 27, 1944. MACR 10747 


MACR 4839 


MACR 8914 

97579 (457th BG, 750th BS, *Local Mission*) 

shot down by flak

Jun 14, 1944 on mission to Le Bourget. 

MACR 5804. 1 KIA, 




MACR 4023 

97583 (463rd BG, 774th BS) lost May 5, 1944. 

MACR 4712 

97584 (483rd BG, 816th BS) lost Jul 18, 1944. 

MACR 6981 

97585 (483rd BG, 840th BS) lost Dec 25, 1944. 

MACR 10730 

97589 (381st BG, 533rd BS) crashlanded and 

caught fire Mar 26, 1945. 

97590 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Virgin Mary") 

crashed Jun 10, 1944 

97594 (381st BG, 532rd BS, *Dry Gulcher*) 

crashed and caught fire Aug 4, 1944. 

Salvaged next day. 



97598 crahlanded at Keesler Field, MS Mar 12, 

1945. 

97600 transferred from 351st BG to 401st BG, 

613rd BS. Shot down Nov 21, 1944. MACR 10410 

97601 (401st BS, 91st BG, *General Ike*) 

scrapped at end of war. I also have 

this one as having been lost with 457th 

BG, 751st BS Jul 19, 1944 during 

mission to Augsburg, MACR 7548. 4 KIA, 

5 POW 

97603 (385th BG, 548th BS *Gremlin Buggy II*) 

interned in Switzerland May 27, 1944. MACR 5266. 

Aircraft set on fire by its crew after 

landing at Knutwil to prevent 

the secrets of the H2X radar from being 

discovered by the Swiss. 


MACR 4948 


MACR 5914 


MACR 7827 

97617 (303 BG, 356 BS, 'Gremlin Bugy II')

lost Apr 13, 1944. MACR 3770 

97619 (3036th AAFBU) hit side of mountain 

near Yumma AAF, 

AZ Jun 28 1944 on night navigation 

flight. 5 killed. 





97622 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Paper Dollie") 

crashlanded Jul 23, 1944. 

97623 (482nd BG) fitted with H2X radar and 

K24 camera over display CRT. 

Used during early to mid 1944 to build 

up print library of of H2X 

target images. Afterwards fitted with 

Micro-H radar bombing system, 

First trial mission was to fuel dump at 

Bois-de-la-Houssire Aug 4, 1944. 


MACR 12241 

97625 (381st BG, 535th BS, *Sunkist 

Special*) crashlanded Mar 8, 1945 and salvaged. 


MACR 5996 


MACR 4571 


MACR 12232 


MACR 10164 


c/n 7001/7100 

97636 (351st BG) salvaged in Germany Apr 3, 

1946. 

97638 (457th BG, 749th BS, *Follow Me*) shot 

down by flak 

Oct 7, 1944 on mission to Politz. MACR 

9773. 

5 KIA, 5 POW. 

97640 (301st BG) lost over Austria Feb 23, 

1945. MACR 12470 

97646 (94th BG) transferred to 447th BG Apr 

5, 1944. To Kingman in 1946 and

sold for scrap Jul 1, 1946 


MACR 5939 


MACR 8729 

97649 salvaged in Germany Apr 4, 1946 

97651 assigned to 94th Combat Wing but 

carried on 351st BG strength. Transferred to 

305th BG May 1945. 


MACR 10223 


Yugoslavia. MACR 6826 

97654 (96th BG, 413rd BS) lost May 12, 1944, 



May 10, 1944. MACR 4722 


1945 

97678 (525th BS, 379th BG, 'Birmingham 

Jewel') shot down by enemy fighters southwest 

of Hamburg, Germany Feb 3, 1945. MACR 

12217. 

97683 has two MACRs on it. MACR 10201 has 

the plane being lost Sep 18, 1944 with 95th BG, 335th BS. 

MACR 12824 had the plane being lost Mar 

15, 1945 with 301st BG, 352nd BS. 


MACR 10108 


MACR 5997 



305th BG May 1945. 

97689 (482nd BG) fitted with Micro-H radar 

bombing system. First trial mission 

was to fuel dump at Bois-de-la-Houssire 

Aug 4, 1944 

97691 (303rd BG, 427th BS) forced landed in 

Volker, Belgium Nov 26, 1944. MACR 11193 

97692 fitted with H2X radar and used to 

photograph French coast 

from Cherbourg to Le Havre duriin 

gnight of Jun 1, 1944 in

MACR 5624. 

MACR 9526 

preparation for D-Day. 


97696 (95th BG, "Terrible Termite") 




305th BG May 1945. 

97702 (482nd BG) fitted with Micro-H Mk II 

radar bombing system, made first combat 

trial Mar 20, 1945 on mission to 

Oberusel. 

97705 (301st BG, 32nd BS) lost Dec 26, 1944. 

MACR 10745 


MACR 10732 

97717 (482nd BG) fitted with Micro-H radar 

bombing system, first trial mission 

was to fuel dump at Bois-de-la-Houssire 

Aug 4, 1944 

97724 (463rd BS, 772nd BS) ditched in 

Adriatic Jun 9, 1944. 

All crew MIA. MACR 5852 


MACR 6854. 


MACR 4916. 


Nov 5, 1944. MACR 10081 


MACR 10929 


c/n 7101/7200 


MACR 12078 


MACR 9863 

97739 (2nd BG, 20th BS) lost over Austria Dec 

9, 1944. MACR 10131 

97747 ditched 160 mi SW of Fastnet, Ireland 

May 16, 1944 during 

ferry flight. 

97762 crashlanded at Langley Field, VA Sep

5, 1945. 

97769 (447th BG, 711th BS) damaged at 

Rattlesden, UK Dec 2, 1944. To 

Kingman, AZ in 1946. Sold for scrap 

Jul 1, 1946 

97771 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "The 8 Ball MK 

III") hit by AAA and crashed into North Sea Aug 5, 1944. 

97781 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "The 8 Ball Mk 

III") crashed into a 

meadow just short of Apeldorn Canal 

near the village of Eerbeek, 

Holland Nov 2, 1944. 1 KIA, 8 POW, 1 

evaded. 

97786 (452nd BG) lost May 12, 1944, Belgium 

97797 (95th BG, 412th BS) lost Aug 16, 1944 

97798 (351st BG) damaged by AAA and ditched 

in English Channel Jun 14, 1944 on mission to Le Bourget 

97802 crew bailed out after engine failure 

and plane crashed 12 mi E 

of Avon Park, FL Oct 18, 1945. 


MACR 9412 


MACR 8818 


MACR 5227 


MACR 12962 

97811 (401st BG, 612th BS, *Slick Chick*) 


Vaubecourt, France Jun 25, 1944. MACR 

6230 


MACR 4770 


Pfandlhof, Kaisertal, Kufstein, 


97818 caught fire while taxiing Jun 15, 1944 

97821 (390th BG, 571st BS) lost Sep 8, 1944. 

MACR 8602 

97825 converted to SB-17G. 

97828 (381st BG, 533rd BS, *Queenie*) MIA Feb 

9, 1945. 

97829 (100th BG, 350th BS) lost Jul 29, 1944.

MACR 7813 


MACR 15236 


MACR 8819 


c/n 7201/7300 


MACR 13043 

97843 (351st BG) heavily damaged Oct 7, 1944 

and fixed with front end of 42-98004 grafted on. 

Returned to USA May 28, 1945 


MACR 12948 


MACR 5151 


MACR 11244 


MACR 5265 

97848 (92nd BG, 327th BS, "Silver Wings") 

lost Sep 13, 1944. MACR 10286 


hit by flak over Germany 

on return from raid on Cheb, 

Czechoslovakia Feb 14, 1945. 

Heavily damaged and landed at base at 

Ophoven, Belgium. 2 crew 

were killed and oneinjured. Plane 

salvaged Feb 18, 1945. The plane currently 

flying as 42-97849 is actually 

44-85734. 

97852 (452nd BG, 728th BS) MIA Aug 14, 1944, 

Mannheim, Germany. MACR 8425 

97853 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Lucky Linda") 

crashlanded Sep 18, 1944. 

97854 (390th BG) lost Graah Fjord, Greenland 

on ferry flight Apr 9, 1944. MACR 3637. Assigned serial N9094V 

for Institute of 

Aeronautical Archaeological Research 

of Auburn, CA. There was an attempted recovery 

Aug 1999, believe located but not 

recovered. Registration 

currently (Jan 2006) being considered

for cancellation. 

97855 (389th BG) two engines damaged by flak 

over France Jul 8, 1944 

and aircraft bellylanded on sandbank 

off Sandwich, England. 

Landing site was between two 

minefields. 


MACR 7500 

97858 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Carmen's 

Folly/Lady Fortune") lost Jan 10, 1945, Germany. MACR 11743 


MACR 6542 


MACR 11576 

97862 (c/n 7227) crashed on approach to Nutts 

Corner, Belfast, Northern Ireland Jun 7, 1944 

and destroyed by fire. Crew killed 


MACR 7821 


MACR 4779 

97869 (401st BG, 615th BS, "Hula Girl, Maid 

to Order") shot down by flak on 

mission to Gelsenkirchen Feb 16, 1945. 


in Netherlands. 3 KIA, 5 POW, 1 

evaded. 


MACR 8915 

97873 (388th BG, 563rd BS, "Sack Happy") 

crashed on takeoff at 

Knettishall Feb 24, 1945. Crew OK but 

plane was w/o. 

97879 (91st BG, 324th BG) lost Aug 1, 1944, 


97880 (324th BS, 91st BG, *Little Miss 

Mischief*) hit by flak Oct 15, 1944 but 

was able to return to base. Aircraft 

was repaired with rear fuselage of 

42-31405. Made emergency landing at 

Bassingbourne, UK Apr 4, 1945 and 

was scrapped. 

97882 (381st BG, 533rd BS) salvaged Jun 14,

1945. 


MACR 6521 

97887 damaged in ground collision at Enid 

AAF, OK Sep 18, 1945. 

97889 (457th BG, 748th BS, *Fish n Chips*) 

damaged in landing 

accident Jul 9, 1944. 

97890 (379th BG, 524th BS) MACR 6838 dated 

Jun 25, 1944. Also MACR 9364 dated 

Sep 28, 1944 with 379th BG, 524th BS. 

97891 (91st BG, 401st BS)lost Jun 21, 1944. 

MACR 5981 


MACR 5982 

97893 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Minnie the 

Moocher") lost Sep 28, 1944. MACR 9413 


Oct 25, 1944 on 

mission to Hamburg. MACR 10178. 3 

KIA, 6 POW. 

97904 (729th BS, 452nd BG, *Lady Jeannette*) 

hit by flak over Saarbrucken, Germany 

Nov 9, 1944. Crashed in France 25 mi 

SE of Verdun at Bois de Hattonville . 4 KIA. 

Pilot and co-pilot both posthumously 

awarded the Medal of Honor. 



97909 (99th BG, 348th BS) lost Sept 16, 1944, 

Yugoslavia. MACR 6857 

97913 (483rd BG, 815th BS) caught fire on 

raid on Moorsbierbaum Aug 28, 1944 and 

bombs were ordered salvoed and crew 

bailed out. MACR 11273. 7 became POW, 

3 were picked up by Tito's partisans and 

were returned to 

friendly territory. 

97915 (2nd BG, 429th BS, "Wolf Pack") 

attacked by fighters and 

bellylanded at Komlod,Hungary Aug 29, 

1944. MACR 7950. 

10 crew POW. 

97918 (301st BG, 352nd BS) lost Mar 12, 1945.

MACR 12992 


MACR 9591 


MACR 8843 

97926 (351st BG) crash landed at Ypres Sep 

28, 1944 after mission to Magdeberg and salvaged 


MACR 5930 


c/n 7301/7400 

97940 (385th BG, "Half 'n' Half") damaged by 

flak on mission to 

Stuttgart Sep 13, 1944. Crew bailed 

out near Kentford, 

Suffolk. One crew was killed when his 

parachute did not 

open. 

97941 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Marion*) 

salvaged Nov 18, 1944. 

97944 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Daddy's 

Delight") salvaged Dec 13, 1945. 

97945 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Luck of the 

Irish") 

97947 was H2X aircraft assigned to 94th 

Combat Wing but carried on 351st BG strength. 

Transferred to 401st BG Aug 20, 1944 

97948 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Hell on Wings*) 

MIA Oct 11, 1944 on mission to Wesseling, Germany 


Combat Wing but carried on 351st BG strength 

Transferred to 457th BG Aug 20, 1944. 

97951 (748th BS, 457th BG) shot down by flak near 

Gennep, Holland Sep 17, 1944. on 

mission to Nijmegen. Crew 11 POW. MACR 10208 


MACR 7499 

97954 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost Jul 20, 1944. 

MACR 7272 

97955 (457th BG, 748th BS) damaged by 

fighters on mission to 

Magdeberg Sep 28, 1944 and crash landed 

near Brussels. All 

crew survived.


MACR 10148 

97957 (390th BG, 570th BS *Beyond My Dreams*) 

interned in Switzerland Jul 12, 1944. MACR 7493 



MACR 8277 


Combat Wing but carried on 351st BG strength. 

Damaged by AAA and crash-landed at 

Brussels Oct 15, 1944 and salvaged. 


Feb 3, 1945 on mission to Berlin. MACR 12153 


Germany Sep 9, 1944. MACR 8607. 

MACR database has the serial number of 

the plane being 97968 

97967 (379th BG, "Hun Runner") damaged over 

Frieburg, Germany Jan 15, 1945 

and force landed on continent. 

Salvaged Mar 6, 1945. 

97970 (487th BG, 837th BS, 'Miss Virginly') 

retired to Kingman, AZ Dec 21, 1945. 

97972 (303rd BG, 358th BS) lost Nov 26, 1944. 

MACR 11200 


MACR 8076 

97976 (447th BG, "A Bit of Lace") returned 

to US Jul 5, 1945, to Kingman AAF Nov 9, 1945, 



MACR 13533 

97979 (385th BG, 550th BS, 'Leading Lady') 

lost Mar 2, 1945. MACR 12855 

97980 (379th BG) crashlanded Feb 14, 1945, 

Bierset, Belgium. 



97983 (390th BG) collided with 42-107070 

over Hoorn, Netherlands Jul 7, 1944. 5 KIA, 4 POW. MACR 7367 

97984 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost Nov 2, 1944. 

MACR 10149 

97985 (94th BG, 332nd BS) collided with 

44-8177 during final

Rougham, Suffolk. 

1945 

approach and crashed Battlies Corner, 

9 killed. 

97990 (381st BG, 532nd BS) salvaged Mar 6, 

97991 (305th BG, 366th BS) lost over 

Merseburg, Germany Oct 24, 1944. MACR 8207 

97992 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Hap Hazard"), 

(95th BG, 335th BS, "Trouble 

Buggy") 


MACR 8842 


MACR 8211 

97996 to USSR 


MACR 7273 

98000 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Fightin' Hebe*) 

lost Jan 8, 1945 on mission to Kyllburg, Germany. MACR 11579 

98004 (351st BG) damaged by direct hit in 

ball turet Sep 27, 1944. Aircraft landed at 

Polebrook and broke in half. Front 

half attached to rear of 42-97843. 


MACR 10339 


MACR 9523 


MACR 10150 




MACR 9524 

98018 (457th BG, 750th BS, *Lady Katherine*) 

damaged by flak Aug 25, 1944 

on mission to Peenemunde and diverted 

to Sweden. Crew 

bailed out before landing. MACR 8294 


MACR 11238 


HB791/HB793. 

98021 to RAF as Fortress III HB971. SOC Mar 

11, 1947

98022 to RAF as Fortress III HB792 SOC Mar 

11, 1947 

98023 to RAF as Fortress III HB793 SOC Mar 

11, 1947. 

98024 to RAF as Fortress III HB794. 

Transferred to USAAF after delivery to UK, no RAF use. 


11, 1947. 

98026 to RAF as Fortress III HB796. MIA Feb 

9, 1945. 






11,1 947 

98030 to RAF as Fortress III HB800. Damaged 

by fighters and crashlanded at Ford, England 

Oct 31, 1944. Damaged beyond repair. 


11, 1947. 

98032 to RAF as Fortress III HB802. MIA Mar 

14, 1945. 


15, 1945. 




4, 1945. 


c/n 7881/8045 

102379 to RFC at Walnut Ridge as TB-17G Aug 

20, 1945 

102380 condemned salvage no battle damage 

Apr 15, 1945 

102381 to RFC at Walnut Ridge as TB-17G Apr 

2, 1946 

102382 (483rd BG, 817th BS) lost Jul 18, 



102384 to RFC at Kingman, AZ as TB-17G Jan 

4, 1946 

102385 surveyed at Dyersburg AAF, TN Mar 23,

1944 


102387 to reclamation/scrap at Hill Field, 

UT Oct 9, 1946 

102388 (483rd BG, 815th BS) MIA Jun 22, 1944. 

MACR 11543 

102389 to RFC at Kingman, AZ as TB-17G Nov 

1, 1945 


Oct 31, 1945 

102391 (398th BG, 601st BS) lost Jun 18, 

1944. MACR 5998 

102392 (91st BG, 401st BS) MIA May 1, 1944. 

MACR 4465 


102394 (401st BG, 614th BS) MIA Aug 24, 1944 

102395 (447th BG, 711th BS) missing May 12, 

1944. MACR 4771 


10, 1945 

102397 (452nd BG, 729th BS) MIA Jan 17, 1945. 


102398 to RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 17, 1945 

102399 to reclamation at Biggs Field, TX Dec 

16, 1944 

102400 to RFC at Walnut Ridge as TB-17G Sep 

17, 1945 


25, 1945 


on mission to Kiel, Denmark. MACR 4954 

102403 condemned MIA Aug 3, 1944 


7, 1946 

102405 (94th BG, 332nd BS) crashed near 

Coopers Farm, Lawshall, 

Suffolk during training flight Apr 23, 

1944. 9 killed, 

2 parachuted to safety. Condemned 

salvage battle damage Apr 24, 1944 

102406 (483rd BG, 817th BS) MIA May 7, 1944. 

MACR 4924 

102407 to RFC at Walnut Ridge Aug 18, 1945 

102408 to RFC at Walnut Ridge Dec 19, 1945

102409 to reclamation/scrap at Admore AAF, 

OK as TB-17G Jan 3, 1946 

102410 crashed Sep 24, 1944 at Ardmore AAF, 

OK. 3 died parachuting, plane 

exploded on impact. Blown cylinder, 

fire on landing approach. 

102411 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Miss Lace") 

condemned salvage battle damage Mar 18, 1945. 

Also listed as being left in Poland Mar 

18, 1945 and turning up in the USSR 



102413 to RFC at Walnut Ridge as TB-17G Dec 

14, 1945 

102414 condemned Sep 19, 1944 


10, 1945 

102416 damaged in bellylanding Apr 20, 1944. 

With 100th BG, 349th BS, MIA Jul 25, 1944. MACR 7837 

102417 to RFC at Walnut Ridge as TB-17G Aug 

18, 1945 


14, 1945 

102419 (710 BS, 447 BG) midair fire Jun 28, 

1944. 

Crew bailed out OK. 


19, 1945 

102421 (447th BG, 709th BS) lost Apr 29, 


102422 (483rd BG, 816th BS) MIA Jul 18, 1944. 

MACR 7098 


July 31, 1944, Germany. MACR 7742 

102424 (92nd BG, 325th BS, "El Lobo") ditched 

at sea Oct 5, 1944. MACR 9347 

102425 (483rd BG) lost Jul 15, 1944, 

Adriatic. Also listed as going to RFC at Walnut Ridge 

Aug 21, 1945 

102426 (92nd BG, 407th BS, 'Kidley Divey') 

shot down by fighters over Helfta, Germany Sep 11, 1944. 



14, 1944

102428 surveyed at Dyersburg AAF, TN Apr 27, 

1944 

102429 (483rd BG, 840th BS) MIA Jul 15, 1944. 

MACR 6955 

102430 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Spam-O-Liner*) 

transferred to Istres after the war. 


21, 1945 

102432 (303rd BG, 427th BS) MIA Aug 15, 1944. 

MACR 8438 


May 24, 1944 


HB783/HB788 

102434 to have been HB783, but diverted 

to USAAF in UK to 561st BS/388th BG). 

Damaged Sep 28, 1944 during 

mission to Merseburg, Germany. Force-landed at 

Lesvillette, Belgium and w/o. 

MACR 9379 

102435 to have been HB784, but diverted 

to USAAF in UK to 561st BS/388th BG) 

Lost on mission to Munich, German 

Jul 31, 1944. MACR 7746 

HB785 (42-102436) lost Mar 21, 1945 

HB786 (42-102437) SOC Jun 21, 1947. 

HB787 (42-102438) crashed on approach 

to Foulsham, UK Nov 16, 1944. 

HB788 (42-102439) missing Nov 6/7, 1944 

during mission to Gravenhorst 

102440 (390th BG, 568th BS) MIA May 28, 1944. 

MACR 5254 

102441 (447th BG, 711th BS) lost to enemy 

operations Oct 7, 1944. MACR 9764 


England Jul 7, 1944 

102443 surveyed at Sioux City, Iowa Oct 22, 

1944 


MACR 4573 

102445 (398th BG, 601st BS) MIA Jul 8, 1944. 


102446 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Little Chub*) 

while en route to Oberpfaffenhofen Apr 24, 1944 was

adly shot up by German fighters over 

Stuttgart. Headed for Switzerland and set on fire 

by fire from Swiss AF Bf 109s (owing to 

damage the B-17 was only able to turn in one 

direction, so the Swiss pilots thought 

its crew were deliberately ignoring their 

instructions). Ditched in the 

Grafenzee; six crew died, four survived. MACR 4347 

Aircraft raised Jul 9, 1953 (by same man 

who raised 42-38160) and exhibited at 

Maur until end of year, then moved to 

Zurich and scrapped a year later. 

102447 (95th BG, 334th BS, "El's Belles") to 

RFC at Kingman, AZ Nov 25, 1945 


on mission to Berlin, Germany. MACR 4242 


102450 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Paisano") MIA Mar 

3, 1945. MACR 12889 


18, 1945. There is MACR 4574 dated May 8, 1944. 


17, 1945. There is MACR 4862 dated May 12, 1944. 

102453 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Princess Pat") 

crashlanded Jul 15, 1944. 

Condemned AAA Jun 25,1944 

102454 (96th BG, 413rd BS) MIA Oct 7, 1944. 

MACR 9353 

102455 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Screaming 

Eagle/Lucky Lady") condemned salvage no battle damage May 31, 

1944 

102456 condemned salvage battle damage Oct 

11, 1944 

102457 (94th B4, 410th BS, *Gloria*) 

interned in Switzerland July 12, 1944. MACR 7510. 

Returned Sep 15, 1945. To RFC at 

Walnut Ridge Jan 14, 1946 

102458 condemned salvage battle damage May 

5, 1944 

102460 to reclamation/scrap at Rapid City, 

SD May 1,1945 


18, 1945 

102462 to RFC at Walnut Ridge as TB-17G Dec


102463 (398th BG, 601,602 BS) shot down over 

Cornebarrieu, France Jun 25, 1944. MACR 6220 


Jun 14, 1944 on mission 

to Le Bourget. Crew all bailed out. 

MACR 5805 

102465 (385th BG, 551st BS, "Wee Willie 

Wilber') condemned salvage battle damage Oct 6, 1944. MACR 

9525 

102466 surveyed at Rapid City, SD Jun 17, 

1944 

102467 (398th BG, 600th BS) MIA Aug 6, 1944. 

MACR 7886 



10, 1945 

102470 (351st BGm 508th BS) shot down by 

fighters May 27, 1944 on mission to Ludwigshafen. MACR 5325 

102471 (447th BG, 710th BS) MIA Sep 11, 1944. 

MACR 8924 


102473 to RFC at Walnut Ridge as TB-17G Nov 

13, 1945 

102474 to Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD Jul 

4, 1946 


MACR 5162 

102476 (398th BG, 603rd BS) lost Jul 16, 


102477 surveyed at Sioux City, Iowa Aug 9, 

1944 


Jun 14, 1944 on mission to to Le Bourget. MACR 5798 




May 5, 1944 

102481 (385th BG, 550th BS, 'Kentucky 

Winner') MIA Mar 18, 1945. MACR 13141 


MACR 4575 


25, 1945

102484 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Heller's 

Angels") Shot down by German fighter Nov 21, 1944. MACR 11201. 

All crew KIA 

102485 (388th BG, 562nd BS) crashed in 

Groenekan, Holland May 28, 1944. 3 KIA, 7 POW 


2, 1945 


102488 lost on ferry flight North Atlantic 

Apr 9, 1944. 

102489 to RFC at Altus as TB-17G Nov 5, 1945 

102490 (91st BG, 323rd BS, "Wicked Witch") 

shot down over Nuremberg 

Feb 20, 1945. MACR 12556 



11, 1945 


Oct 20, 1944. RAF record 

card for Halifax JP324 says that this 

Halifax wes struck while 

parked and w/o at Aemdola Feb 5, 1945 

by this B-17. Conflict here. 


MACR 5249 


Oct 20, 1945 

102496 (303rd BG, 359th BS "Special 

Delivery" aka "Big A Bird & B.A.B") 

crashlanded Sep 18, 2944. Condemned 

salvage no battle damage Sep 21, 1944 

102497 (487th BG, 836th BS) MIA Dec 24, 1944. 

MACR 12177. 


MACR 5312 

102499 condemned enemy action destroyed on 

ground Jul 2, 1944. 


1945 

102501 (384th BG, 546th BS, *The 

Challenger*) MIA Feb 3, 1945 on mission to Berlin. 


MACR 8283 

102503 (306th BG, 423rd BS) lost Sept 12,


102504 (91st BG, 401st BS) shot down by flak 

Apr 8,1945. MACR 14295 


102506 condemned missing operational flight 

Feb 23, 1945 


102508 (398th BG, 603rd BS) MIA Jul 7, 1944. 

MACR 7219 

102509 (401st BS, 91st BG, *The Liberty Run* 

shot down by AAA over Leipzig, 

Germany Jul 20, 1944. Crew POW. MACR 

7274 

102510 to reclamation/scrap at Memphis AAF, 

TN Jan 28, 1947 

102511 (398th BG, 602nd BS) shot down by flak 

over Scheuring 

during mission to Lechfeld Jul 19, 

1944. MACR 7544. All crew KIA. 

102512 (381st BG, 534th BS, "She Has To") to 

Kingman AZ Dec 4, 1945. 

102513 condemned salvage Dec 22, 1944 

102514 condemned salvage enemy action 

destroyed on ground Jul 2, 1944 

102515 (96th BG, 338th BS) shot down over le 

Manior, France Aug 13, 1944. Also 

have MACR 5163 which has this ploane 

being lost May 27, 1944 with 96th BG, 338th BS. 

102516 (398th BG, 601st BS) shot down on 34th 

combat mission 

Aug 13, 1944 in France. MACR 7910. 

EAA B-17G 44-85740 

is painted in the colors of this ship 

102517 to reclamation/scrap at March Field, 

CA Jun 19, 1947 


Oct 31, 1945 




102521 to reclamation/scrap at Patterson 

AAF, OH May 24, 1946 

102522 to RFC at Altus as TB-17G Nov 5,1945 

102523 to RFC at Kingman, AZ Nov 16, 1945


20, 1945 


MACR 4576 

102526 (390th BG, 571st BS) lost Apr 29, 


102527 (91st BG, 322nd BS) MIA Jun 21, 1944. 

MACR 5983 


MACR 5169 



10, 1945 

102531 (96th BG, 338th BS) MIA Nov 10, 1944. 

MACR 10358 


MACR 4935 


MACR 7494 


18, 1945 

102535 (452nd BG, 729th BS) lost Jul 31, 


102536 condemned salvate battle damage Dec 

24, 1944 


7, 1945 

102538 to reclamation/scrap at Pyote AAF as 

TB-17G Nov 4,1948 


19, 1945 


12, 1945 

102541 (452nd BG, 728th BS, 'Aint Misbehavin 

II') hit by AAA after returning from mission over 

Corme Ecluse, Bordeaux, France Jun 19, 

1944 without dropping bombs. 

On returning to England, this plane 

neared Wattisham Air Base (Station 

F377) with two engines out. On 

approach a third engine quit and the 

plane crashed on private property 50 

yds short of the base. After the 

crew safely evacuated the plane, the

ombs exploded. 

Condemned salvage no battle damage Jun 

21, 1944. 

102542 to RFC at Altus as TB-17G Nov 5, 1945. 

To American Legion 

Sioux City, IA in 1946 named Sioux City 

Sue and preserved 

as memorial at Sioux City AP. To 

civilian market with 

Lysdale Flying Service of St Paul, NN 

Aug 1952 as N5485N. 

Subsequently to Aero Service Copr and 

crashed ca 1958. 

102543 (398th BG, 602nd BS) MIA Oct 28, 1944. 



c/n 8046/8245 

102544 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Sack Time") MIA 

Apr 17, 1945. MACR 14168 


22, 1945 


12, 1945 

102547 (306th BG, 367th BS, *Rose of York*) 

named by Princess 

Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) at 

Thurleigh 

Jul 6, 1944. Two engines damaged by 

flak on mission to 

Berlin Feb 3, 1945. Last seen over 

North Sea. All 

occupants (including a BBC reporter) 

MIA and presumed 

killed. MACR 12283 

102548 (384th BG, 547th BS) lost May 13, 

1944, Poland. MACR 4814 


MACR 7822 

102550 to reclamation/scrap at Morris Field 

Feb 17, 1945. 

102551 condemned missing operational flight 

Nov 26, 1944 

102552 (96th BG, 339th BS) MIA Jun 22, 1944. 

MACR 5917


Jul 27, 1944 


MACR 10416 

102555 condemned MIA Feb 3, 1945 

102556 to Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD Jul 

7, 1946 


10, 1945 


15, 19455 

102559 condemned salvage battle damage Feb 

26, 1945 

102560 (95th BG, 334th BS, "The Thomper") MIA 

Nov 30, 1944. MACR 10840 


MACR 5164 

102562 (398th BG, 603rd BS) MIA Nov 2, 1944. 

MACR 10157 

102563 (305th BG, 364th BS) missing Nov 9, 

1944. MACR 11653 

102564 to CL-26 at MacDill AAF, FL May 10, 

1944 

102565 (398th BG, 601st BS) MIA Nov 26, 1944. 

MACR 11147 


22, 1944 


1, 1945 



9, 1945 



MACR 4863 

102572 (452nd BG, 728th BS) MIA May 27, 1944. 

MACR 5301 


ground Jul 1, 1944 



26, 1944 

102576 (351st BG) crashed at Polebrook Dec 

9, 1944 when pilot forgot to lower landing

MACR 10307. 

gear and salvaged. 

102577 (94th BG, 331st BS) MIA Nov 2, 1944. 

102578 (381st BG, 532nd BS, "We Promised") 

flown to Lubboch, TX Jun 7, 1946. To reclamation/scrap at South 

Plains same day. 

102579 (398th BG, 603rd BS) MIA Sep 28, 1944. 

MACR 7823 

102580 condemned enemy operations Jun 29, 

1944 

102581 condemned enemy operations May 28, 

1944 

102585 (381st BG, 534th BS, *The Betty L*) 

shot down by AAA Jours, France Jun 24, 1944. 

102588 converted to B-17H 

102590 (381st BG, 535th BS, *In Like Errol*) 

shot down by AAA Syke, Germany Mar 30, 1945. 



28, 1945 



MACR 8916 

102595 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Little Tush") 

in crash landing 

Aug 14, 1944. Condemned salvage 

battle damage Aug 15, 1944 


102597 (398th BG, 602nd BS) MIA Sep 12, 1944, 

Germany. MACR 8917 

102598 condemned salvage battle damage Jul 

30, 1944 

102599 (398th BG, 600th BS) lost Jul 16, 

1944, Achenwald, Austria. MACR 7564 

102600 (398th BG, 603rd BS) MIA Nov 21, 1944. 

MACR 11212 

102601 (384th BG, 546th BS) crashlanded in 

France Sep 10, 1944 


MACR 8206. 


102604 condemned missing operational Jan 11, 

1945 

102605 condemned salvage battle damage Jul

6, 1944 

102606 (385th BG, 550th BS, 'Curley's Kids') 

MIA Jul 12, 1944. MACR 7489 

102607 (398th BG, 601st BS) MIA Sep 28, 1944. 

MACR 9382 




102610 (398th BG, 602nd BS) MIA Dec 30, 1944. 

MACR 11243 

102611 (100th BG, 350th BS) missing Jun 27, 

1944. MACR 6993 


MACR 5897. 


fighters May 27, 1944 on mission to Ludwigshafen. MACR 5324. 

102614 to RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 1,1945 

102615 (452nd BG, 728th BS, *Forbidden Fruit 

II*) hit prop wash while forming, spun in 

and crashed over Tibenham, UK Feb 17, 

1945. 6 killed, 2 bailed out. 

102616 (94th BG, 410th BS) MIA Oct 7, 1944. 

MACR 9558 

102617 (384th BG, 544th BS) salvaged Aug 4, 

1944 



9, 1944 

102620 (384th BG, 546th BS) salvaged May 14, 

1945 


1, 1944 



102623 to RFC at Kingman, AZ Jan 8, 1946 








MACR 5989 

102629 to RFC at Altus as TB-17G Nov 5, 1945


22,1945 


10, 1944 


MACR 8458 


102634 condemned missing enemy operation Nov 

29, 1944 



102636 (385th BG, "Sleepytime Gal") to RFC 

at Kingman, AZ Nov 27, 1945 




102639 to RFC at Altus as TB-17G Oct 29, 1945 


102641 (339th BS, 96th BG) destroyed on 

ground at Poltava Jun 22, 1944. 

102642 condemned salvage Mar 30, 1945 

102643 (92nd BG, 326th BS) MIA Jul 8, 1944. 

MACR 7356. 

102644 surveyed at Hunter Field, LA Apr 27, 

1944. 


MACR 8067 


MACR 10415 

102647 (401st BG, 615th BS) MIA May 28, 1944. 

MACR 5305 

102648 (100th BG, 349th BS) shot down near 

Sufeld, Germany 

on mission to Berlin May 24, 1944. 



102650 condemned enemy action on ground Jul 

2, 1944 

102651 (447th BG, 710th BS, *Piccadilly Ann 

II*) interned in Switzerland Jul 11, 1944. MACR 6937 



MACR 6729 

102653 condemned enemy action on ground Jul

1, 1944 


14, 1945 



102656 condemned salvage from enemy actin 

Oct 31, 1945 


fighters Sep 11, 1944. MACR 8820 

102658 (447th BG, 708th BS) MIA Dec 6, 1944. 

MACR 11052 

Wing and nose section 

recovered 1980:Belterwiede, Netherlands 

102659 condemend salvage battle damage Jan 

10, 1945 

102660 condemned salvage Dec 28,1944 


Nov 6, 1945 

102662 (452nd BG, 728th BS) MIA Jun 21, 1944. 

MACR 6239 

102663 (381st BG, 534th BS, *Yardbird*) 

flown to Kingman, AZ Dec 13, 1945. To RFC Dec 31, 1945. 

102664 (381st BG, 532nd BS, *Happy Botton*) 

ditched in English Channel Jul 16, 1944. 


16, 1944 



102667 (100th BG, 351st BS) MIA Jul 29, 1944. 

MACR 7814 

102668 (447th BG, 710th BS, 'Cock Of the 

Sky') returned to USA 

Jul 6, 1945, to RFC at Kingman, AZ Nov 

29, 1945. Sold for scrap Jul 1, 1946 


MACR 8434 




1, 1945 

102672 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "Ole' Swayback") 

shot down by fighters Piethen, Germany May 30, 1944. MACR 5233 

102673 (390th BG, 571st BS) MIA Jan 14, 1945. 

MACR 11724

102674 condemned salvage not battle damage 

Nov 8, 1944 


MACR 8900 


1945. To RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 3, 1945 

102677 (390th BG, 568th BS) MIA Jan 14, 1945. 


102678 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Ole Worrybird") 

MIA Nov 2, 1944. MACR 10309 

102679 (385th BG, 548th BS 'Mississippi 

Miss') Returned to RFC at Kingman, AZ Nov 19, 1945 


MACR 8437 


102682 to reclamation/scrap at Gulfport AAF, 

MS Feb 9, 1945 



102685 wrecked at Kearney Field, Nebr Apr 24, 

1944 after an oxygen fire broke out on board. 




102688 condemned missing operational Feb 14, 

1945 


102690 condemned MIA Aug 8, 1944 

102691 to RFC at Walnut Ridge as TB-17G Jan 

4, 1946 


14, 1944 




MACR 8821 

102696 to RFC at Kingman, AZ Nov 17, 1945 


18, 1945 



MACR 5335. 

102700 (95th BG, 412nd BS, "I'll Get By") MIA 

Aug 2, 1944. MACR 7701



102702 to RFC at Kingman, AZ as TB-17G Mar 

16, 1946 

102703 (381st BG, 532rd BS, *Pella Tulip*) 

reduced to salvage Oct 16, 1944 


18, 1945 

102705 to reclamation/scrap at Gulfport AAF, 

MS Apr 11, 1945 

102706 (483rd BG, 817th BS) lost Feb 16, 

1945, Austria. MACR 12145 

102707 to reclamation/scrap at Gulfport 

AAF, MS Apr 11, 1945 

102708 to RFC at Kingman, AZ as TB-17G Oct 


102709 to reclamation/scrap at Chanute AAF 

as TB-17G Oct 30, 1946 


22, 1945 

102711 to CL-26 at Grenada AAF, MS Apr 4, 1944 

102712 to reclamation at Avon Park AAF Apr 

20, 1945 


102714 surveyed at Avon Park AAF, FL Aug 2, 

1944 

102715 to TB-17G and to RFC at Altus Nov 5, 

1945. To Boy Scout 

Troop, Polo, IL Sep 1946 and named "Polo 

Queen". Registered 

N66573 by California Atlantic Airways. 

Operated by Fairchild Aerial Surveys 

between 

1953 and 1961 to map middle east and 

Southeast Asia 

for US Army (and CIA?). Eventually 

sold to Black 

Hills Aviation as aerial tanker. 

Crashed during firebombing 

mission near Superior, Montana July 

1979. 

102716 to RFC at Altus as TB-17G Aug 22, 1945 

102717 to RFC at Walnut Ridge as TB-17G Aug 

22, 1945


18, 1945 


102720 to reclamation/scrap at Pope Field 

Feb 1, 1949 

102721 to reclamation/scrap at Drew Field as 

TB-17G Aug 4, 1945 


102723 to reclamation/scrap at Pyote AAF as 

TB-17G Mar 31, 1949 

102724 to reclamation/scrap at Avon Park 

AAF, FL Feb 9, 1945 


102726 to reclamation/scrap at MacDill AAF 

Aug 21, 1945 


26, 1945 


5, 1945 


102730 salvaged at Eglin AAF, FL Jan 29, 1946 


26, 1945 

102732 to Portugal as FAP 7404 in 1953. W/o 

in 1960. 


21, 1945 



12, 1945 


19, 1945 

102737 to reclamation/scrap at Keesler 

Field, TN Oct 13, 1950 


12, 1945 

102739 to RFC at Walnut Ridge as Sep 26, 1945 

102740 to CL-26 at MacDill AAF Jun 27, 1944 

102741 to RFC at Kingman as TB-17G Nov 28, 

1945 


22, 1945 


22, 1945


c/n 8246/8480 


102745 to RFC at Kingman as TB-17G Nov 28, 

1945 

102746 to CL-26 at Avon Park AAF, FL Aug 1, 

1944 


21, 1946 



25, 1945 

102750 to reclamation/scrap at Drew AAF, FL 

Sep 4, 1945 


11, 1945 

102752 to RFC at Walnut Ridge as TB-17G Feb 

27, 1946 

102753 to reclamation/scrap at Pyote AAF, TX 

as TB-17G Jan 14, 1949 

102754 to reclamation/scrap at Rapid City 

AAF, SD as TB-17G Jun 19 1945 following 

crash 12 mi NE of Rapid City, SDZ May 

17, 1945. 



7, 1946 

102757 to RFC at Walnut Ridge as TB-17G Feb 

15, 1946 


8, 1946 


14, 1945 


19,1945 


22,1945 


16, 1946 

102763 surveyed at Sioux City AF, Iowa Aug 

9, 1944 


19, 1945 

102765 to RFC at Walnut Ridge as TB-17G Feb

27, 1946 


18, 1945 


102768 to rFC at Walnut Ridge as TB-17G Nov 

13, 1945 


102770 surveyed at Alexandria AAF, GA Apr 18, 

1944 


21, 1945 




18, 1945 




18, 1945 




19, 1945 

102778 to reclamation/scrap at Lockbourne 

AAB, OH Oct 19, 1945 

102779 to RFC at Golden Airport, MS as TB-17G 

Dec 10, 1945 


19, 1945 

102781 to RFC at Walnut Ridge as TB-17G Apr 

18, 1946 


1, 1946 


7, 1946 




29, 1945 

102786 crashed 1000 ft N of Ardmore AAF, OK 

Apr 24, 1944. 11 killed. 

to CL-26 at Ardmore AB, OK Apr 25, 1944 


25, 1945


22, 1945 


13, 1945 

102790 to RFC at Kingman as TB-17G Nov 9, 1945 


9, 1945 



14, 1945 



102796 surveyed at Gulfport AAF, MS Aug 29, 

1944 

102797 to RFC at Kingman, AZ as TB-17G Oct 

16, 1945 


4, 1946 

102799 to reclamaition/scrap at South Plains 

AAF, TX May 29, 1947 






8, 1946 


102806 to RFC at Walnut Ridge as TB-17G Oct 

29, 1945 




18, 1945 


19, 1945 


18, 1945 


18, 1945 


102813 to CL-26 at Drew AAF May 20, 1944 



18, 1945

102818 to RFC at Walnut Ridge s TB-17G Sep 

25, 1945 

102819 salvaged at Eglin AAF, FL Jan 29, 1946 


21, 1945 


24, 1945 


24, 1945 


12, 1945 






18, 1945 

102827 to RFC at Morrison AB, FL as TB-17G 

Sep 28, 1947 

102828 surveyed at MacDill AAF Aug 9, 1944 


102830 condemned salvage Dec 2, 1944 

102831 surveyed at MacDill AAF Sep 29, 1944 



24, 1945 

102834 to RFC at Memphis, TN as TB-17G Jul 

13, 1946 

102835 to reclamatin at Avon Park AAF, FL Nov 

20, 1944 


MACR 13471. 




11, 1945 


14, 1946 

102841 (483rd BG, 840th BS) lost Oct 23, 

1944, Taschachferner, Pitztal, Austria. MACR 9319 


21, 1945 


29, 1945




8, 1946 

Jan 6, 1945 

MACR 6397 

24, 1945 

Apr 26, 1945 

9, 1946 

11, 1945 

NM Nov 2, 1944 

MACR 6954 

7, 1946 

Nov 20, 1944 

1, 1945 

4, 1946 

5, 1946 

27, 1945 






102849 condemned flak Dec 18, 1944 

102850 to reclamation/scrap at Drew AAF, FL 



102853 to RFC at Walnut Ridge Dec 17, 1945 


102855 condemned salvage not combat related 

102856 condemned MIA Dec 26, 1944 


102858 condemned salvage Sep 12, 1944 



102861 to reclamation/scrap at Deming AAF, 

102862 (483rd BG, 817th BS) MIA Jul 18, 1944. 


102864 to reclamation/scrap at Yuma AAF, AZ 




102868 to RFC at Walnut Ridge AS TB-17G Nov 

102869 (483rd BG, 815th BS) damaged over Brux

then shot 

down by Oblt. Pohl in Fw 190F-8 of SG 

10/1 SE of 

Sarospatak, Hungary Oct 20, 1944. 

MACR 9203 




7, 1946 


102873 (381st BG, 532rd BS, *The Joker II*) 

shot down by AAA over Berlin, Germany 

Feb 3, 1945. and crashed at Eichhorst 

Forest, 11 km NW of Finow. 8 POW, 1 KIA. MACR 12096 


8, 1946 


11, 1946 


5, 1946 

102877 to reclamation/scrap at Laredo AAF, 

TX Jan 3, 1946 


5, 1946 

102879 condemned salvage not combat Aug 2, 

1945 






3,1946 


11, 1946 


29, 1945 

102887 (463rd BG, 772nd BS, "The Pisseroo") 

lost Jul 31, 1944, Rumania. MACR 7206 

102888 to reclamation/scrap at Hobbs AAF, NM 

Sep 4, 1945 


MACR 6862 


7, 1946

102891 (97th BG, 340th BS) MIA Feb 7, 1945. 

MACR 12141 


9, 1946 


8, 1946 

102894 force-landed at Roswell AAF, NM Aug 

12, 1945. 

To RFC at Walnut Ridge as TB-17G Jan 4, 

1946 

102895 surveyed at Hobbs AAF, NM Aug 3, 1944 


30, 1945 

102897 to RFC at Walnut Ridge as TB-17G Jul 

8, 1946 


2, 1946 

102899 (398th BG) lost Jul 16, 1944, Germany. 

Also have this one as going to 

reclamation/scrap at Kingman, AZ Oct 

16, 1944. Have another report of this 

plane as crashing into San Francisco 

Peaks N of Flagstaff, AZ, 4 killed. 

102900 to RFC at Kingman, AZ as TB-17G Dec 

21, 1945 


21, 1945 


28, 1945 

102903 to reclamation at Dayton, OH as TB-17G 

Nov 27, 1945 



landing in Sweden Oct 7, 1944. MACR 9774. 

2 crew DOA and one badly injured. 

Repaired and flown back to UK. 

102906 condemned taxi accident Apr 23, 1945 

102907 to reclamation at Stout Field, IN as 

TB-17G Apr 9, 1946 


MACR 11699 

102909 condemned MIA flak Mar 23, 1945 


102911 (401 BG, 613 BS) overshot landing and

hit 

ditch and burned Deenethorpe, UK Jun 

29, 1944. Condemned salvage Jul 3, 1944 



Jul 26, 1944. MACR 7124. 


MACR 7194 


Austria Jul 26, 1944. MACR 7123. 



102917 (401st BG, 612nd BS) lost Jul 20, 

1944. MACR 7546 


MACR 6688 


5, 1946 

102920 surveyed at Lockbourne AAB, Cloumbus, 

OH Jan 23, 1945 


Oct 25, 1945 


102923 (483rd BG, 817th BS) lost Jul 18, 

1944. MACR 6979. 

102924 (463rd BG, 774th BS) lost Aug 30, 

1944. MACR 8731. 

102925 condemned crash Dec 9, 1944 


102927 (483rd BG, 815th BS) lost Jul 18, 

1944. MACR 6980 




102930 to RFC at Altus, OK Nov 5, 1945 

102931 (452nd BG, 731st BS) lost Nov 9, 1944. 

MACR 10345 

102932 (2nd BG, 96th BS) lost Jul 16, 1944, 


102933 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Queenie*) lost 

Dec 12, 1944 during Merseburg raid. 


13, 1944 

102935 to RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 14, 1945

102936 (390th BG) collided in midair with 

42-97182 over Weston Park, UK 

Aug 26, 1944. 5 of 9 aboard killed. 

102937 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Ready Freddie") 

condemned salvage battle damage Jul 21,1944 

102938 condemned crash Jan 2, 1945 

102939 condemned collision Mar 16, 1945 


HB789/HB790. Both SOC Mar 11, 1947. 

102942 to reclamation/scrap at Panama, CZ as 

TB-17G Dec 29, 1948 

102943 (301st BG, 352nd BS) lost Jul 18, 

1944. MACR 7310 


MACR 8934 

102945 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Sweet Pea") 

condemned salvage no battle damage Dec 3, 1944 

Also reported MIA Mar 26, 1944 

102946 (388th BG, 562nd BS) lost May 29, 

1944. MACR 5315 


102948 (457th BG, 749th BS, *Denver Bandit*) 

shot down by flak Sep 28, 1944. 

on mission to Magdeberg. MACR 9775. 

2 KIA, 7 POW. 


fighters Jul 19, 1944 on mission to Augsburg. MACR 7557 



102951 (95th BG, 334th BS) lost over North 

Sea Feb 3, 1945. 5 KIA, 4 POW. MACR 12048 


fighters Jul 28, 1944 on mission to Merseberg. MACR 7817 

102953 (388th BG, 563rd BS) lost Sep 28, 

1944. MACR 9380 

102954 (457th BG, 748th BS) sustained damage 


Seigen, Germany Jan 29, 1945 and landed 

at Ypres, Belgium. 

Crew uninjured and returned to base. 

Plane condemned salvage battle damage Feb 3, 1945 


1945. To RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 19, 1945 

102956 (390th BG, 568th BS) lost Jan 14,

1945. MACR 11726 


Sep 12, 1944 


MACR 12047 

102959 (384th BG, 544th BS) salvaged Aug 7, 

1944 


102961 (379th BG, 526th BS) lost Jul 17, 

1944. MACR 7839 


MACR 8066 



102964 to RFC at Kingman, AZ dec 4, 1945 

102965 (457th BG) damaged by flak on mission 

to Berlin May 24, 1944 

and ditched in North Sea on return. 

All crew rescued. 

102966 (381st BG, 534th BS, "AvengressII*) 

flown to Kingman, AZ Dec 18, 1945. 

102967 condemned missing operational Feb 23, 

1945 

102968 (381th BG, 534th BS, *Via Panola 

Express*) salvaged Nov 11, 1944. 





and fighters Aug 6, 1944 on mission to Berlin. 

MACR 7586 

102972 (390th BG, 571st BS) lost Mar 14,1945. 

MACR 13025 

102973 crashlanded after crew bailed out Jun 

25, 1944 near 

Fitzroy, 2 mi E of Bishops Lydeard, 

England. 

Condemned salvage battle damage Jul 2, 

1944 


102975 (306th BG, 369th BS) lost Feb 14, 


102976 (305th BG, 365th BS) lost Aug 24, 1944 

102977 (100th BG, 349th BS) aborted mission

to bomb a bridge at 

Auxerre Jul 17, 1944 and turned around. 

Aircraft began 

vibrating and crew bailed out and plane 

crashed near 

Friston, Suffolk. Condemned salvage 

no battle damage Jul 19, 1944 


42-106984/107233 Douglas-Long Beach B-17G-35-DL Fortress 

c/n 21899/22148 


1944. 




MACR 5066 

106992 (612th BS, 401st BG, "Baby Lu") 

crash-landed Apr 19, 1945, repaired. 

Returned to USA and scrapped at 

Kingman, AZ Nov 1945. 

106993 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Pretty Baby") 

106994 (381st BG, 532nd BS, *Little Guy*) 

shot down by AAA Appeldoorn, Holland Nov 26, 1944. 

MACR 11205. Pilot stayed with the 

plane while others bailed out. Two other crewmen 

were killed in their parachutes. One 

crewman evaded, rest of crew POW. MACR 11205 


MACR 6076 

106998 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Paper Doll*) 

shot down by fighters Nov 2, 1944 

on mission to Merseberg. MACR 10322. 

5 KIA, 4 POW. 

107001 (457th BG, 751st BS) salvaged Jun 14, 

1944 

107002 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Mairzy Doats") 

lost Jun 21, 1944. MACR 6538 

107005 (351st BG) burned on hardstand at 

Polebrook 

107006 (2nd BG, 96th BS) lost Oct 17, 1944. 

MACR 9208 

107007 (100th BG, 351st BS) lost Jul 27, 

1944. MACR 7815 

107008 (483rd BG, 816th BS) lost Jul 18,

1944. MACR 6953. 

107009 (401st BG, 613rd BS) lost Middenmeer, 

Netherlands Nov 6, 1944. MACR 10349 

Parts recovered 1988;Wieringermeer 

107010 (390th BG, 569th BS) crashed during 

takeoff at Parham, Suffolk 

Dec 27, 1944 during takeoff. 9 killed. 


1944. MACR 5237 




1944. MACR 11057 

107015 (457th BG, 750th BS) suffered 

mechanical problems 

on mission to Berlin Jun 21, 1944 and 

diverted to 

Sweden. MACR 6005 


MACR 7032 

107017 (388th BG, 560th BS) lost May 25, 

1944. MACR 5262 

107018 (381st BG, 535th BS, "Los Angeles City 

Limits*) flow to Kingman, AZ Dec 9, 1945. 




1944. MACR 4773 


Switzerland Apr 13, 1944. MACR 4297. Returned Sep 4, 1945. 


MACR 9514 


fighters Champfleury, France May 27, 1944. MACR 5182. 


1944, France. MACR 4234. 

107026 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Hamtrammak 

Mama*) shot down by 

flak Nov 30, 1944 during mission to 

Bohlen, Germany. 

MACR 11150. All crew POW. 

107028 (303rd BG, 358th BS) lost May 28, 

1944. MACR 5340 

107029 (447th BG, 708th BS) lost Nov 2, 1944.

MACR 10313 

107030 (91st BG, 322nd BS) lost Aug 13, 1944. 

MACR 7898 


Switzerland Jul 13, 1944. MACR 7490. Returned Aug 27, 1945. 

107033 (91st BG, 322nd BS, "My Baby") crashed 

Piermont, France Sep 5, 1944. MACR 8595. 1 KIA, 1 POW, 

7 returned to duty 

107034 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Rampant Pansy*) 

salvaged after 

crash landing Dec 9, 1944. 

107035 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'Reluctant 

Lady') lost Sep 26, 1944. MACR 10204 

107036 (452nd BG, 730th BS) made belly 

landing at Bulltofta airport Jun 21, 1944. MACR 6237 

107038 (447th BG, 710th BS) lost Amsterdam, 

Netherlands Mar 22, 1944. 10 POW. MACR 3338. 

107040 (91st BG, 324th BS) lost Oct 15, 1944. 

MACR 9469 

107041 (390th BG, 570th BS) lost Nov 30, 

1944. MACR 11137 

107042 (91st BG, 401st BS, *Liberty Run*) 

interned in Switzerland May 27, 1944. MACR 5356 



MACR 3675 




fighters Aug 6, 1944 on mission to Berlin. MACR 7584 

107047 (95th BG, 334th BS, "The Doodle 

Bug/What's Cookin?") 

107048 (303rd BG, 360th BS) lost Jun 12, 

1944. MACR 5626. 

107050 (95th BG, 334th BS, 

"Deltress/Tornado") lost Oct 7, 1944. MACR 9561 


1944. MACR 4877. 


1944. MACR 5303 

107053 (398th BG, 602nd BS) lost Nov 2, 1944. 

MACR 10158 


1944, France. MACR 4238

107057 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Spirit of 96*) 

MIA Sep 25, 1944 on mission to Frankfurt. MACR 9414 

107058 (384th BG, 545th BS, *White Angel*) 

MIA Sep 11, 1944 on mission to Eisenbach, Germany. MACR 7885 

Also listed as lost Sep 11, 1944, MACR 

8903. 


MACR 4581 

107064 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Miss Fitt*) lost 

to AAA Jul 16, 1944, Neuried, Munich, Germany. MACR 7553 

4 KIA, 5 POW. 

107065 (97th BG) lost Nov 17, 1944. MACR 

9877 

107067 (447th BG, 709th BS) interned by 

Sweden Nov 17, 1944. MACR 9877. 

Converted to airliner under 

registration number SE-BAR and 

owned by Swedish crown but operated by 

SILA. 

Later sold to Denmark as OY-DFE. 

Crashed at Kastrup, 

Denmark Jan 30, 1946. 

107068 (379th BG, 525th BS) lost Jun 25, 

1944. MACR 6737 

107069 (91st BG) crashlanded Denian, UK Nov 

26, 1944. Plane was shot up badly by Fw 190s 

and crashlanded and burned upon return. 

All crew got out safely, but aircraft burned. 

107070 (390th BG, 571st BS) collided with 

42-97983 over Hoorn, Netherlands Jul 7, 1944. MACR 7368. 8 

KIA, 2 POW 


MACR 8596 


1944. MACR 4774 

107073 first flew March of 1944 for 452nd 

Bomb Group as 

'Silver Shed House'. The aircraft 

survived the war, but was written off in an 

accident at Deopham Green Air Base in 

the UK in 1945 while the 452nd 

participated in the Chow Hound missions 

to drop food to starving countries 

at the end of the War.


1944 

107075 (91st BG, 323rd BS, *Champagne Girl*) 

crashed in Switzerland Jul 19, 1944. MACR 7407 


MACR 3656 


fighters Jul 19, 1944 on mission to Augsburg. MACR 7556 

107082 (379th BG, 526th BS) crazhed at St 

Heddinge, Denmark 

May 13, 1944. 9 crew POW. MACR 4931 

107083 (384th BG, 546th BS) MIA Dec 27, 1944 

on mission to Altenahr, Belgium. MACR 11248 


MACR 9760 

107085 (388th BG, 562nd BS) lost Sep 12, 


107087 (452nd BG, 728th BS, *Big Barn Smell*) 

hit by AAA and ditched in 

English Channel Aug 9, 1944. All crew 

rescued. 


Bordeaux, France Jun 19, 1944. MACR 5994 

107089 (452nd BG, 728th BS) lost May 12, 

1944. MACR 4780 


MACR 8077 

107091 (452nd BG, 728th BS, *Forbidden 

Fruit*) damaged by AAA May 8, 1944, crash landed 

at base at Deopham Green. Salvaged. 

107092 (401st BG, 615th BS, 

*Umbiago/Freckles*) interned in Switzerland Jul 31, 1944. 

MACR 7825 

Returned Sep 1, 1945 


MACR 5384 


MACR 7220 


MACR 7707 

107099 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Ole 99") lost 

Jan 13, 1945, Germany. MACR 11577 

107100 (381st BG, 532rd BS, *Century Note*) 

retired to Kingman, AZ Nov 28, 1945.



107103 (398th BG, 602nd BS) lost Sep 10, 

1944. MACR 8918 


MACR 5342 


MACR 7703 

107106 (97th BG, 341st BS) shot down over 

Austria Dec 28, 1944. MACR 10876 

107112 (532nd BS, 381st BG, *Sleepy Time 

Gal*) scrapped at Kingman, AZ Nov 18 1945. 


MACR 7987 

107120 damaged at Yankton Gunnery Range, SD 

Apr 14, 1945. 

107121 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Kentucky 

Colonel*) salvaged Dec 6, 1944 


MACR 5359 

107124 (351st BG) returned to USA Jun 11, 

1945 


1944. MACR 5253 

107135 (385th BG, 549th BS, 'Homesick 

Angel') lost Aug 15, 1944. MACR 7908 


Switzerland Jul 13, 1944. MACR 7502. Returned Oct 11, 1945. 

107138 (398th BG, 603rd BS) lost Nov 21, 

1944. MACR 11213. 

107146 (379th BG, 527th BS) damaged by AAA 

on mission to Gelsenkirchen, Germany and 

crashed in North Sea on return Aug 26, 

1944. 

107147 (303rd BG, 360th BG, "Sweet Melody") 

crashlanded Jun 11, 1944 

107148 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Dark Angel*) MIA 

Mar 17, 1945 on mission to Erfurt, Germany. 

107153 (306th BG, 369th BS, "Denny Boy") 

belly landed at Feternes, France Jul 16, 1944. 

9 evaded. 

107154 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Puddles") 

107160 (388th BG, 562nd BS) hit by flak May 

19, 1944 during missin to Berlin and

ditched in North Sea. All crew 

rescued. 


MACR 5793 





107170 (483rd BG, 817th BS) lost Jul 18, 

1944. MACR 6978 

107172 (483rd BG, 816th BS) lost Jul 18, 

1944. MACR 7153 

107175 (525th BS, 379th BG) downed south of 

Caen, France 8/13/1944. 8 of 10 aboard KIA. MACR 7906 

107176 (390th BG, 568th BS) lost Jan 21, 


107177 (390th BG, 569th BS) lost Apr 24, 


107178 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost May 24, 1944. 

MACR 5358 

107179 (483rd BG, 816th BS) lost Jul 18, 

1944. MACR 6856 


MACR 8075 


MACR 7708 

107188 (398th BG, 602nd BS) lost Dec 29, 

1944. MACR 11348 

107189 (96 BG, 339 BS) lost May 12, 1944, 

Dauborn. MACR 4864 

107196 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Temptress") 

lost Sept 12, 1944, Germany. MACR 8825 


Apr 27, 1944, Belgium. 3 KIA, 7POW. MACR 4299 

107199 (390th BG, 570th BS, "Powerful 

Katrinka") lost over Channel Islands due to 

flak hit Jun 11, 1944. MACR 5629. All 

aboard KIA 

107200 (303rd BG, 358th BS) lost Apr 24, 


107201 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Worrybird") 

107202 (388th BG, 563rd BS, 'Belle of the 

Brawl') shot down by flak 

Aug 24, 1944 over Brux, Czechoslovakia.

MACR 8287. The plane received 

a direct flak hit in #4 engine and the 

right wing exploded and the 

plane spun in from 26,000 feet. 5 KIA, 

4 became POW. 

107204 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Goin' My Way") 

crashed in Sonian forest S of Brussels, Belgium Apr 6, 1945. 


107207 (401st BG, 614th BS) lost May 30, 

1944. MACR 5304 

107208 (338th BS, 96th BG) crashed in Poland 

Feb 3, 1945. All crew survived. MACR 8810 

107211 (100th BG, 349th BS) lost Jul 29, 

1944. MACR 7816 

107212 (306th BG, 423rd BS) lost Jun 15, 

1944. MACR 5795 

107215 (447th BG, 709th BS, 'Li'l Eight 

Ball') returned to USA Jul 5, 1945 

after 124 missions. Arrived at Recl 

Comp Jun 7, 1946. To 4168th AAF 

Base Unit (Air Technical Service 

Command), South Plains AAF, TX (storage) 

and eventually scrapped at South Plains 

AAF Holding Base, Lubbock, TX. 

107216 (351st BG, 511th BS) ditched 5 mi off 

Bradwell Bay Aug 9, 1944 after AAA damage on mission to 

Elsenborn. 

MACR 7391. 


MACR 7221 

107221 (384th BG, 544th BS) landed in Malmo, 

Sweden Jun 21, 1944. MACR 5995. Repaired and 

flown back to UK Jun 16, 1945. 


MACR 7384 


England Aug 3, 1944 

107225 (452nd BG, 731st BS) lost Aug 9, 1944. 

MACR 7388 

107226 (385th BG) while undergoing repair at 

Honington airfield 

was struck by P-51 44-14034 that was 

taking off. The 

B-17 was cut in half and the P-51 pilot

was killed. 

The P-51 was proabably 44-14034 of 

364th FG. 

107231 (398th BG, 603rd BS) lost May 24, 

1944. MACR 5252 

107233 (100th BG, 351st BS) lost Dec 31, 

1944. MACR 11356 


c/n 8487/8651. 

37509 ("Songoon Rita") 


MACR 8204 



MACR 9483. 

37514 (381st BG, 534th BS, *My Son Bob*) 

returned to USA Jun 6, 1945, 

retired to Kingman, AZ Nov 4, 1945. 

Scrapped Nov 4, 1947 


37516 *Tondelayo* (858th BG, 305th BG) shot 

down by friendly fire near Essex, UK Mar 4, 1945 after 

returning from mission to Netherlands. 

MACR 13535. Crew bailed out but pilots killed. Wreckage 

recently discovered 

in mudflats of the River Stout. Bodies 

of pilot and copilot recovered Jun 2000. 

37518 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Gini*) shot down 

by fighters Sep 28, 1944 on mission to Magdeberg 

MACR 9768. All 9 crew KIA. 


MACR 11133 


MACR 9375 


MACR 13143 

37524 (351st BG) abandoned on Continent Dec 

9, 1944 on mission to Sindelfingen and salvaged. 

37528 (385th BG, 549th BS, "Frog's Hall" 

damaged by flak on 

mission to Berlin Aug 6, 1944. Made it 

back to base, but 

crew bailed out near the base and plane 

crashed near Thelnetham,

Suffolk. 


German fighter near 

Engelbertswald, SW of Lingen Nov 2, 

1944. MACR 10163 

37532 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Patches N' 

Prayers*) shot down by fighters Nov 2, 1944 on mission to 

Merseberg. 

MACR 10316. 7 KIA, 2 POW. 


Aug 6, 1944 on mission to Berlin. 

MACR 7587. 

37534 (351st BG) overshot runway at 

Polebrook Jul 7, 1944 and salvaged. 

37535 (92nd BG, 326th BS, "Baby Button") lost 

Sept 22, 1944, Germany. MACR 9371 

37536 (381st BG, 532nd BS, *French 

Dressing*) retired to Lubbock South Plains Jun 7, 1946. 

37537 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Queen of Hearts") 

scrapped Sep 6, 1945. 

37538 (381st BG, 535th BS, *Wild Bill*) 



MACR 8923 


MACR 13561 

37543 (381st BG, 532nd BS, "Liberty Bell") 


37544 (447th BG, 710th BS, *D-Day Doll*) 

returned to USA Jul 7, 1945, arrived 

Kingman, AZ Nov 8, 1945. Sold for 


37546 (92nd BG, 407th BS,"Rowdy Rebel") lost 

Sep 11, 1944. MACR 8886 


MACR 8274 



37549 (381st BG, 534th BS, "Sweat'er Girl") 



MACR 13544 

37553 (381st BG, 535th BS, *Feather Merchant 

II*) crashed Jan 1, 1945, somewhere in Europe.


fighters Nov 2, 1944 on mission to Merseberg 

MACR 10317. 1 KIA, 9 POW. 

37557 (351st BG, 511st BS) shot down by AAA 

Aug 6, 1944 on mission to Berlin. MACR 7588. 

37560 (381st BG, 533rd BS) failed to return 

Dec 4, 1944. No further details. 

37561 (381th BG, 533rd BS) crashlanded at 

Woodbridge, UK Mar 15, 1945. 


fighters Jun 29, 1944 on mission to Leipzig. 

MACR 6724. 9 crew POW. 


MACR 13139 


MACR 9552. 

37567 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Willie III*) had 

difficulty in keeping up with 

formation, feathered one of the 

engines, and dropped its wheels 

Dec 12, 1944 on mission to Merseberg. 

MACR 11334. Pilot KIA when plane nosed 

into ground, rest of crew parachuted 

and became POWs 


MACR 11559. 

37570 (447th BG, 708th BS, *Stormy Weather 

IV* to Kingman, AZ Nov 9, 1945. 


37571 (351st BG) crashlanded at 

Sint-truiden/Saint-Trond, Belgium Feb 14, 1945. I also have 

this 

as being shot down by AAA on mission to 

Misburg Nov 26, 1944. MACR 11203 

37572 (349th BS, 100th GG) lost Aug 5, 1944 

over Magdeburg, Germany. All crew killed. MACR 7878 


MACR 7412 

37574 (457th BG, 750th BS, *Butch*) returned 

to USA Jun 29, 1945. 

37590 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Neva--The Silver 

Lady") scrapped Jun 27, 1945 


MACR 5383.

37593 (305th BG, 364th BS) lsot Aug 24, 1944. 

MACR 8210. 

37594 (91st BG, 323rd BS) lost Sep 9, 1944. 

MACR 8806 


Lutton Feb 6, 1945 while on landing approach to Polebrook 

37596 (92nd BG, 327th BS) interned in Sweden 

Aug 25, 1944. MACR 8275 

37597 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Earthquake 

McGoon") crashed in Brussels, Belgium Apr 17, 1945. MACR 14169 

37598 (381st BG) flown to Kingman, AZ Dec 6, 

1945. 


MACR 8454 


MACR 5625 


MACR 8809 

37606 (457th BG, 750th BS, *Big Time 

Operator*) hit by flak Oct 17, 1944 on 

mission to Cologne and crashlanded in 

enemy territory in Belgium. 

MACR 9634. Crew POW. 3 of the crew 

died from flak injuries. 


MACR 10260. Shot down by AAA 

between the towns of Sprang-Capelle and 

Waalwijk in Noord Brabant in 

the Netherlands. 9 crew POW. Germans 

moved the plane to Gilze-Rijen, 

the base was liberated by the British 

army. 

37611 (381st BG) flown to Kingman, AZ Dec 14, 

1945. 

37612 (381st BG, 533rd BS, *Old Iron Gut*) 

shot down by AAA Hamburg, Germany Jun 20, 1944. MACR 5991 


MACR 8182 

37616 (381st BG) retired to Kingman, AZ Dec 

10, 1945. 

37617 (388th BG, 560th BS) hit by AAA over 

Cologne Oct 17, 1944. Last seen leaving formation 

with two engines feathered 20 min 

before reaching Belgian coast. 1 KIA, 1 MIA, 7 POW.


collision with B-17 43-38051. 

Spun into ground and expoded. 7 KIA. 


MACR 13878 





37624 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost Jul 20, 1944. 


MACR 10361 


MACR 5979 


MACR 8575. 

37632 (401st BG, 612th BS) lost Sept 30, 

1944, Munster, Germany. 

37636 (100th BG, 418th BS) MIA Apr 5, 1945. 

MACR 13849. Apparently crashed into 

North Sea. 9 KIA. 

37637 used as controlling mother ship for 

Aphrodite project 

37650 sold on commercial market to 

California Atlantic Airways 

as N66570. Sold to Bolivia as CB-97 

and then CP-597. 

Destroyed Sept 1955. 

37652 converted to SB-17G 

37657 (381st BG, 534th BS, *The Fox*) failed 

to return Feb 14, 1945. Declared salvage Mar 4, 1945. 

37663 (385th BG, 551st BS, 'Rusty Load') shot 

down near Mersburg Jul 29, 1944. 

MACR 7819. All crew except 1 KIA. 

37665 (351st BG) caught fire and exploded 

with bombload on Polebrook hardstand Mar 25, 1945. 


c/n 8652/8851 

37674 (351st BG) diverted to Sweden with AAA 

damage Oct 7, 1944 during mission to Politz. 

37675 (381st BG, 532nd BS, *Patches/Flak 

Magnet/Trudie's Terror*) failed to return from raid on 

Berlin Mar 1, 1945. Later regained. 

Retired to Kingman, AZ Dec 17, 1945.

37676 (351st BG) crash-landed at St Trond and 

captured Dec 12, 1944. 

37683 (96th BG, 339th BS "Round Trip Ticket") 

w/o following crash landing at 

Snetterton Heath Feb 5, 1945. 

37686 collided with B-17 44-6010 on taxiway 

at Thorpe Abbotts Jun 21, 1944. 

Probably w/o. 

37689 and 37711 converted to F-9C, photo 

recon version with bombing equipment 

removed and cameras added. Remaining 

F-9Cs redesignated RB-17G in 1948. 

37694 (457th BG, 750th BS, *Patty Ann*) 



37700 crashed 6 mi SW of Ridgeland, SC Aug 

15, 1945. 

37703 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Tremblin' 

Gremlin*) lost Jan 22, 1945, Germany 

37704 (381st BG, 535th BS *Button Nose*) shot 

down by AAA Aug 8, 1944, Caen, France. 


37707 (324th BS, 91st BG, *Madame Shoo Shoo*) 

damaged on mission to Stendal, 

Germany Apr 8, 1945. Aircraft 

belly-landed at Bassingbourn, UK, could not be repaired. 


salavage Jul 1, 1946 

37726 (452nd BG, 371st BS) destroyed on 

ground at Melsbroek, Belgium 

airfield during Jan 1, 1945 Bodenplatte 

raid. 

37727 (351st BG) shot down by AAA Nov 21, 1944 

on mission to Merseberg. 

37733 (457th Bg, 749th BS, *Ace of Hearts*) 

hit by flak near StLo Jun 25, 1944 on mission to Montbartier, 

France. They swung away from the 

formation and most of the crew 

prepared to bail out, although the 

bailout signal had not been given. 

Four of the crew, thinking that the 

bailout alarm system had failed, 

bailed out and became POW. The plane 

returned successfully to the field.

37735 (457th BG, *My Gal Ellen*) salvaged Oct 

12, 1945. 

37737 (381st BG, "Second Year") reduced to 

salvage Jun 24, 1944. 

37747 (452nd BG, 729th BS) lost Jul 8, 1944, 

MACR 7224 

37756 (447th BG, 708th BS, *Milk Wagon*) 129 

missions with no aborts, returned 

to USA Jul 9, 1945, arrived Kingman, AZ 

Nov 21, 1945. Sold for scrap Jul 1, 1946 

37764 (96th BG, 337th BS, "Boyd's Boids") 

crashed into London railway 

near Snetterton Heath upon landing 

after mission to Germany 

Nov 21, 1944. Plane destroyed but all 

crew survived. 

37765 modified to carry airborne lifeboat 

and used by 5th ERS 

37766 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Delores*) shot 

down by fighters Nov 2, 1944 on mission to Merseberg. 

3 KIA, rest POW. 

37770 crashlanded at Kelly AFB, TX Jan 14, 

1951. 

37777 (379th BG, "Four Of A Kind") salvaged 

May 1945. 

37778 damaged in ground collision at Yuma 

AAF, AZ May 25, 1945. 

37780 (351st BG) overshot runway during rain 

squal Jul 13, 1944 and salvaged 

37782 (457th BG, 750th BS, *Lady 

Margaret/Lady Katherine*) shot down by flak Nov 2, 1944 

on mission to Merseberg. 3 KIA, 6 POW. 

37783 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Lucky Sherry"), 

(95th BG, 335th BS, "Temptation") 

37785 (457th BG, 748th BS, *Tarfu*) returned 

to USA Jun 8, 1945. 

37789 (96th BG, 413rd BS) loat Mar 9, 1945. 

MACR 12958 

37791 (381st BG, 533rd BS) failed to return 

Dec 18, 1944 and reduced to salvage Jan 5, 1945. 

37795 (447th BG, 709th BS, *Miss Minookey*) 

crashlanded May 8, 1945 and salvaged. 

Returned Jun 1945. Returned to USA Jul 

5, 1945, arrived Kingman, AZ Dec 19, 1945.


37796 (457th BG, 750th BS, *Stinky*) 

salvaged Mar 24, 1945. 

37797 (447th BG, 708th BS, *American 

Beauty*) damaged and salvaged May 8, 1945. 

Returned to USA Jul 5, 1945, arrived at 



37801 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Reluctant Dragon" 

??) 

37806 (388th BG, 561st BS, "Miss Fortune") 

collided with B-17G 43-37894 of 

490th BG Feb 6, 1945 and crashed at 

Wicken. Crew bailed out successfully but 

copilot was killed when his parachute 

failed to open. 


MACR 13604 


MACR 8598 

37816 (305th BG) crashed in French grazing 

land after mission over Germany. 

All crew survived. 


MACR 9401 

37819 (91st BG, 322nd BS) lost Jul 20, 1944. 

MACR 7284 

37822 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Lead Banana*) MIA 

Sep 28, 1944 on mission to Madeburg, Germany. 

37823 (100th BG, 394th BS, "Now An' Then") 

suffered engine trouble 

on mission to Ruhland, Germany Sep 11, 

1944 and turned back, jettisoned 

bombs and after crossing coast of 

Engiland engine #3 caught 

fire and crew bailed out. Crashed on 

the shoreline at Harty Ferry on 

the Isle of Sheppey. 

37826 (457th BG, 748th BS, *Wild Hare*) 


37828 (457th BG, 749th BS, *Remember 

Me?/Georgia Peach) encountered mecanical 

problems and was forced to leave the 

formation after dropping his

ombs during mission to Kaiserlautern, 

Germany Dec 30, 1944. Made 

crash landing in France, all crew OK. 

Plane was repaired and 

eventually returned to USA. 


fighters Sep 28, 1944 on mission 

to Magdeberg. 2 crew KIA, rest POW. 



to Magdeberg. 8 crew KIA, one POW. 

37838 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Fearless 

Fosdick") shot down Aug 15, 1944 on mission to Weisbaden, 

Germany and 

crashed near Beine-Nauroy, France. 

8 of 9 crew escaped and evaded back to 

Britain. The 9th, the 

bombardier, was killed. 

37843 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Alex*) crashed 

in belgium Apr 5, 1945. 

37847 (92nd BG, 326th BS, "Hi Ho Silver") 

force landed Apr 17, 1945 

following battle damage incurred 

during mission to Dresden. 

Salvaged Apr 20, 1945. Presumably 

force-landed at 

Nivelles Airfield in Belgium, since 

there is a photo taken 

there Aug 1945 showing this plane 

broken into two parts 

37848 (92nd BG, 326th BS) shot down Aug 13, 

1944. near Domfront. MACR 8078 

37850 (351st BG) shot down by fighters Sep 

12, 1944 on mission to Plauen 

37852 (381st BG, 534th BS) retired to 

Kingman, AZ Nov 28, 1945. 

37854 (351st BG, 509th BS, *Touchy Tess*) 

crash-landed in Switzerland Feb 25, 1945 

after damaged by AAA on mission to 

Munich. 

37857 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'Honey-Chile') 

lost Jan 24, 1945, Dellen, Luxenbourg. MACR 11765 

37859 (401st BG) lost Aug 1, 1944, France 

37860 (385th BG, 549th BS) lost Oct 5, 1944.

MACR 9518 


37864 (34th BG, 391st BS "Penny Jive") 


To RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 5, 1945 

37866 (390th BG, 571st BS, *Blues in the 

Night*) interned in Switzerland Sep 5, 1944. 


37870 (384th BG, 547th BS) MIA Jul 29, 1944 

on mission to Merseburg, Germany 

37871 (385th BG, 551st BS, 'Perry's 

Pirates') lost Mar 2, 1945. MACR 12857. 

37873 (447th BG, 709th BS, *Nazdrowie*) 


at Kingman, AZ Dec 19, 1945. Sold for 



c/n 8852/9051 

37876 (390th BG) lost Aug 1, 1944, France 


Nov 30, 1944 near Merseberg, Germany. 7 killed, 2 bailed out. 


MACR 10155. 

37889 (398th BG) lost Jan 20, 1945, Germany 

37890 (91st BG, 324th BS, "Fearless 

Fosdick") shot down during raid 

on Leuna synthetic oil plant at 

Merseburg Nov 21, 1944. 3 POW, 

rest KIA. 

37894 (490th BG, 849th BS, "Big Poison") 

collided with B-17G 43-37806 Feb 6 1945. 

Crew bailed out safely but aircraft 

crashed into cottages at Prickwillow, 

killing two civilians. 

37897 to USSR 

37898 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Belle in the 

Keyhole") 

37900 (351st BG) salvaged on continentant 

Mar 30, 1945 

37906 (452nd BG, 730th BS) collided in midair 

with 43-38696 

Oct 26, 1944. 37906 cliced through 

38696, butting off its 

tail section, nosed up, then stalled

ack into the fuselage 

again and both aircraft exploded. 

Wreckage fell near 

Caston Hall, Norfolk. 8 killed, tail 

gunner parachuted 

to safety. 

37907 (490th BG, *Carolina Moon*) returned 

to USA Jul 6, 1945. 

Ended up at Kingman, AZ and eventually 

scrapped. 

37908 (486th BG, 35th BS "Wolfel Bear") 

severely damaged during operational 

mission Nov 10, 1944 and crashlanded on 

continent. 

37910 (486th BG, 832nd BS) crashed into field 

near Little Cornard, 

Sudbury, Suffolk after engine caught 

fire after takeoff 

Dec 31, 1944. All crew OK, but not 

known if aircraft was 

a writeoff. 

37913 (91st BG, 323rd BS, "Seattle Sleeper") 

shot down by enemy aircraft during 

attack on Railway viaduct at Altenbeken 

Nov 26, 1944. Crew 

bailed out. Roger Freeman has this 

plane being used by 486th BG and 

2 engines disabled by flak over Berlin 

Feb 3, 1945. When the 

third engine failed, pilot bellylanded 

aircraft behind Russian 

lines in Poland. Crew safe. 

37914 converted to F-9C, photo recon version 

with bombing equipment removed and 

cameras added. Redesignated RB-17G in 

1948. 

37920 (351st BG) shot down by AAA and 

fighters Aug 6, 1944 on mission to Berlin 


MACR 9406 

37931 (486th BG, 834th BS, *Pursuit of 

Happiness*) shot down by AAA over NW Czechoslovakia Apr 17, 

1945. 

All nine crew KIA. MACR 14186


MACR 10353 





37941 (849th BS, 490th BG) collided with 

43-38184 near Caen, France 

Sept 1, 1944 during mission to 

Gustavsburg. 10 on 37941 KIA. MACR 8854 


MACR 13739 


MACR 12782 


MACR 11047 


Aphrodite project. 


MACR 11153 


MACR 8460 


MACR 7393 




MACR 11202 


37957 (351st BG) returned to USA Jun 1945 

37960 (34th BG, "Going My Way") returned to 

USA Jun 21, 1945. To RFC at 






37964 (351st BG) abandoned on continent Apr 

9, 1945. Repaired and returned to USA Jun 7, 1945. 


MACR 8068 

37966 (486th BG, 835th BS) destroyed on 

ground at Ursel, Belgium 

airfield during Jan 1, 1945 Bodenplatte

air raid. 



37971 crash-landed on Guersey Island Jun 11, 

1945. Crew OK, but plane was totaled. Cut up for scrap in 

1947. 


MACR 9528. 


MACR 9656 



raid on Rechlin Aug 25, 1944. MACR 8470 

37983 (486th BG, 835th BS, *Umbriago*) 

returned to USA Jul 7, 1945. Put in storage at South Plains 

AAF, TX Jul 10, 1945. Disposed of as 

surplus to Kingman, AZ Nov 29, 1945. 


fighters Sep 12, 1944 on mission to Plauen. MACR 8895 


MACR 13883. 

37990 (384th BG, 547th BS) salvaged Oct 3, 

1944. 

38000 (91st BG, 324th BS) lost Aug 16, 1944 

on raid on Seible Aircraft Works at Halle, Germany. 


38001 (486th BG) shot down by AAA over 

Czechoslovakia Apr 17, 1945. All parachuted to safety and made 

POW. 




fighters Aug 16, 1944. MACR 8180. 1 KIA, 8 POW 

38023 crashed into Deer Mountain, Cupsuptic, 

ME July 11, 19944. All 9 aboard killed. 

38037 (487th BG, 838th BG) lost Sept 30, 

1944, Bielefeld, Germany in collision with 43-38154. 


collision with B-17 43-38111 while 

on training mission near Bury St. 

Edmonds, Suffolk Jan 5, 1945. 

7 killed, 3 survived. 


collision with B-17 43-37618 which

sheared off the right wing. Crashed 

near Factory Lane, 

Roydon, Norfolk. 4 KIA. 


SW of Koln, Germany 

on mission go Cologne Oct 17, 1944. 7 

KIA, 2 POW. 

38054 (490th BG, 851st BS, "Lil Edie") caught 

fire during test flight 

Feb 6, 1945 and crashed near Hill Farm, 

Darsham, Suffolk. 

Crew successfully bailed out. 

38058 (490th BG) severely damaged over 

Germany Apr 7, 1945 when 

deliberately rammed by Bf 109 of 

Sonderkommando Elbe. Landed 

safely at airfield in Liberated 

territory. 

38059 (34th BG, 391st BS, "Chesty-V") shot 

down by flak Nov 30, 1944 in raid 

on Merseburg. MACR 10841. 1 evaded, 

4 KIA, 4 POW. 

38060 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'Texas 

Bluebonnet') lost Oct 6, 1944. MACR 9508 

38067 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Big Chief 

Illiniwek/Joyride") 

38068 (490th BG, 850th BS, "Magnificient 

Obesssion") lost Mar 9, 1945. 

MACR 12947 



c/n 9052/9251 


Lutton Feb 6, 1945 on approach to Polebrook 



38085 (305th BG, 365th BS, *Towering Titan*) 

shot down by Me 262s Apr 17, 1945. MACR 14172 


MACR 10326 




MACR 8845

38096 (490th BG) damaged by Me262 Apr 18, 

1945 

on mission to Kolin, Czechoslovakia but 

was able to return 

to base. Repaired and flown back to 

USA Jul 6, 1945. 

38098 (493rd BG, 863rd BS) lost Sep 12, 1944. 

MACR 8863. 


MACR 12852 


MACR 13855 

38106 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Starduster") 

38107 (493rd BG, 861st BS) lost Nov 21, 1944, 

Zuider Zee, Holland. MACR 10404 

Parts recovered 1983; Twenthe A/F 


MACR 9475. 


MACR 9420 


collision with B-17 43-38050 while 

on training mission near Bury St. 

Edmonds, Suffolk Jan 5, 1945. 

9 killed. 

38113 (34th BG, 7th BS, "Wee Willie's 

Wolves") returned to USA Jun 20, 1945. 

To RFC at Kingman, AZ Feb 17, 1946 

38114 (381st BG, 534th BS, 'No Comments 

Needed') shot down by AAA Wittmundhafen, Germany Nov 6, 1944. 

MACR 10153 

38115 (493rd BG, 860th BS) lost Sept 30, 

1944, Bielefeld, Germany. MACR 9429 

38116 (351st BG) damaged in battle Jan 28, 

1945 and salvaged Mar 2, 1945 


MACR 8609 




MACR 11363 

38127 (381st BG, "Pair of Queens, Gee and 

Bee" retired to Kingman, AZ Dec 18, 1945. 

38128 (490th BG, 849th BS, *Bom Bo*) crippled

y AAA and finished off by German fighters Sep 13, 1944 and 

crashed 

near Furth, Germany. MACR 8856. 5 

POW, 4 KIA. 



Zuider Zee, Holland. MACR 13854. 

Parts recovered 1971;Ouddorp 




MACR 14193 


MACR 9491 


due to engine failure 

and struck the roof of Woodhall Farm and 

crashed into field 

at Sudbury, Suffolk. 8 killed plus one 

civilian on the ground. 

The pilot survived. 

38138 (34th BG, 4th BS, transferred to 490th 

BG, back to 34th BG and assigned 

18th BS, "Ole-Timer") returned to USA 

Jun 20, 1945. To RFC at Kingman, 

AZ Dec 17, 1945 

38139 (351st BG) shot down by AAA Sep 5, 1944 

on mission to Ludwigshafen. MACR 8452. 


MACR 10167 


MACR 10758 


MACR 13550 


MACR 8451 

38145 (486th BG, 832nd BS) lost Aug 4, 1944. 

MACR 7713 


MACR 8209 


MACR 11210. 


Zuellsdorf, Germany Mar 2, 1945. Pilot and copilot

survived, rest of crew KIA. MACR 12856 

38150 (490th BG) lost Feb 3, 1945. MACR 

12238 


MACR 9355 




1944, Bielefeld, Germany in collision with 43-38037. MACR 9423 

38155, 38162, and 38168 converted to F-9C, 

photo 

recon version with bombing equipment 

removed and 

cameras added. Remaining F-9Cs 

redesignated RB-17G in 1948 

38155 converted to F-9C photo recon version 

with bombing equipment 

removed and cameras added. W/o in 

landing accident at Chalgrove, 

England Jun 15, 1945. 


MACR 7389 

38157 (490th BG) lost Jan 10, 1945, France. 

MACR 11548 

38158 (381st BG, 534th BS, "Smashin Time") 

crashlanded at Sauverne, France Jan 21, 1945. Scrapped Feb 28, 

1945. 

38159 (401st BG, 615th BS, *Wolf Pack*) shot 

down by flak over Germany during mission 

to Merseburg Nov 2, 1944. MACR 10159. 

8 KIA, 1 POW. 

38161 (100th BG) crashlanded near Joigny, 

France Nov 9, 1944. MACR 

11980 lists this plane as 42-38161. 

38163 (468th BG, 835th BS, *Happy Warrior*) 

hit by bombs dropped by leading bomber 

over Parchim, Germany Apr 7, 1945. 3 

KIA, 1 MIA, 6 POW. 

38165 (94th BG, 332nd BS) lsot Nov 4, 1944. 

MACR 10305 


MACR 8826 


12371


MACR 1374. 

38171 (351st BG, 511sth BS) damaged by AAA 

and crashlanded in Sweden Oct 7, 1944. MACR 9357. 

38172 (398th BG, 601st BS) hit in chin turret 

by 88 mm shell Oct 15, 1944 on mission to Cologne. 

There is a famous photo of this plane 

staggering back to Nuthampsead, Hertfordshire, UK with the 

entire nose compartment peeled away. 

1 KIA, 8 survived. 

38173 (390th BG, 569th BS) lost Dec 24, 1944. 

MACR 11116 


MACR 10205 

38176 (303rd BG, 358th BS) lost Sep 28, 1944. 

MACR 10586 

38177 crashlanded at Langford Lodge, England 

Jul 27, 1944. All crew OK but plane W/O. 

38178 (379th BG, 525th BS) lost May 25, 1945, 


38180 (490th BG, 848th BS, *Missouri Mule*) 

crashed at Spandau, Germany Oct 6, 1944. 5 KIA, 4 POW. MACR 

9529 



to Magdeberg. MACR 9772. 6 KIA, 3 

POW. 

38183 (457th BG, *Ice Cold Katie*) returned 

to USA Apr 21, 1945. 


43-37941 near Caen, France 

Sept 1, 1944 during mission to 

Gustavsburg. 7 on 38184 KIA. MACR 8857 


MACR 9407 

38187 (401st BG, 613rd BS) lost Feb 16, 1945, 

Holland. MACR 12446 


MACR 9549 


MACR 9484 

38190 (493rd BG, 863rd BS) lost Dec 30, 1944. 

MACR 11253 

38191 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Shasta" aka

"Gravel Gertie" & "Doris Jr.") salvaged Dec 27, 1945 

38199 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Easy Going" ??) 

damaged during mission to Cottbus Feb 15, 1945 and 

forcelanded near Deblin, Poland, just 

behind Russian front line. 

Crew was uninjured. Entered service 

in USSR 


MACR 9564 


MACR 10145 

38203 (457th BG, 748th BS) shot down by Me 

262s Mar 18, 1945 on mission to Berlin. MACR 13558 

Crew all POW. 


MACR 9408 


MACR 9351 


MACR 9553 


MACR 10212. 

38210 (385th BG, 549th BS, 'Angel's Sister') 

lost Apr 4, 1945. MACR 13720 


MACR 10831 


MACR 10146 

38213 (384th BG, 544th BS) MIA Sep 13, 1944 

on mission to Merseburg, Germany. MACR 8902. 


MACR 8864 


MACR 11364 

38216 (493rd BG, 862nd BS, transferred to 

34th BG, 18th BS early 1945. Named 

"Tempest Turner") returned to USA Jun 

26, 1945. To RFC at Kingman, AZ 

Nov 24, 1945. 

38217 (385th BG, 551st BS) lost Oct 6, 1944. 

MACR 9519 

38223 (493rd BG, 862nd BS, transferred to 

94th BG, 410th BS, named "Day's Pay") 

Returned to USA Jul 10, 1945. To RFC

at Kingman, AZ Oct 24, 1945. 

38225 (493rd BG, 861st BS) lost Sep 13, 1944. 

MACR 8865 

38229 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Better Duck") 

38230 (447th BG, 709th BS, *Wolf Wagon*) 

returned to USA Jul 5, 1945, 



38232 (493rd BG, 861st BS) lost Nov 25, 1944. 

MACR 10769 

38233 (385th BG, 549th BS, 'Sweet and 

Lovely') lost Dec 24, 1944. MACR 11113 


MACR 11036 

38235 (493rd BG, 862nd BS, "Skipper") 

returned to USA Jul 1, 1945. 

To RFC at Kingman, AZ Nov 24, 1945. 

38237 (379th BG) lost Jan 10, 1945, Germany. 


38240 (457th BG, 751st BS) returned to USA 

May 23, 1945. 

38242 (493rd BG, 863rd BS) lost Anna 

Paulowna, Netherlands Feb 3, 1945. 9 POW. MACR 12157 


MACR 11246 

38248 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Jigger Rooche 

II") lost Mar 28, 1945. MACR 13541 




MACR 11353 


MACR 10259 


MACR 8846 

38257 (34th BG, 391st BS, "Tyson's Tramps") 

to RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 1, 1945. 

38258 (457th BG, 749th BS, *Forget Me Not 

Olly*) returned to USA Jun 9, 1945. 




MACR 8866 

38262 (384th BG, 547th BS) salvaged Jan 1,

1945 

38263 (34th BG, 7th BS, "Dies Irae") hit by 

flak Jan 20, 1945 and 5 crewmembers 

bailed out over English Channel. They 

were not recovered. MACR 11776. 

Remainder of crew stayed with the 

aircraft and it landed, repaired, 

and put back into service. Returned to 

USA Jun 21, 1945. To RFC 

at Kingman, AZ Dec 17, 1945 

38264 (493rd BG, 863rd BS) lost Nov 5, 1944. 

MACR 10327 



Muenchenhof, Germany after direct flak 

hit. 


MACR 10413 

38271 (493rd BG, 863rd BS) lost Jan 13, 1945. 



MACR 14221 

38273 (385th BG, 550th BS) crashed in Belgium 

Mar 1, 1945 after 

losing most of its left wing due to 

collision with B-17 

42-38035 during mission to Ulm. Only 

one crewman survived. 


c/n 9252/9451 




MACR 11059 


38280 (34th BG, 4th BS, "Missbehaven Raven") 



38281 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Kimmie Kar for 9") 

38283 (95th BG, 334th BS) lost Mar 17, 1945. 

MACR 13111 

38284 (493rd BG, 863rd BS) lost Leimuiden, 

Netherlands Nov 2, 1944. 2 POW, 8 evaded. MACR 10170 

38286 (34th BG, 7thBS, 'Flying Dutchman')

eturned to USA Jun 13, 1945 

after 83 combat missions. To Kingman 

AAF Dec 9, 1945 and 


38288 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Go, In My Way/V 

for Victory") 

38289 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Sweet La Rhonda") 

scrapped Nov 27, 1945 


MACR 8887. 

38292 (96th BG,338th BS, transferred Aug 8, 

1944 to 34th BG, 4th BS, "Conga Babe") 

lost Jan 2, 1945, Germany. MACR 11566. 

Aircraft was last seen shortly 

after takeoff and never joined the 

formation and made no radio contact 

after takeoff. 10 crew MIA. 

38294 (34th BG, 7th BS, "The Wrangler") lost 

in midair collision in Kassel mission 

Sep 22, 1944. 4 KIA, 5 POW. 

38297 (493rd BG, 860th BS) shot down by AAA 

over Germany Mar 3, 1945. 9 crew POW. MACR 12887. 


MACR 9494 

38299 (34th BG, 391st BS, "Outta Dis World" 

later "Joy Rider") to RFC at Kingman, 

AZ Dec 8, 1945. 

38300 (34th BG, 391st BS, "Mail Call") shot 

down by flak over Mannheim Oct 19, 1944. MACR 9467. 

9 KIA, 1 POW. 

38302 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Liberty Belle*) 



MACR 12961 

38306 (91st BG, 322nd BS, "The Biggest Bird") 

damaged in raid on Pilsen 

Apr 25, 1945 and made forced landing at 

emergency field on the Continent. 

The plane was abandoned. 


MACR 8868 


fighters Nov 2, 1944 on 

mission to Merseberg. MACR 10320.

All crew POW. 

MACR 13553 

MACR 8869 

38311 (493rd BG, 862nd BS) lost Mar 30, 1945. 

38317 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Flak Evader") 

38319 (493rd BG, 862nd BS) lost Sep 12, 1944. 

38322 to Oklahoma Military Academy, Rogers 

County, 1946. Sold on commercial 

market as NC66568 to California 

Atlantic Airways Jan 18, 1951. Sold to 

Lloyd Aero Boliviano of Bolivia as 

CB-80 Aug 5, 1981. Later reserialed as 

CP-580 Oct 1, 1954. Crashed at La Paz 

Feb 7, 1965 and rebuilt. To 

Frogorifico Reyes as CP-936 in 1971. 

Crashed at San Ignacio de Moxos, 

Bolivia Feb 11, 1972. Parts used in 

restoration of 44-6393 


MACR 8597. 

38324 (490th BG, 851st BS) lost Sep 9, 1944. 

MACR 8929 

38326 (34th BG, 18th BS, "Bottoms Up") 

returned to USA Jun 23, 1945. To RFC 

at Kingman, AZ Dec 14, 1945. 



38332 (34th BG, 18th BS, "Gallopin' 

Ghost/Queenie") crashed on takeoff Jan 20, 

1945. Bombs salvoed, 4 bailed out, 2 

killed, plane make crashlanding 

and remaining crew OK. Plane 

salvaged. 

38333 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Heavy Date") 


MACR 8888. 




AMCR 12923 

38340 (493rd BG, 862nd BS) lost Jan 21, 1945, 


38343 (34th BG, 391st BS) "The Big Gear") 

returned to USA Jun 20, 1945.


38344 (305th BG) lost Mar 17, 1945. MACR 

13113. Later went to USSR 

38346 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Excellsior") 95th 

BG, 334th BS, "Kurchow") 

38351 (34th BG, 391st BS, "Snake Bit") hit 

by flak Nov 25, 1944 and 

force landed at Coibais Belgium. 

Plane was salvaged Dec 1, 1944. 


MACR 8870 

38353 (34th BG, 7th BS, "Lili Marlene") lost 

Oct 17, 1944. MACR 9468. 

Hit by flak on mission to Cologne. 1 KIA 

9 POW. 


MACR 8871 


MACR 14114 


MACR 12496 

38359 (493rd BG, 861st BS) lost Nov 5, 1944. 

MACR 10340. 3 KIA, remainder POW. 


MACR 11045 


MACR 11342 


MACR 10303 


MACR 12031 

38365 (34th BG, 391st BS, "Sugar) salvaged 

with battle damage Apr 3, 1945. 

38367 (34th BG, 4th BS, "Gotta Haver") 

returned to USA Jun 24, 1945. To 

RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 18, 1945 

38368 (452nd BG, 729th BS) lost Mar 19, 1945 



38372 (to 34th Bg, 391st BS, transferred Aug 

16, 1944 to 96th BG, "Rainbow") 


at Kingman, AZ Dec 9, 1945 

38376 (381st BG) retired to Kingman, AZ Dec

9, 1945. 

38378 (390th BG, 568th BS, to 34th BG, 391st 

BS Aug 18, 1944, "Little King") returned 

to USA Jun 21, 1945. To RFC at Kingman, 

AZ Nov 29, 1945 

38380 (34th BG, 391st BS, "Toni-7") returned 

to USA Jun 21, 1945. To RFC at 



MACR 11362 

38382 (34th BG, 391st BS, "Queenie") 

returned to USA Jun 20, 1945. To RFC at 


38389 (92nd BG, 327th BS, 'U'V'AD'IT') shot 

down by AAA near Altenburg, Germany Sep 13, 1944. MACR 8889 

38391 (34th BG, 7th BS, "Hit and Run") 


at Kingman, AZ Nov 20, 1945. 

38392 (34th BG, 18th BS, "Old Crow") 

crashlanded Jan 16, 1945 during assembly 

5 mi N of Bury St. Edmunds. Engine 

caught fire and pilot ordered the 

crew to bail out. One was killed when 

his paracute failed. 

38393 (91st BG, 322nd BS, "Rusty Dusty") 

damaged in collision while 

waiting for takeoff at Bassingbourn, 

England Apr 4, 1945. Salvaged 

38394 (457th BG, 748th BS, *Wreckless/Big 

Gas Bird*) returned to USA Jun 29, 1945 

38396 (92nd BG, 327th BS, "Insomnia") lost 

Oct 3, 1944. MACR 9344 

38397 (100th BG) belly-landed with no crew 

in village of Fontaines Feb 6, 1945. 

Crew had previously bailed out. 

38399 (34th BG, 7th BS) lost Sept 22, 1944, 



MACR 12768. Listed as going to USSR 


MACR 9377 


Feb 14, 1945, Holland om mission to Dresden. MACR 12334 

38406 (34th BG, 391st BS) destroyed on ground

at Melsbroek, Belgium 

airfield during Jan 1, 1945 Bodenplatte 

raid. 


MACR 12218 


MACR 11360 

38409 (34th BG, 18th BS, "Betty") returned 



38410 (34th BG, 18th BS, "The Sex Maniacs") 


To RFC at Kingman, AZ Nov 25, 1945. 


5, 1945 


MACR 10311 

38415 (34th BG, 391st BS, "Smoky Joe") 



38416 (34th BG, 7th BS, "No Gum Chum") 


at Albuquerque, NM Feb 6, 1946 


MAR 13054 

38419 (34th BG, 7th BS, "Miss Betsy") shot 

down by flak Jan 14, 1945 and crashed 

at Eggenstedt, Germany. MACR 11567. 

7 KIA, 2 POW. 

38420 to USSR 


MACR 11372 

38426 (351st BG, 511th BS) interned in Sweden 

Oct 7, 1944 on mission to Politz. MACR 9567. 

Returned May 25, 1945 and returned to 

USA Jun 28, 1945. 



MACR 9520 


Dec 5, 1944 on mission to Berlin. MACR 11037 


MACR 9345 

38435 (351st BG) destroyed in explosion of

43-37665 Mar 25, 1945. 


MACR 11361 


12632 


MACR 9346 

38450 (447th BG, 710th BS, *Lucky Partners* 

also *Little Herbie*) returned to 

USA Jul 5, 1945, arrived at Kingman, AZ 

Dec 1, 1945. Sold for 



MACR 9759 


MACR 11135 


MACR 11359. Entered apparently 

uncontrolled climb during combat 

mission, struck underside of B-17 42-31981 and 

both aircraft became locked together. 

Four crew parachuted out of 38457 and 

seven from 31981, but pilot and copilot 

of 31981 stayed at the controls and 

managed to crashland the combination in 

a German field. 


MACR 11358 

38461 (351st BG) abandoned on continent Feb 


38462 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Teddy's Rough 

Riders") scrapped Dec 8, 1945. 


MACR 11145 


38466 (379th BG, later to 447th BG, then to 

379th BG) to Kingman, AZ 1946. 



MACR 11240 


c/n 9452/9651 

38479 (457th BG, 748th BS, *Thy Will Be 

Done*) returned to USA Jun 29, 1945.

38480 (493rd BG, 860th BS) lost Sept 30, 

1944, Bielefeld, Germany. MACR 9430 

38482 (463rd BG, 773rd BS) lost over Austria 

Oct 13, 1944. MACR 9054 

38488 (463rd BG, 773rd BS) lost Feb 25, 1945. 

MACR 12468 

38496 (463rd BG, 772nd BS) lost over Austria 

Feb 21, 1945. MACR 12702 

38497 (381st BG, 532nd BS, "The Joker III") 

retired to Kingman AZ Jun 7, 1946 

38501 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Sweet Chariot*) 

lost Apr 25, 1945 on Mission to Pilsen, 

Czechoslovakia. MACR 14317. 

38503 (483rd BG, 817th BS) lost Feb 7, 1945. 

MACR 12128 

38504 (100th BG) lost Feb 14, 1945, Zuider 

Zee, Holland. Wreckage located 1975, 

Wormerveer. 


Feb 25, 1945. MACR 12474 

38506 (457th BG, 748th BS, *The Three Joe's*) 



MACR 12451 


Apr 25, 1945. MACR 14059 

38518 (351st BG) shot down by AAA Oct 3, 1944 

on mission to Nuremburg. MACR 9358 

38514 (452nd BG) rammed Apr 7, 1945 by a 

German 

aircraft frown by Uffz. Werner Zell of 

Schulungslehrgang Elbe. 

Aircraft eventually landed safely at 

base, despite the damage. 

38524 (447th BG, 710th BS, *Blonde Bomber 

II*) returned to USA Jul 6, 1945, 

arrived at Kingman Dec 21, 1945. Sold 

for scrap Jul 1, 1946 




Oct 7, 1944 on mission to Politz. MACR 9320 and 9359 

38528 (457th BG, 750th BS, *That's My Baby*) 

returned to USA May 25, 1945.

38529 (457th BG) developed mechanical 

problems Oct 7, 1944 on mission to Politz and could not 

stay with the group. On return flight 

ditched in Channel. There 

was one stowaway on board. All crew 

were rescued. 

38530 (303rd BG, 358th BS) lost Jan 22, 1945, 



MACR 9562 

38533 (452nd BG, 729th BS) lost Jan 17, 1945. 



MACR 11357 

38538 (457th BG, 751st BS) lost Sept 30, 

1944, Munster, Germany. MACR 9527 

38540 (457th BG, 748th BS, *Murderous 

Witch*) returned to USA Jun 29, 1945. 


1945. 

38545 (91st BG, 324th BS) Hit by flak over 

Merseburg 

Nov 21, 1944; two engines failed and a 

third seemed about to, so pilot 

lowered undercarriage, set autopilot 

and ordered all crew to bail out, 

which they did. Aircraft continued its 

flight, gradually descending and 

eventually landing in a ploughed field 

behind the Allied front line; 

the only damage on landing was to one 

wingtip and one propeller when a 

mainwheel got bogged down and caused 

aircraft to spin round. The crew 

of a nearby British AA gun rushed to 

help the crew, and were amazed to 

find the aircraft empty! 

38546 (493rd BG, 861st BS) lost Oct 5, 1944. 

MACR 9576 


MACR 10261 

38550 (381st BG, 532nd BS, "Daisy Mae") 


38551 (95th BG, 334th BS) lost Jan 7, 1945,



MACR 12718 


fighters Nov 2, 1944 on mission to 

Merseberg. MACR 10321. 2 KIA, 7 POW. 

38562 (398th BG, 603rd BS) lost during 

mission to Oranienburg Mar 15, 1945. MACR 13090 

38564 (457th BG) returned to USA Jun 29, 

1945. 


MACR 10468 

38567 (351st BG) crash-landed in Belgium Nov 

30, 1944 on mission to Kiblenz and salvaged. 

38572 (303rde BG, 360th BS) lost Sep 28, 

1944. MACR 9409 


MACR 13557 

38578 (388th BG, 561st BS) lost Oct 17, 1944. 

MACR 9480 

38579 (384th BG, 545th BS) MIA Oct 5, 1944 


38580 (457th BG, 749th BS, *Flory*) salvaged 

Oct 15, 1944. 

38582 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Fledia Fay*) 

returned to USA Jun 29, 1945 

38583 (457th BG, 748th BS) hit by flak Nov 

30, 1944 over Bohlen, Germany, landed 

safely in Belgium. Shot down by flak 

Jan 22, 1945, Stekrade, Germany. MACR 11828. 

All crew POW. 

38584 (95th BG, 336th BS, "The 

Dawnbusters/Easy Going") 

38585 (351st BG) crash-landed at Polebrook 

Dec 28, 1944 and salvaged. 

38587 (457th BG) salvaged Mar 25, 1945 

38590 (94th BG, 410th BS, "Heavenly 

Comrade") returned to USA (transferred to 

34th BG for the trip) Jun 24, 1945. To 

RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 19, 1945. 

38591 (351st BG) abandoned on continent Apr 

9, 1945 on mission to Furstenfeldbruck. Returned 

to UK and transferred to 384th BG. 

38592 (351st BG) returned to USA Mar 23, 1945

38593 (493rd BG, 861th BS) lost Graft, 

Netherlands Feb 6, 1945. MACR 12235 

38594 (457th BG, 749th BS, *Lady Be Good*) 

hit by flak Feb 3, 1945 during mission to Berlin 

and crashlanded near Ypres, Belgium. 

Crew OK. 

38595 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Stormy 

Weather"??) lost Oct 17, 1944. MACR 9471 


MACR 12550 


MACR 13138 

38604 (457th BG, *Lucille*) returned to USA 

Jun 29, 1945. 


MACR 9472 

38606 (457th BG, 748th BS, *Moon Light 

Mission*) shot down by Me 262s 

Apr 10, 1945 on mission to Oranienberg. 

MACR 13912. 4 KIA, rest POW. 


MACR 13137 

38608 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Lucille") to 

Kingman AAD, sold for salvage Jul 1, 1946 

38611 (92nd BG, 326th BS) lost Nov 30, 1944. 

MACR 11042 

38612 (385th BG, 549th BS, 'Lil' Lulu') lost 

Dec 6, 1944. MACR 11056 

38615 (384th BG, 544th BS) salvaged Nov 14, 

1944 


Jan 10, 1945. 

38617 (95th BG, 336th BS, "New York Express") 

38619 (303rd BG) shot down by AAA and crashed 

in Moorsel, Belgium Feb 14, 1945. Crew escaped. 


Jul 5, 1945, arrived Kingman, AZ 

Nov 25, 1945. Sold for scrap Ju1 1, 

1946 

38623 (388th BG, 561st BS) lost Feb 17, 1945, 



1945 


MACR 11245 

38635 converted to EB-17G. Sold on 

commercial market as N3702G for use as aerial 

tanker. Delivered to Castle AFB on 

behalf of USAFM Nov 1979. This plane is now 

on display at Castle Air Museum painted 

as aircraft flown by General Frederick 

Castle, commander of 94th BG when he was 

awarded Medal of Honor. Castle AFB 

was renamed in his honor. 

38639 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'Shadie Sadie') 

lost Apr 4, 1945. MACR 13722. 

38640 (351st BG) returned to USA Jul 7, 1945. 


MACR 11343 




MACR 12578 

38649 converted to F-9C, photo recon version 


removed and cameras added. 

Redesignated RB-17G in 1948. 

38650 (351st BG) abandoned in France Feb 14 

1945 after mission to Dresden. Salvaged. 











38657 (95h BG, 412th BS, "Evasive Action") 




MACR 13028 


MACR 13868 


MACR 11723





MACR 10156 


MACR 11211 


c/n 9652/9851 


44-6584 Mar 3, 1945 and crashed near Forchies La Marche, 

Belgium. 1 killed, 3 injured. 


Apr 11, 1945 


1945. 

38683 (381st BG) retired to Kingman, AZ Nov 

28, 1945. 




MACR 13880 



38690 (306th BG, 369th BS) lost over north 

Sea Jan 1, 1945. All crew lost. MACR 11249 



MACR 11333 


38697 (452nd BG, 730th BS) collided in midair 

with 43-37906 

Oct 26, 1944. 37906 cliced through 

38696, butting off its 

tail section, nosed up, then stalled 

back into the fuselage 

again and both aircraft exploded. 

Wreckage fell near 

Caston Hall, Norfolk. 8 killed, tail 

gunner parachuted 

to safety. 


MACR 12215 

38698 (452nd BG, 731st BS) lost Feb 16, 1945,

Germany MACR 12447 


12426 


MACR 14192 

38705 (303rd BG, 360th BS) lost Nov 21, 1944. 

MACR 11199 

38707 (457th BG) returned to USA Jun 29, 1945 


28, 1945. 

38712 (447th BG, 710th BS, *Buddy Buddy*) 


at Kingman, AZ Dec 17, 1945. Sold for 


38719 (447th BG, 709th BS, *Blue Hen Chick*) 


arrived at Kingman, AZ Dec 17, 1945. 



1945. 

38724 (390th BG, 568th BS) to Kingman AAD, 


38734 (447th BG, *Cheshire Cat*) returned to 

USA Jun 8, 1945. 

38735 (92nd BG, 407th BS) hit by AAA Feb 14, 

1945 and crashed Conderque, Belgium. 

MACR 12354. 8 KIA 1 POW. 

38738 (401st BG, 614th BS) to Kingman AAD, 



with B-17G 44-6137 

near North and South Lopham, Norfolk 

Jan 29, 1945 while 

forming up for mission to Bielefeld 

Marshalling yards. 

All 9 in each aircraft killed. 


May 29, 1945. 

38750 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Tu Yung Tu*) 

salvaged Dec 4, 1944. 

38751 (447th BG) damaged on mission to 

Lutzkendorf Feb 9, 1945 and bellylanded 

just short of the runway on return to 

base at Glatton. None of crew injured.

May 1945. 



38760 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Lucky Lady") hit 

by flak over target during mission to 

Biblis Dec 24, 1944 and crashlanded in 

field near Sarrable, just behind 

Allied front line. No injuries to 

crew. 

38764 (303rd BG, 359th BS) damaged by AAA 

during mission to Lutzkendorf, 

Germany Feb 9, 1945. Aircraf could not 

maintain formation, 

lost altitude and on route back 

encountered 14 enemy aircraft. 

Believing the aircraft to be 

defenseless, the pilot ordered his 

crew to bail out. 7 crewmen did, and 

became POW. However, 

a group of Mustangs showed up and drove 

off the enemyh fighters and 

the remaining 2 crewmen attempted to 

bring the damaged plane 

back to friendly territory. They 

bailed out near St. Trond, Belgium 

and returned to Molesworth. The 

pilotless Fortress made a 

wheels-up belly landing near Bockholt, 

Belgium. 

38768 (447th BG, 708th BS, *Beelzebub*) 


Kingman, AZ Dec 13, 1945. Sold for 



3, 1945. I also have this plane as being 

lost with the 56th BG at Texel, 

Netherlands Feb 3, 1945, with 7 KIA. 

38774 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Der Fuehrer's 

Nightmare") 

38776 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Victory 

Devils/Passion Wagon") 



Mannheim, Germany Dec 11, 1944.

38781 (53rd WRS, 308th WRG) stalled on 

takeoff and crashed 42 mi 

E of Kingson, Jamaica Jun 10, 1947. 

38782 used in England by 1st CCRC/1st RTS 

38788 (401st BG, 612th BS "Heavy Date") hit 

by AAA Apr 10, 1945 in mission to 

Berlin and crash-landed on German 

airfield. 2 crew injured, 8 crew POW, 

5 managed to escape 4 days later. 

38789 (393rd BG, transferred to 34th BG, 

391st BS, "Fast Company") returned to 

USA Jun 20, 1945. To RFC at Kingman, 

AZ Dec 18, 1945. 

38792 crash landing Dec 28, 1945, Tulln 

Airbase, Austria 


Jan 13, 1945 on mission to 

Maximiliansau, Germany. All onboard 

KIA. 

38799 (351st BG) returned to USA May 1945 

38801 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Ruth*) MIA Apr 

6, 1945 on mission to Leipzig, Germany 

38802 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "Konditori Baby") 



collision with B-17 44-6593 near Chelveston, UK 

Apr 10, 1945 after return from mission 

against Rechlin airfield, 

Oranienburg, Germany. Only one 

survivor, the tail gunner in 44-6593. 

MACR 13877 



Dec 23, 1944. Aircraft had diverted 

to RAF Portreath when returning from 

raid to Germany due to bad weather. 

Attempted to return to Glatton (its 

home base) but encountered bad 

weather and crashed at Great Rollright. 

All but one of crew killed. 


38814 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Cadet Nurse the 

2nd"), (95th BG, 335th 

BS, "No No Nanette") disarmed at Furth,

Germany in 1945. 


Dec 24, 1944 for mission to 

Coblenz. 1 crew killed, rest 

survived. 

38820 (94th BG, 331st then 333rd BS, "Roll 

Me Over") returned to USA 

Jun 21, 1945 (transferred to 34th BG for 

the trip). To RFC at 



on mission to Berlin 


1945. 

38831 (457th BG, 749th BS, *Screaming 

Eagle*) landed on continent May 13, 1945. 

Salvaged 


fighters Dec 31, 1944. 5 KIA, 5 POW. 


Belgium 

38854 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Tennessee 

Toddy*) shot down by flak 

Mar 24, 1945 on missin to Hopsten, 

Germany. 6 crew KIA, 3 POW. 


May 22, 1945. 

38856 (381st BG, 534th BS) crashed on Isle 

of Man Apr 23, 1945 while on ferry 

flight from Ridgwell in Essex to Nutts 

Corner with a normal 

ferry crew and a large number of 

passengers. All 31 on board killed. 

38857 (457th BG, 750th BS, *Bluebell D*) 



Jun 29, 1945 


1945. 


c/n 9852/10051 

38875 (457th BG) to 303rd BG Feb 1945 with 

359th BS as "RedWing", returned to USA Jun 29, 1945. Scrapped 

Nov 28, 1945


1945. 


MACR 13560 

38881 (457th BG, 750th BS, *Ruth Anne*) 

damaged Feb 14, 1945 during mission 

to Dresden and made forced landing on 

continent. Crew OK and returned 

to base. 

38882 converted to B-17H. 

38883 (457th BG, *Lady Beth*) returned to USA 

Jun 29, 1945. 

38884 (447th BG, 708th BS, *L'il Skippy*) 


Kingman, AZ Nov 8, 1945. Sold for 


38885 (447th BG, 751st BS, *Ruthanne*) 


38887 (447th BG, 751st B, *Perpetual Hell*) 




MACR 11581 



38898 (381st BG, 534th BS, *Hitler's Ho 

Do/Blind Date*) shot down by AAA Tutow, Germany Feb 3, 1945. 

MACR 12295 


MACR 12156 

38902 (447th BG, *Lady Be Good*) damaged by 

Me 262s during raid on Berlin 

Mar 18, 1945 and landed in 

Soviet-occupied Poland. Crew all safe 

and returned to base. Plane went to 

USSR 

38903 (447th BG, 709th BS, *Miss Lace*) 

collided with 42-97400 over Mannheim, Germany. 

38904 (457th BG, 751st BS) hit by flak Nov 

6, 1944 in raid on Harburg. Plane 

left the group and was not seen again. 

Plane crashed near town 

of Boehmerwold. 8 KIA, 1 POW. MACR 

10343

38905 (447th BG, 708th BS, *Bang Bang Lulu*) 


arrived Kingman, AZ Dec 16, 1945. Sold 


38907 (381st BG, 534th BS) returned to USA 

Jun 7, 1945 



38909 (447th BG, 748th BS, *Kraut Krusher*) 

disabled Feb 14, 1945 in 

raid on Dresden and landed near Dijon, 

France. 





38912 (34th BG, 7th BS, "Old Times") battle 

damaged Mar 18, 1945 and force 

landed behind Russian lines at 

Melaszewicze, Poland. To USSR 

38913 (381st BG, 532nd BS) retired to 



30, 1945. 


9, 1945. 


38921 (452nd BG, 729th BS) lost Jan 2, 1945, 


38925 (486th BG, 833rd BS) lost Jan 21, 1945, 



MACR 11675 


Feb 1, 1945. 

38929 to USSR 


MACR 11371 


MACR 13715 

38940 (447th BG, *Black Brassiere*) returned 

to USA Jul 5, 1945, arrived 

Kingman, AZ Dec 13, 1945. Sold for 

scrap Jul 1, 1946

38942 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Belligerent 

Beauty/Hot Box") 




Jan 31, 1945. 


May 28, 1945 

38950 (447th BG, 708th BS, *Bloody Bucket*) 







' 38958 (303rd BG, 427th BS) lost Apr 6, 1945. 

MACR 13719 

38959 (34th BG, 4th BS, "Short and Sweet") 


To RFC at Kingman, AZ Nov 28, 1945 



38967 (381st BG, 533rd BS) retired to 




38972 (34th BG, 391st BS, "Duke Spook", 

perhaps "Lucie" earlier) returned to 

USA Jun 20, 1945. To RFC at Kingman, 

AZ Nov 8, 1945 

38977 (381st BG, 532nd BS, *French 

Dressing*) retired to Kingman, AZ Nov 20, 1945. 

38978 to Oregon State University, Corvallis, 

OR in 1946. Sold on commercial 

market to Columbia Airmotive, 

Troutdale, OR as N4960V. Broken up for spares in late 

1950s and scrapped 1962. 

38982 (452nd BG) lost Mar 18, 1945. MACR 

13559 

38983 (381st BG, 533rd BS *Fort Lansing 

Emancipator*) retired to Kingman, AZ Nov 30, 1945 

38986 (381st BG) lost Dec 12, 1944. 


MACR 12372

38990 (95th BG, 334th BS, "The 

Creamer/Lovely Lady") 

38991 (34th BG, 7th BS, "Sweet Seventeen") 



38992 (100th BG, 351st BS) lost Texel, 

Netherlands Apr 3, 1945. 8 KIA, 2 POW. MACR 13717 



38998 (381st BG, 535th BS, *Crack a Dawn*) 


38999 (447th BG, *Emma*) returned to USA Jun 

19, 1945 



MACR 13879 

39012 (381st BG, 532rd BS, *Miss Fortune*) 

shot down by AAA Fritzlar, Germany Mar 9, 1945. MACR 12960 

39018 (96th BG, 337th BS, *Dinah Mite*) 

interned in Switzerland Feb 35, 1945. 


39025 (381st BG, 535rd BS, *Buckeye*) 



MACR 12719. 

39029 transferred from 386th BG to 447th BG, 

710th BS, named *Linda Sue*. 

Made force landing in France Apr 14, 

1943 when ran out of fuel. 

Salvaged but was at Kingman, AZ in 1946. 



MACR 11254. 

39035 (384th BG, 547th BS) crashed Reigate 

Hill, England Mar 19, 1945. 

39037 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Little Joe") 

39050 (493rd BG, 863rd BS) lost Mar 3, 1945. 

MACR 12886 

39053 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Heavenly Body*) 

MIA Mar 23, 1945 on mission 

to Gladbeck, Germany. MACR 13611. 

39055 (95th BG, 335th BS) crashed Jan 28, 

1945 at village of Kain near 

Tournai, Belgium due to flak damage

during attack on Duisburg 

bridges in Germany. 7 crewmembers 

bailed out. Pilot killed in crash, 

copilot killed when chute failed. 


MACR 12847 



39068 (487th BG) crashlanded on farmland at 

St Margarets on return from mission 

to Germany Jan 8, 1945. All crew safe. 


MACR 13890 

39072 (447th BG, 748th BS, *No Body's Baby*) 



c/n 10052/10251 

39079 (390th BG) lost Feb 14, 1945, Germany. 

MACR 12350. 

39080 (447th BG, 749th BS, *Girl with Towel*) 

returned to USA Jun 9, 1945 

39081 (303rd BG, 427th BS) lost Feb 16, 1945, 


39087 (447th BG, 749th BS, *Better Quicker 

& Cheaper*) returned to USA May 22, 1945 


Jun 4, 1945 

39096 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Sky Demon") 

scrapped Jan 4, 1946 


MACR 12888. 

39110 (92nd BG, 327th BS) lost Apr 17, 1945. 

MACR 14053 


MACR 12541. 

39119 used in tests with launching of 

Republic JB-2 Loon copy of V-1 



39126 (487th BG, 838th BS) tail was rammed 

by Uffz Klauz Hahn 

in Bf 109G of Skdo. Elbe but landed 

safely on freshly-captured 

Me 262 airstrip near Wernershohe,

Germany Apr 7, 1945. Both the B-17 

crew and the Bf 109 pilot survived. 

Plane was repaired and returned 

to USA, where it was scrapped at 

Kingman, AZ 


MACR 12650. 


MACR 13555 

39136 crashed on approach to Westover AFB Jul 

9, 1946. 25 killed. 


1945 

39147 (379th BG, 527th BS) hit by AAA Feb 14, 

1945 and crashed in Elsenborn, Belgium. 2 KIA, 7 POW. MACR 

12338 

39149 (303rd BG, 427th BS) collided in midair 

with 42-31060 Feb 9, 1945 during mission to 

Lutzkendorf, Germany. Rear part of 

fuselage was torn off. The crew 

apparently prevented their 

still-loaded bomber from crashing into a German 

village. 8 KIA, 1 POW. MACR 12229. 

A memorial at the town of Eisenberg 

honors the American airmen, perhaps the 

first example where German 

citizens honored American airmen. 


Jun 9, 1945 

39155 damaged in taxiing accident at Army 

Chemical Center, Aberdeen 

Proving Ground, MD Apr 20, 1951. 


1945. 

39160 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "G-for-George" 

aka "Lil Bit") MIA Mar 20, 1945. MACR 13569 

39161 (381st BG, 534th BS, "Shoot Luke") 


39163 (835 BS, 486 BG) struck by 

fragmentation bombs from higher 

aircraft Apr 7, 1945 over Parchim, 

Germany. 3 KIA, 1 MIA, 6 POW. MACR 13889 


on mission to Leipzig, Germany. MACR 13850



39170 (381st BG, 535th BS, "Tinker Toy II") 

retired to Kingman, AZ Nov 29, 1945 

39172 (381st BG, 532nd BS, "Little Lulu") 


39174 (381st BG, "Little Joe") retired to 


39177 (95th BG, 412th BS, "The Blessed 

Event") 

39179 (34th BG, 7th BS, "Asphodel" or 

"Shaky") returned to USA Jul 1, 1945. 

To RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 17, 1945. 


May 28, 1945. 

39197 crashed on Mt Meta, Italy Nov 11, 1945. 

20 killed. 


MACR 13148 

39200 (447th BG, 749th BS, *Rattlesnake 

Daddy*) landed on continent 3 times 

39211 (447th BG, 750th BS, *Maguire's Chop 

House*) returned to USA Jun 8, 1945 

39220 (303rd BG, "Smilie Jack aka 

Shillelagh") crashed at Boernerowo 

(Okecie airfield) near Warsaw, Poland 

Mar 15, 1945. 

39233 (447th BG) to 303rd BG, 358th BS as 

"Hubert" Apr 10, 1945 and 

returned to USA Jun 10, 1945. Scrapped 

Nov 29, 1945. 

39246 transferred to Brazilian Air Force as 

5405. Crashed in 1962. 



39266 converted SB-17G 


c/n 10252/10486 

39281 sold on commercial market as N7043C. 

Scrapped 1959. 


39300 (381st BG, 533rd BS) retired to Kingman 

AZ Nov 14, 1945. 

39304 sold on commercial market as N9407H.

Sold to French Institut Geographique National 

as F-BDAT. Crashed and destroyed at 

Niamey, Niger Dec 12, 1950. 

39307 sold to Bolivian commercial user as 

CP-625. Destroyed Nov 1957. 




5406. Withdrawn from service in 1966. 

39352 (447th BG, *900 Hil Gard*) returned to 

USA Jul 7, 1945, arrived at 

Kingman, AZ Feb 9, 1946. Sold for 


39356 sold on commercial market as N39356, 

which was a bogus civil registration. 

39367 to Lloyd Aero Boliviano as CP-625 Nov 

1956. W/o at San Lorenzo, Bolivia 

Nov 17, 1959. 

39372 to RFC at Kingman, AZ Feb 1946 

39440 converted to VB-17G. Damaged in 

taxiing accident at Bolling 

AFB, DC Oct 21, 1950. 

39449 (381st BG) retired to Kingman, AZ Feb 

21, 1946. 

39450 (447th BG) returned to USA Jun 8, 1945. 




39457 converted to SB-17G 

39473 converted to B-17H. Crashed Cold Bay, 

Alaska with 10th Rescue Squadron Aug 15, 1947. 

All 8 on board killed. 


39499 converted to SB-17G. Damaged in 

taxiing accident at 

Clark AB, Philippines Jul 29, 195. 


44-6001/6125 Douglas/Long Beach B-17G-40-DL Fortress 

c/n 22224/22348 

6004 (379th BG, 527th BS, "Ronny Boy") lost 

Meserburg Aug 24, 1944. MACR 8284 

2 KIA, 7 POW 

6005 (351st BG, 509th BS) crashed into 

hillside near Craig Cwm-Llydd,

Wales during homeward bound leg flight 

to Wales Jun 8, 1945. 

10 crew and 10 passengers killed. 

6006 (303rd BG, 358th BS) transferred to 

457th BG, May 25, 1945 

to 351st BG. Returned to USA May 29, 

1945. 

6007 (390th BG, 571st BS, "Lucky") to RFC at 

Kingman, AZ Dec 19, 1945 

6008 (385thBG, 548th BS) ditched in English 

Channel Sep 26, 1944 

6009 (305th BG, 364th BS, "Flak Eater) 

transferred to 351st BG. 

6010 (100th BG) salvaged after taxi accident 

Jun 21, 1944. Had collided on 

taxiway at Thorpe Abbotts with B-17 

43-37686 

6012 named "Spare Parts" assigned to 306th 

BG, 423rd BS, 

Transferred to 91st BG May 30, 1945. 

Returned to USA 

Jul 6, 1945. 


MACR 8278 

6014 used in England by 125 CBW/HQ Flight 




MACR 13045 

6017 (92nd BG, 327th BS) battle damage 

Merzhausen Dec 24, 1944. 

Salvaged Jan 10, 1945. 

6018 to RFC Kingman, AZ Mar 16, 1945. 


MACR 5627. 

6020 (381st BG, 532rd BS, *Underground 

Farmer*) hit by AAA and ditched in 

Baltic Sea Aug 6, 1944. MACR 7882 

6025 (381st BG, 532rd BS, *So What?*) shot 

down by fighters Karow, 

Germany Sep 10, 1944. MACR 5235. 

Date on MACR is May 30, 1944. 


MACR 6730.

6057 damaged in ground accident at Hendricks 

Field, FL Feb 26,1945. 

6069 damaged by fire atHendricks Field, FL 

Jan 15, 1945. 

6076 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Liberty Run") lost 

Sep 13, 1944. MACR 8822 


MACR 7394 

6077 (351st BG) shot down by AAA Aug 9, 1944 

on mission to Elsenborn 

6078 (509th BS, 351st BG) shot down by AAA 

Afferden, Holland Jan 22, 1945 on mission to 

Sterkrade. Crew 8 POW and 1 KIA. MACR 

12011 

6080 (384th BG, 547th BS) salvaged Sep 27, 

1944. 



fighters Sep 11, 1944 near Merseburg, Germany. MACR 8880. 



MACR 8279 

6086 (303rd BG, 358th BS *My Blonde Baby*) 

shot down Aug 15, 1944 on mission to Weisbaden, Germany. 



MACR 9477. 

6088 (447th BG, 749th BS, *Rattlesnake Daddy 

II*) caught fire over 

Belgium while on the way to Euskirchen 

Jan 10, 1945. Crew bailed out, pilot's 

chute did not open, rest of crew landed 

in friendly territory 

and were recovered. 

6089 (100th BG, 350th BS, *Leading Lady*) 

lost in mission to Ruhland Sep 11, 1944. MACR 8811. 


fighters 

on mission over Karlsruhe Aug 9, 1944. 

8 crew POW, one killed. MACR 8072. 

6091 (388th BG, 561st BS, "Lotta Bull") 

suffered loss of instrumentation while flying 

in cloud over France Aug or Sep 1944. 

Pilots became disorientated, aircraft

stalled and spun in. All crewmen 

bailed out safely. 

6092 (100th BG, 350th BS) lost on mission to 

Berlin Feb 3, 1945. MACR 12044. 


MACR 10141. 

6095 (381st BG, 533rd BS, *Fort Worth 

Gal/Kathleen*) shot down by AAA Neibsheim, Germany Sep 10, 1944. 

MACR 8906. 

6100 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'Miss D-Day') lost 

Jan 9, 1945. MACR 11718 



Schweinfurt Jul 21, 1944. MACR 7254. 

2 crew KIA, rest POW. 


MACR 10411 

6105 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Sleepy Lagoon*) 

MIA Jan 28, 1945 on mission to Cologne, Germany. MACR 11990 


MACR 9361 



Mar 26, 1945 


Dec 20, 1944. MACR 10731 

6111 (457th BG, 749th BS, *Hell's Belle*) 

damaged by flak on 

mission to Munich and diverted to 




Switzerland Jul 16, 1944. MACR 7569. Returned Sep 8, 1945 

6114 (381st BG, 534th BS) salvaged Aug 12, 

1944. 

6115 (381st BG, 534th BS, *Ice Col'Katy*) 


6117 (91st BG, 322nd BS) shot down by 

fighters on mission to 

Berlin Jun 21, 1944. MACR 5980. Crew 

bailed out, plane 

crashed into Stolsko Lake. One KIA, 

rest POW. 

6118 (457th BG) crashlanded in England Aug

28, 1944. 


MACR 12337 


MACR 8433 


MACR 9403 


c/n 22349/22473 


fighters Aug 16, 1944. MACR 8185. 7 KIA, 3 POW 

6128 (384th BG, 547th BS) salvaged Aug 18, 

1944. 


MACR 8157 


MACR 7845 


MACR 6984 




1945. 


with B-17G 43-38746 

near North and South Lopham, Norfolk 

Jan 29, 1945 while 

forming up for mission to Bielefeld 

Marshalling yards. 

All 9 in each aircraft killed. 


MACR 9510 

6139 (351st BG) crashe landed in Belgium Sep 

12, 1944 with battle damage from mission to Plauen 


MACR 11126 


Nov 30, 1944 


MACR 9362 


MACR 9756 


Jul 7, 1944.

6148 (381st BG, 534th BS, *Smashin Thru*) 

crashlanded at Ridgewell Jul 13, 1944. 

6149 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Hot After It*) MIA 

Oct 11, 1944 on mission to Wesseling, Germany. 

MACR 9478 


fighters Nov 2, 1944 on mission 

to Merseberg. MACR 10314. 3 crew 

KIA, 6 POW. 



MACR 8881. 

6159 (385th BG, 551st BS, 'West Virginian') 

lost Oct 6, 1944. MACR 9515 

6161 (447th BG, 749th BS) returned to USA Jun 

9, 1945. 

6163 (381st BG, 533rd BS, *Passaic Warrior*) 


I also have this as being lost over 

Austria with 463rd BG, 772nd BS Feb 13, 1945. MACR 12109, 

but this appears to be a mistake. 

6166 (303rd BG) lost Jan 13, 1945, Germany 


9, 1945 

6168 (301st BG, 352nd BS) lost Jul 26, 1944, 



MACR 12155 

6171 (388th BG, 561st BS) lost Aug 25, 1944. 

MACR 8286 

6173 (381st BG, 534rd BS *Miss Florala*) shot 

down by AAA over Gottingen, 

Germany Apr 8, 1945. MACR 13873 


MACR 6975 

6176 (2nd BG, 49th BS) lost Aug 7, 1944. 

MACR 7470 


MACR 7099 

6178 (301st BG, 352nd BS) lost Mar 13, 1945. 

MACR 12943 

6180 (301st BG, 32nd BS) lost Sept 12, 1944, 

Karwendal Mountains, Austria. MACR 8623 


MACR 10030 

6183 (97th BG, 342nd BS) lost over Austria 

Jul 25, 1944. MACR 7125 

6186 (301st BG, 419th BS) lost Dec 2, 1944. 

MACR 10790 

6187 (97th BG, 342nd BS) lost Jul 16, 1944, 



MACR 6745 

6189 (301st BG) lost Jul 26, 1944, Austria. 

MACR 7141 

6190 (463rd BG, 775th BS) lost Dec 10, 1944. 

MACR 10689 

6194 (463rd BG, 772nd BS, "Berlin Sleeper 

III") lost Aug 19, 1944. MACR 9717 


MACR 6855 


MACR 12461 



6201 (483rd BG) lost Jul 30, 1944, Hungary 


c/n 22474/22723 

6251 (463rd BG, "The Atoner #2") 

6252 (482nd BG) was first aircraft to arrive 

in England (Sep 1944) fitted with 

AN/APQ-7 Eagle radar for trial 

operational combat sorties. 

6258 (97th BG, 341st BS) lost Jul 16, 1944, 


6268 (99th BG) lost Jan 20, 1945, Italy 

6270 (97th BG, 414th BS) lost Jul 16, 1944, 


6271 (463rd BG, originally "The White 

Charger" later "Magnificent Malfunction"). 

Shot down Apr 20, 1945 (MACR 14019) 

6276 (463rd BG, 772nd BS) lost Jul 25, 1944. 

MACR 7001 

6290 (487th BG) crashed in 

Merchweile-Wemmetsweiler, Saarland, Germany Nov 9, 1944 after 

flak hits 

over Saarbrucken. 2 KIA, 7 POW. 

6291 (303rd BG) shot down Aug 15, 1944 on

mission to Weisbaden, Germany. 

6294 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Scotty*) MIA Oct 

7, 1944 on mission to Ruhland, Germany 

6295 (100th BG, *White Cargo*) salvaged Mar 

18, 1945 

6297 (100th BG, *Spirit of Pittwood*) 


6300 (305th BG, 366th BS, 'Fancy Pantz') MIA 

on Pilsen mission Apr 25, 1945. Hit by 

flak and crashed in Czechoslovakia off 

target. No MACR filed. Crew survived and 

reported back to base Apr 30, 1945. 

6303 (490th BG) shot down Apr 9, 1945. 7 

POW. 

6306 (100th BG) lost on mission to Merseburg 

Sep 28, 1944. 

6315 (487th BG, 837th BS, "Fearless 

Fosdick") to Kingman AAD, 


6316 to USSR 

6327 (483rd BG, 816th BS) lost Apr 25, 1945, 



Austria. 

6332 (483rd BG, 816th BS) shot down by AAA 

over Vienna, Austria Sep 10, 1944. 5 KIA, 4 POW. MACR 8361. 

On some databases, listed as sold to 

Bolivian commercial user as CB-88 and later re-registered 

as CP-588 and destroyed on May 2, 1963 

when crashed somewhere in Mexico. This is apparently wrong, 

and the plane is correctly listed as 

being lost Sep 10, 1944. 


Dec 27, 1944. MACR 10645 


Mar 9, 1945. MACR 12914. 

6347 (301st BG, 32nd BS, *Princess O'Rourke) 

interned in Switzerland Apr 20, 1945. 



Sep 10, 1944. MACR 8622 

6350 (2nd BG) lost Jan 10, 1945, Adriatic 


Mar 4, 1945. MACR 12903

Liptal), Morava, 

Austria. 

6369 (2nd BG) shot down near Vsetin (village 

Czechoslovakia Aug 29, 1944 




6377 (463rd BG, "Pretty Baby's Boys") 

6381 (463rd BG, 775th BS) crashed into a 

mountain in Italy Apr 5, 1945 

during a test flight. All 6 aboard 

killed. 

6388 crashed 2 mi SW of Destin, FL May 8, 1947 

6393 converted to CB-17G then to VB-17G. 

Sold to government of Bolivia Jun 1956. To 

Lloyd Aero Bolivaro Jan 1957 as CP-627. 

Crashed at La Paz Aug 27, 1968, rebuilt with 

parts from B-17G 43-38322/CP-580. To 

Frigorifico Reyes as CP-891 

Returned to USA in 1980 for display at 

March Field Museum as 

B-17F-105-BO 42-30092. Restored in 

1997-98 and now bears its original serial number. 

6405 (483rd BG, 840th BS, "Big Yank") 

credited with 3 Me 262 kills and 

one probable Mar 24, 1945. Salvaged at 

Walnut Ridge, Arkansas 

Dec 28, 1945. 

6407 (301st BG, "Miss BeHaven") hit by AAA 

over Komaron, Yugoslavia Mar 14, 1945, crew bailed out over 

Myslenice with aircraft on autopilot, 

airframe came down in field at Krotoszyn, Poland 

and lay in field for 3 years then cut 

into sections and scrapped. 

6412 (483rd BG, 817th BS) lost over Austria 

Sep 13, 1944. MACR 8620 


Austria. 

6419 (463rd BG, "Lil Liz II") 


Mar 20, 1945. MACR 13052 

6422 to USSR 


Austria. MACR 13988

6441 (301th BG) destroyed in non-operational 

flight Apr 20, 1945 near Moddolini, Italy. 

20 aboard killed, including 4 female 

Air Corps personnel. 

6443 to USSR 

6454 (483rd BG) lost Jan 21, 1945, Hungary 

6461 (92nd BG, 326th BS, "Sweet Chick With 

a Lick") lost two engines due 

to mechanical failure and was shot down 

by a couple of German fighters 

Feb 26, 1945. Crew bailed out near 

Hojrup south of Gram, Denmark. 

2 evaded, rest POW. MACR 12271 

6462 (447th BG, 710th BS, *Sandusky Jo*) 




6465 (34th BG, 7th BS, "Fancy Nancy") 

6469 (447th BG, 748th BS) hit by flak Oct 7, 

1944 on mission to Politz. 

Crew bailed out and became POWs. Plane 

crashed in Poland. 

6470 (100th BG) lost on mission to Zeita/Bad 

berka Mar 31, 1945 

6475 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Round Tripper") 

6478 (381st BG, 533rd BS) shot down by AA 

Greven, Germany Mar 24, 1945. 

6483 (385th BG, 550th BS, "Ruby's Raiders") 

lost Mar 24, 1945. 

6485 (401st BG) DBR by fire during acceptance 

check Aug 23, 1944 when 

mechanics working on bomb bay caused 

spark which ignited 

escaping oxygen. 

6498 (100th BG) salvaged after fire damaage 

Nov 4, 1944 


Berlin Feb 3, 1945. MACR 12045 


c/n 22724/22848 



6503 (303rd BG, 358th BS, *Lady Alta*) lost 

Nov 21, 1944. MACR 11197

6504 (303rd BG, 360th BS) crashed into 

Cheviot Summit near England/Scotland 

border after return from mission. 2 

killed, 7 injured. 

6505 (100th BG, *Chin Up Girl/Any Gum Chu*) 

returned to USA. 


MACR 12213. 


8, 1945. 


Nov 16, 1944. MACR 10448 


MACR 13908 

6517 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Old Cock" aka 

"Stud") in taxi accident 

Apr 19, 1945. 


1945. 

6519 (398th BG, 602nd BG) lost Oct 28, 1944. 

MACR 10175. 

6520 (100th BG, *Tangerine II*) lost on 

mission to Ludwigshafen Nov 5, 1944. MACR 10357 

6522 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Dirth Duchess/Hard 

Luck/It Flies/SNAFU/Sweet Jo" 

6527 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'Always 

Available') lost Apr 9, 1945. MACR 13872 


MACR 11369 

6529 to USSR 

6530 to USSR 

6532 (2nd BG, 20th BS) damaged over Austria 

and bellylanded at Baia Mare, 

Rumania Dec 19, 1944. MACR 10638. 

Crew returned. 


MACR 13243. Ended up serving with USSR 

6538 (483rd BG, 817th BS) lost Mar 22, 1945. 

MACR 13242. Ended up serving with USSR 

6545 (2nd BG) stored at Kingman AAD, sold for 



MACR 12366 

6547 (463rd BG) lost Feb 16, 1945, Yugoslavia

6551 (301st BG, 419th BS) lost over Austria 

Feb 7, 1945. MACR 12075 


Mar 21, 1945. MACR 13049 

6556 to Bolivian AF in 1956. Sold to 

Bolivian commercial user Corporacion 

Boliviano de Fomento Dec 1956 as 

CP-624. W/o at Reyes, Bolivia Feb 23, 1963. 


landing at Liege, Belgium, Feb 14, 1945. 


1, 1945. 


6566 (351st BG) returned to USA Nov 6, 1944 

6570 (487th BG, 836th BS) no 2 engine caught 

fire while outward 

bound on mission to Dresden Mar 14, 

1945. Pilot aborted 

mission over Holland and returned to 

England. Crew bailed out 

but radio operatior was killed when 

chute failed to open 

properly. Pilot abandoned aircraft at 

too low an altitude 

and was killed. Aircraft crashed on 

farmland near Lowestoft. 

6579 (351st BG) transferred to 401st BG May 

30, 1945. Returned to USA Jun 1945 


6583 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Cadet Nurse") 


43-38675 Mar 3, 1945 and crashed near Forchies La Marche, 

Belgium. 8 killed, 3 injured. 

6585 (381st BG, 535th BS *Commando Chief*) 



1945 

6591 (91st BG, 322nd BS) stored at Kingman 

AAD. Sold for salvage Jul 1, 1946 

6593 in midair collision with B-17 43-38803 

near Chelveston, UK 

Apr 10, 1945 after return from mission 

against Rechlin airfield, 

Oranienburg, Germany. Only one

survivor, the tail gunner in 44-6593. 

MACR 13877 


6598 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Queen 

Mary/Melvin's Moonshiners??") 

6599 (486th BG) During raid on Ansbach Feb 

22, 1945, no 1 engine 

set on fire by accidental discharge of 

gunfire from another B-17. Pilot 

engaged autopilot and ordered crew to 

bale out; tail gunner did not 

hear command and remained at post for 

over an hour, by which time he 

had become suspicious of absence of 

intercom chat and ventured forward 

only to find that he was alone! He then 

baled out and landed behind the 

Allied front line; the remainder of 

crew became PoWs in Germany. 

6600 (303rd BG) lost Dec 21, 1944, Germany 


Jan 20, 1945 over Sterkrade and 

crashed near Midwoud, Holland. 8 KIA, 

1 POW 

6606 (2nd BG) lost Jan 21, 145, Adriatic 


6613 (100th BG) salved Feb 20, 1945 

6621 (447th BG, 751st BS, *Trip's Troubles*) 


6622 (388th BG, 561st BS, "Our Love") lost 

Feb 16, 1945. MACR 12440 

6625 (381st BG, 534th BS *Peacemaker*) 



c/n 22849/22973 

6630 (97th BG, 340th BS) ditched in Adriatic 

Nov 6, 1944 after mission to Maribor, Yugoslavia. 

6652 (301st BG, 419th BS) lost Dec 29, 1944 

Rutzenberg, St. Andra, near Brixen, Austria. MACR 10930 

6653 (301st BG, 419th BS) lost Feb 13, 1945 

over Austria. MACR 12110 

6659 (2nd BG, 429th BS) lost Feb 14, 1945, 

Hungary. MACR 12107 

6663 (99th BG, 46th BS) shot down by AAA on

mission to Blechammer Dec 26, 1944. Crashed near 

Marklowitz. MACR 10939. 7 

parachutes seen, 


MACR 12821. 

6677 (2nd BG, 96th BS, "Take It Easy") 

salvaged Walnut Ridge Dec 18, 1945. 

6678 (2nd BG, 429th BS) crashed in 

Switzerland Feb 5, 1945 on raid on Scarl, Schweiz, Austria. 

MACR 12063. 


MACR 12068 

6684 (463rd BG, 772nd BS) lost Feb 16, 1945, 



Ended up going to USSR 


MACR 12099 


Kleinlobming, Styria, Austria. MACR 12083 

6697 (2nd BG, 429th BS) disabled by AAA Mar 


to Ruhland, Germany. Headed to 

Russian lines but shot down 

by Russian fighters. 6 crew survived. 

MACR 13245 


MACR 12512 


MACR 13271 


MACR 13374. 

6733 (483rd BG, 817th BS) lost Apr 18, 1945. 

MACR 13634 


Apr 20, 1945. MACR 14029 

6738 to USSR 


MACR 13254 


c/n 22974/23098 

6752 (463rd BG, 772nd BS) lost Apr 1, 1945. 

MACR 13378 

6756 (301st BG, 32nd BS) crashed in Italy

while landing Apr 12, 1945. Struck 

and damaged 5 parked C-47 aircraft. 

6757 (97th BG) lost Mar 16, 1945.. MACR 

13051 


Feb 25, 1945. MACR 12467 

6801 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Umbriago") 

6802 (351st BG) returned to USA Sep 21, 1945 

6805 (100th BG, *Flamin Mamie*) returned to 

USA 

6809 (381st BG, 535th BS, *PFCs Ltd*) retired 

to Kingman, AZ Nov 27, 1945. 

6814 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "Choo-Z-Suzy") 


6817 (100th BG) in taxi accident Apr 19, 1945 

and salvaged Apr 21, 1945. 

6820 (34th BG, 18th BS, "Miss Purty") shot 

down by flak Apr 10, 1945 in 

Brandenburg raid. MACR 14198. 2 

evaded, 7 POW. 

6822 (96th BG, 413rd BS, transferred Dec 13 

1944 to 34th BG, 7th BS, "Blind Date") 


at Kingman, AZ Jun 22, 1945. 

6823 (447th BG, 708th BS, *Miss Spent Youth*) 

returne to USA Jul 6, 1945, 



6827 (452nd BG) to Kingman AAD, sold for 


6830 to USSR 


Feb 16, 1945 on mission to 

Gelsenkirchen, Germany. 6 KIA, 4 POW. 

6837 (100th BG) returned to USA 

6838 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Spirit of 

Martinez") 

6840 (34th BG, 18th BS, "Marge") returned to 




6843 (398th BG) crashed between Saint-Adelin 

and Soumagne, Belgium Feb 16, 1945. 

6849 (97th BG, 341st BS) lost over Austria

Mar 2, 1945. MACR 12812 

6850 (2nd BG) to Kingman AAD, sold for 



Austria. 


c/n 23099/23223 



6883 (381st BG, 535th BS, *RAFAAF*) salvaged 

Oct 31, 1945. 


MACR 12957 

6902 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Mason-Dixon 

Liner") 

6904 (447th BG, 749th BS, *Ladies Delight*) 





6908 (381st bg) retired to Kingman, AZ Dec 

1, 1945 

6913 (487th BG, 837th BS, 'Queen of Hearts') 

shot down by Me 262 Apr 10, 1945. MACR 13885 

6915 (379th BG, 524th BS) crashed Brussels, 

Belgium Feb 14, 1945. 


Apr 6, 1945. 

6929 (34th BG, 18th BS, "Evaiden Maiden") 



6938 (34th BG, 18th BS, "Little Gizmo") 



6939 (34th BG, 7th BS, "Mizpah") returned to 



6944 (385th BG, 551st BS) shot down Mar 8, 

1945 on mission to Berlin. MACR 13147. 3 KIA, 6 POW. 

6946 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Blood and Guts") 

6950 (381st BG, 532nd BS, *Alabama 

Gal/Melancholy Baby*) retired to Kingman, AZ Nov 17, 1945. 

6951 (381st BG, 306th BG) retired to Kingman, 

AZ Nov 27, 1945.

22, 1945. 


6961 (457th BG, 748th BS) returned to USA May 

6970 (457th BG) crashed on continent on 

mission to Munich Feb 25, 1945. 

6975 (381st BG, 535th BS, "Our Bridget") 


6977 (457th BG, *Better Do 'Er*) returned to 

USA Jun 9, 1945. 

6985 (447th BG, 710th BS, *Jersey Bounce 

III*) returned to USA Jul 5, 1945, 


for scrap Jul 1, 1946. 

6990 (482nd BG) was equipped with AN/APQ-7 

Eagal radar for use in trial operational 

sorties. 


c/n 7401/7500 

8001 (301st BG) lost Aug 7, 1944. MACR 7536 


MACR 13472 


MACR 9592 


on mission to Plauen, Germany. MACR 13566 

8011 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Misbehavin'*) MIA 

Sep 17, 1944 on mission to Eindhoven, Netherlands. MACR 10197 


MACR 8974 

8015 (452nd BG, 731st BS, "Johnny Reb") 

battle damaged by flak at 

Ansbach and crahlanded at Pfafferhofen 

Feb 22, 1945. MACR 12657. 

7 KIA, 3 POW. 

8017 (379th BG, 527th BS) lost Nov 30, 1944. 

MACR 11125. 

8032 (447th BG) hit by flak Sep 10, 1944 on 

mission to Gaggenau. 

Engineer went to rear to check on the 

damage and while there 

the signal to bail out was given and the 

pilot set the 

autopilot and he and the copilot, 

navigator, and bombardier

ailed out. The men in the rear did not 

hear the alarm and 

noone knew that noone was flying the 

plane until the 

engineer went back to the front. The 

engineer took control 

of the plane and he and the rest of the 

crew decided to 

try and fly it back to where they could 

bail out over 

friendly territory. They succeeded 

and bailed out over 

France. All were safe and the 

engineer was awarded the 

Silver Star for his efforts. 

8040 (95th BG, 412nd BS, "13th Jinx") 

8043 (2nd BG, 429th BS) lost Oct 4, 1944. MACR 

8949 


Oct 7, 1944 during 

mission to Politz. 6 KIA, 5 POW. MACR 

9767. 


Oct 1944. 

8070 ground-looped at Hobbs AAF Auxiliary 

Field No. 1, NM Feb 12, 1945. 

8076 to RAF as Fortress III HB809, but 

returned to 

USAAAF and served with 306th BG. 


MACR 11131 

8082/8087 to RAF as Fortress III HB815/HB820 

HB815 (44-8082) MIA Mar 4, 1945 or shot 

down by inruder Mar 8, 1945 ? 

HB816/HB819 all SOC Mar 11, 1947. 

HB820 SOC Jul 4, 1945 


MACR 14052 


MACR 9655. 




c/n 7501/7600

8102 (463rd BG, "Rose of Fodj") 


MACR 7954 


MACR 8345 

8107 (301st BG, 419th BS) lost Dec 28, 1944. 

MACR 10894 


MACR 10832 

8111 (483rd BG, 817th BS) lost Dec 11, 1944. 

MACR 10129 



8118 (463rd BG, 772nd BS) lost Oct 12, 1944. 

MACR 9080 


Dec 7, 1944. MACR 10218 


MACR 11561 




MACR 11046 


MACR 12851 


MACR 9516 

8144 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Hell's Belle") 

8147 (34th BG, 4th BS) damaged in mission to 

Merseburg, Germany 

Nov 30, 1944 and landed at Le Culot, 

Belgium. Salvaged 

Dec 13, 1944. 

8148 (100th BG) crashlanded Sint 

Truiden/Saint-Trond, Belgium Nov 26, 1944. 



8152 (447th BG, 748th BS, *Miss Ida*) crashed 

on takeoff Apr 5, 1945 

for mission to Ingolstadt. Full load 

of bombs and fuel 

exploded. 9 killed, but one survived. 


Nov 25, 1944. MACR 10012

8155 (305th BG, 365th BS, "Dickie Dood-it") 


8158 (34th BG, 4th BS, transferred Aug 20, 

1944 to 490th BG, 850th BS, "Bobby Sox") 

returned to USA Oct 28, 1945. To RFC 

at Walnut Rdge Dec 27, 1945 


MACR 13375 

8161 (301st BG, 353rd BS) lost Dec 18, 1944. 

MACR 10893 


MACR 13372 

8163 (463rd BG, 772nd BS) lost Feb 13, 1945 

over Austria. 2 KIA, 4 murdered after 

being captured, 4 survived. MACR 

12109 (lists the plane as 42-6163, but this appears 

to be a mistake) 


MACR 8726 


Italy. MACR 11272. 

8175 (381st BG, 533rd BS) shot down by AAA 

Feldhausen, Germany Mar 22, 1945. MACR 13607 

8177 (94th BG, 333rd BS) collided diring 

final approach with B-17G 

44-97985 and crashed at Gattlies 

Corner, Rougham, Suffolk. 

All crew survived. 

8179 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Yankee Wolf") 


8185 (34th BG, 4th BS, "Mean Kid") hit by flak 

Sep 27, 1944. MACR 9367. Crew of 11 

bailed out and became POW. 


Switzerland Feb 27, 1945. MACR 12513. Returned Sep 19, 1945. 

8191 (2nd BG, 429th BS) shot down by AAA Mar 

24, 1945 over Breslau, Germany. 8 KIA, 2 RMC. MACR 13248. 


MACR 11258 

8193 (463rd BG, 773rd BS) interned in 

Switzerland Dec 9, 1944. MACR 10130. Returned Sep 12, 1945 

8196 (381st BG, 533rd BS) crashlanded at 

Ridgewell Mar 29, 1945. Salvaged. 

8199 (398th BG, 601st BS) lost Oct 28, 1944.

MACR 10262. 


c/n 7601/7700 



8203 (381st BG, 533rd BS) retired to Kingman, 

AZ Dec 1, 1945. 




MACR 11241 


MACR 10143 


8210 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Sweetheart of 

Seattle") 

8215 (92nd BG, 326th BS, "Satan's Lady") MACR 

10780 

8216 (384th BG, 546th BS) lost Jan 10, 1945 


8217 (100th BG) returned to USA 


Brunswick Mar 3, 1945. MACR 12892 

8222 (351st BG) diverted to Sweden with AAA 

damage Oct 7, 1944 on mission to Politz. MACR 9565 

Returned to UK May 29, 1945 and returned 

to USA Jul 3, 1945. 


MACR 12549 




MACR 13891. 

8226 (95th BG, "Jumbo") 

8228 (381st BG, 535th BS) transfered to 100 

BG Oct 3, 1944, then to 306th BG May 23, 1945. 

Declared salvage May 10, 1946. 

8231 (463rd BG, 775th BS) engines failed, 

abandoned and crashed 

near Torokszentmiklos, Hungary Dec 12, 

1944. Crew bailed 

out but copilot landed in River Tisza 

and MIA. MACR 10892. 

Rest of crew returned.

8235 (34th BG, 4th BS, "Mikkey") to RFC at 


8237 (34th BG, 4th BS, transferred sep 13, 

1944 to 94th BG, 333rd BS, "Dallas Dollie") 

salvaged May 31,1945. 

8240/8241 to RAF as Fortress III KH998/KH999 

KH998 SOC Mar 11, 1947 

KH999 SOC Mar 11, 1947 


KJ100/KJ102. 

All SOC Mar 11, 1947. 

8248 (97th BG, 414th BS, *Mickey*) crashed 

in Switzerland Feb 27, 1945. 

8252 (381st BG, 533rd BS) returned to USA 

8253 (463rd BG, 773rd BS) lost Feb 15, 1945, 


8255 (447th BG, 750th BS) caught fire over 

English Channel 

Feb 28, 1945 on way to Soest. Crew all 

bailed out, but 3 

were killed, rest were rescued. MACR 

12802. 

8256 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Yankee Girl") 

scrapped 

8258 (401st BG, 615th BS) suffered 

mechanical trouble and landed at 

Brussels/Melsbroek Dec 11, 1944. 

Repair commenced there but 

plane was destroyed by strafing German 

fighters Jan 1, 1945. 

8263 (34th BG, 7th BS) lost Jan 14,1945. 

MACR 11565 

8264 (366th BS, 305th BG) lost Jan 1, 1945 

on mission to Magdeburg, Germany. MACR 11355 


Germany. MACR 12351, 13149 


MACR 11251 

8269 (95th BG, 335th BS, "The Red Fox") 

8271 (34th BG, 391st BS, "Butch") returned 



8273 (390th BG, 570th BS) slid off runway at 

Framlingham (Parham)

after return from Germany Dec 31, 1944. 

All crew OK. 

Not known if the aircraft was a 

writeoff. 

8276 (487th BG) lost Mar 18, 1945. MACR 

13135 

8280 (351st BG) damaged in taxiing accident 

May 13, 1945 and salvaged. 

8282 (34th BG, 18th BS "Agets",later 

"Mission Belle") to RFC at Kingman, AZ 

Dec 1945. 

8283 (34th BG, 18th BS, "Lucky 13, later 

"Dinah-Mite") hit by flak over 

Nuremberg Apr 5, 1945 and ditched in 

English Channel. 3 killed, 6 

rescued. 


c/n 7701/7800 

8302 (388th BG, 561st BS) shot down during 

raid on Saarbrucken Nov 9, 1944. 

3 KIA, 7 POW 

8304 (493rd BG, 862nd BS) crashed on takeoff 

at Rookery Farm, 

Monewden, Suffolk Jan 10, 1945. 4 

Killed. 

8309 (34th BG, 7th BS, "Ol' Buddy") returned 



8310 (447th BG, *Thumper*) to Kingman AAD, 


8313 (388th BG, "Lady Anne") lost on mission 

to Metz Nov 5, 1944. 

8320 (34th BG, 7th BS, "Bottoms Up") in 

taxiing accdeint May 20, 1945. 

Salvaged May 31, 1946 in Germany. 

8327 (34th BG, 391st BS, "Goom-Bah!!") 


To RFC at Kingman, AZ Nov 20, 1945 

8331 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Heavy Date/Witto 

Woo-Woo (Little Lu Lu)") 

8336/8343 to RAF as Fortress III KJ103/KJ110 

KJ103 crashed on approach to Oulton, UK 

Jan 17, 1945 

KJ104 SOC Mar 11, 1947

KJ105 SOC Mar 11, 1947 

KJ106 MIA Mar 7, 1945. 

KJ107 SOC Mar 1947 

KJ108 SOC Sep 15, 1947 

KJ109 SOC Mar 11,1 947 

KJ110 SOC Mar 11, 1947. 

8350 transferred to 306th BG Oct 1944. 

Declared salvage in Germany May 23, 1946. 

8368 (447th BG, 749th BS) shot down by Me 262s 

Apr 10, 1945 in 

mission to Oranienburg. Crew all 

bailed out and became 

POWs, except for one who drowned when 

he parachuted into 

a lake. 

8371 (401st BG) lost Feb 16, 1945, Germany 

8377 MIA 10/22/1944, Iceland 

8380 (97th BG) lost Feb 16, 1945, Italy. 

MACR 12106 

8381 (2nd BG) lost over Austria Dec 3, 1944. 

MACR 10031 

8391 (463rd BG, 774th BS) crashed Nov 11, 

1944 near Conegliano, Italy. All crew OK 


c/n 7801/7900 

8402 (381st BG, 355th BS) transferred to 

306th BG May 1945 and declared salvage in Germany May 10, 1946. 

8409 (384th BG, 545th BS) MIA Nov 30, 1944 

on mission to Zeitz, Germany 

8414 (457th BG, 750th BS, *GI Virgin III*) 

crashed on continent 

Mar 19, 1945. 




MACR 12858 

8418 (457th BG, *Bad Time Inc II*) damaged 

by flak Jan 10, 1945 

over target at Euskirchen, Germany and 

landed in Belgium. 



8427 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Henn's Revenge") 

MIA Apr 10, 1945. MACR 13875


Apr 5, 1945. 

8433 (100th BG) lost Jan 5, 1945. MACR 

11881. 

8437 (388th BG, 563rd BS) lost Feb 17, 1945, 


8444 (487th BG, 836th BS, "Treble Four") shot 

down by enemy fighters Dec 24, 1944 during 

bombing raid on German airfields and 

supply lines during 

Battle of the Bulge. MACR 11552. 

General Frederick Castle, who was 

flying as the copilot and was acting as 

Air Leader, was 

killed, along with four others. Five 

survived. General 

Castle was posthumously awarded the 

Medal of Honor. 



8450 (92nd BG, 325th BS) crashed in Belgium 

Jan 10, 1945. 

8457 (34th BG, 4th BS, "Rapid City Spook", 

later "False Courage") returned to 

USA Oct 27, 1945. To RFC at Walnut 

Ridge Nov 19, 1945. 



8476 (92nd BG, 326th BS) crashed May 5, 1945 

8482 (to 94th BG, 332nd BS, transferred Nov 

1, 1944 to 34th BG, 4th BS, "Hellgate 

Lady--Golden Gate in 48") to RFC at 



MACR 13?39 




MACR 13258 


MACR 11152. 


c/n 7901/8000 

8501 (379th BG,526th BS) lost Jan 6, 1945.

MACR 11568 

MACR 13870 

MACR 13573. 

MACR 11345 



Eventually went to USSR 


8516 (381st BG, ex 306th BG plane) retired 

to Kingman, AZ Dec 1, 1945. 


MACR 11051 

8520 (381st BG) retired to Walnut Ridge, 

Arkansas May 5, 1946. 

8525 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Pocomoco") 

8526 (381st BG, 533rd BS, *One Meatball*) 



MACR 14187 




MACR 13893 


KJ111 SOC Mar 11, 1947. 

KJ112 MIA Mar 22, 1945 

KJ113 SOC Mar 11, 1947 

KJ114 SOC Mar 11, 1947 

KJ115 SOC Mar 11, 1947 

8543 converted to TB-17G then to ETB-17G then 

to JTB-17G. Sold on civilian market 

as N3701G and operated as flying museum 

by Vintage Flying Machines of Ft Worth, TX. 

8544 (381st BG, 533rd BS) crash landed at 

Great Yeldham, UK Mar 14, 1945 and caught fire. Salvaged. 


MACR 13742 

8556 (34th BG, 4th BS, "Miss Purdy") returned 

to USA Oct 19, 1945. To RFC 

at Walnut Ridge Jan 2, 1946 


Apr 18, 1945 during 

mission to Freising. MACR 14183. One 

crew KIA, rest POW.



8566 (390th BG, 569th BS) lost Feb 17, 1945, 

English Channel. 

MACR 12321 


MACR 13093 

8586 (97th BG) lost Oct 4, 1944. MACR 9304 

8589 (94th BG, 332nd BS) 


MACR 13094 

8599 (381st BG, 533rd BS) retired to Kingman, 

AZ Nov 27, 1945. 

8600 (94th BG, 331st BS) crashed on takeoff 

at Rougham Jan 28, 1945. 

4 killed. 


c/n 8001/8100 

8601 (25th BG, 652nd BS) lost Mar 17, 1945. 

MACR 13856 

8602 (452nd BG, 731st BS) lost Jan 17, 1945. 


8604 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Section Eight") 

8605 (34th BG, 18th BS, "Happy Warrior", 

later "Homesick Angel") crashed o 

takeoff Mar 25, 1945. 9 crew killed. 


MACR 13572 


MACR 12207 


KJ116 SOC Jul 9, 1946 

KJ117 SOC Mar 11, 1947 

KJ118 SOC Mar 11, 1947 

KJ119 SOC Mar 11, 1947 

KJ120 SOC Mar 11, 1947 

KJ121 SOC in 1947 

KJ122 SOC Mar 11, 1947 

KJ123 SOC Mar 11, 1947 

KJ124 SOC Mar 11, 1947 

KJ125 W/o Apr 17, 1945. 

8629 (34th BG, 391st BS, "Purty Chili") 


at Kingman, AZ Dec 4, 1945.

8634 (452nd BG, 731st BS) lost Apr 7, 1945. 

MACR 14184 


MACR 13907 

8640 (95th BG, 334th BS) is believed to have 

been hit over Ijmuiden by enemy 

ground fire while on food dropping 

mission to Utrecht, Holland 

May 7, 1945. Ditched off English 

coast, but only two occupants survived. 

Believed to be last WW2 combat casualty 

of 8th AF. 


MACR 13596 



8667 (95th BG, "Little Joe") 

8670 (34th BG, "Kerry") 

8674 to USSR 

8683 (388th BG) crashed in Yorkshire on Great 

Whernside near Kettlewell, UK May 17, 1945. All 5 onboard 

killed. 



France Mar 26, 1945 and declared salvage. 


MACR 12846 


c/n 8101/8200 


Apr 10, 1945, Briest, A. F.. MACR 13884 


MACR 13571 

8709 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Joltin Joes") 

8710 to 303rd BG, 427th BS as "Idle Wheel" 

Feb 18, 1945. Scrapped Oct 29, 1945. 


MACR 13838 


MACR 13141 

8720 (447th BG) crashed near Glatton during 

test flight Feb 6, 1945. 

All 4 aboard killed, and one civilian 

on ground injured.


Feb 25, 1945. MACR 12716 

8730 (97th BG, 341st BS) lost over Austria 

Feb 25, 1945. MACR 12715 

8731 (94th BG, 332nd BS, transferred Jan 26, 

1945 to 34th BG, 4th BS, "Knockout 

Dropper") to RFC Walnut Ridge Dec 21, 

1945. 

8734 (447th BG, 749th BS) to 303rd BG, 359th 

BS "Hell's Cargo" Feb 7, 1945 

and returned to USA Jun 27, 1945. 

8741 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Winged Warrior") 


MACR 13721. 

8745 (94th BG) stored at Kingman AAD. Sold 

for salvage Jul 1, 1946 


MACR 13089 

8754 assigned to 350th BS, 1005h BG Feb 

4,1945. Transferred to 

334th BS Feb 5,1945. Damaged over 

Holzwickede, it survived 

a midair collision with 44-8604 May 23, 

1945, returning to 

base for repairs. Returned to USA for 

scrapping at Walnut 

Ridge Jan 9, 1946. 

8776 (451st BG) lost Apr 25, 1945. MACR 

14056 

8790 (100th BG, 418th BS) crashed on 

instrument approach during 

training mission May 12, 1945. 1 

killed. 


c/n 8201/8300 


MACR 14196 


MACR 13260 

8832 (447th BG, 749th BS, *Battle Baby*) 


8846 sold to Institut Geographique National 

of France Dec 1954 as F-BGSP. WFU in 1959 and 

stored. Transferred May 1985 to

Fortress Toujours Volante and e-registered as F-AZDX and 

is still flying. Whilst with the IGN, 

spent some time in South Africa as ZS-DXM 

Departed Orly Oct 24, 2006 for new home 

at Saint-Yan 

8855 (381st BG, 533rd BS) transferred to 

306th BG and declared salvage in Germany May 23, 1946. 

8861 to RAF as Fortress III KJ126. SOC Mar 

11, 1947 

8862 to RAF as Fortress III KJ127. SOC Sep 

15, 1947 

8863 to RAF as Fortress III KL830. SOC 

9/15/1947. 

8864 to RAF as Fortress III KL831. SOC Sep 

4, 1946 

8865 to RAF as Fortress III KL832. SOC Sep 

15, 1947 

8866 (381st BG, 533rd BS) transferred to 

306th BG May 1945 and declared salvage in 


8868 (381st BG, 532nd BS, *Lon Boy*) 

transferred to 306th BG May 1945 and declared 

salvage in Germany Nov 6, 1946. 

8883 used in England by 1st CBQ/HQ Flight 


of France as F-BGSO. On display at 

Musee de l'Air at Le Bourget near Paris. 

8891 transferred to Brazilian Air Force. 

Withdrawn from service in 1967. 


c/n 8301/8400 

8902 (447th BG, 748th BS) returned to USA May 

25, 1945. 


MACR 14052 

8912 (c/n 8321) while attached to the *FrG 

assigned to ATC 

Cheyenne Mod Ctr, WY damaged parked 

OA-10A 44-34018 while 

taxying Mar 7, 1945. 

8950 (381st BG) was ex 306th BG. Flown to 

USA and retired to 

Kingman, AZ Feb 21, 1946. 

8966/8970 to RAF as Fortress III

KL833/KL837. 

KL833 SOC Mar 11, 1947 

KL834 SOC Sep 15, 1947 

KL835 SOC Mar 11, 1947 

KL836 SOC Mar 11, 1947 

KL837 SOC Jul 31, 1947. 

8990 seems to have spent its military life 

as a VIP transport, being loaned by 

President Truman to Winston Churchill 

during Churchill's 1946 visit to USA. 

To Davis-Monthan 1956; bought by M. L. 

Alison 1959 and registered N3678G. To 

Clero Enterprises 1/9/59, to Multiple 

Management Corpn Nov 7, 1960 and converted 

to water bomber. Crashed near Fallon, 

Nevada Oct 11, 1962. 


c/n 31877/32001 

83252 (381st BG, 533rd BS returned to USA May 28, 

1945. 

83259 was "Boops", General Doolittle's VB-17 

transport when assigned to 

Pacific after VE Day 

83276 (3985h BG, 600th BS) lost Apr 8, 1945. MACR 

13914. 

83279 (447th BG) in minor accident at Rattlesden, 

England Apr 17, 1945, 

to Kingman Nov 22, 1945. Sold for scrap Jul 

1, 1946 


83300 (91st PRS) crashed near Alamicamba, 

Nicaragua May 22, 1947. 

83316 converted to VB-17G. To museum at Norton 

AFB, CA ca 1957 but 

never put on display. Passed to 20th 

Century Fox Studios 

and used in film "Twelve O'Clock High". 

Badly damaged by special 

effects at Chino 1966 and passed to Black 

Hills Aviation 

of Spearfish, SD who used nose section to 

rebuild another B-17. 

Hulk went to Weeks Air Museum, Tamiani, FL 

ca 1983. Noted

in partial storage at Ocotillo Wells, CA. 


c/n 32002/32126 

83404, 83408, 83433, 83435, 83442 transferred to 

US Navy. 

Navy designations and serials are not known. 



83439 purchased from surplus stocks and sold to 

commercial user as N6180C. Later sold to 

aquarium dealer as N131P to ferry tropical 

fish. Destroyed at some unknown date. 

83447 (303rd BG) lost Apr 25, 1945, Germany. 

83463 to US Navy as PB-1W 77137. 

83467 ground-looped at Peterson AAF, CO Jul 31, 

1946. 

83470 converted to SB-17G. ditched 3 mi off 

Davis AFB, AK Jul 5, 1950. 




c/n 32127/32226 

83505 transferred to US Navy. Navy designation 

and serial is 

not known. 

83507 expended in ditching test in Gulf of Mexico 

in mid to late 1940s. 


83512 converted to TB-17G. Currently on display 

at USAF History and Traditions 

Museum, Lackland AFB, TX. 

83514 converted to RB-17G then to DB-17G then to 

DB-17P. Sold on civilian market as 

aerial tanker under N9323Z. Now with 

Confederate Air Force as "Sentimental Journey", 

flying under civilian number N9323Z. 

83516 (53rd RS, 1st WRG) crashlanded at Meeks 

Field, Iceland Sep 2, 1946 

83525 modified to DB-17G status in 1950. Retired 

to Davis Monthan in 1959. Leased 

by Tallmantz Aviation in 1966. Used in 

several movies. Flew under civil 

registration of N83525. Sold to Junior 

Burchinal of Flying Tiger Air

Museum in 1972. Sold to Weeks Air Museum in 

1983. Fierried to Weeks Air 

Museum Jun 6, 1987. Restored and now 

airworthy, flying as N83525. 

83527 modified to SB-17G. With Air Rescue 

Service, 2nd ARS) crashed 11 mi S of Haneda AB, 

Japan in landing mishap caused by bad weather 

Nov 18, 1950. W/o as beyond repair. 

83538 transferred to US Navy as PB-1W Bu. No. 

34114. Sold on commercial market as N9235V and 

later re-registered as N7726B. Sold to 

Peruvian commercial operator as OB-SAB-576. 

Destroyed June 1963. 

83542 converted to DB-17G. Sold on civilian 

market with Aero Union Corp of Chico CA as N9324Z and used as 

fire bomber tanker #18. Crashed Jul 12, 

1971 near Benson, AZ. 

Some parts were stored at Davis Monthan AFB. 

Plane used as the 

basis for the static display at Fantasy of 

Flight at Polk, FL, named 

"Picadilly Princess". 

83546 converted to CB-17G and then to VB-17G. 

Sold on civilian market as aerial tanker under 

N3703G. Restored as B-17F and used in 1989 

in filming of "Memphis Belle". 

Put on display at March Field and 

maintained in flying condition. Now back at Chino and 

is reportedly up for sale. 

83547 converted to VB-17G. Ground looped in 

landing accident at 

Kadena AB, Okinawa Jul 21, 1950 

83559 converted to DB-17G and then to DB-17P. Now 

on display at SAC Museum at Offutt AFB as 

B-17F-65-DL 42-3474. 


Scrapped in 1959. 

83563 converted to CB-17G and then to VB-17G. Sold 

on civilian market as N9563Z and used as 

aerial tanker and for movie making. Later 

with with National Warplane Museum of Genesco, NY and is 

maintained in flying condition. Sold to 

Lawrence Kadish, who has loaned it to the American 

Airpower Museum, Republic Field, Long

Island, NY. 

83568 (53rd WRS, 308th WRG) crashed 2 mi ESE of 

Lages AAF, Azores Nov 2, 1946 

83575 converted to TB-17H and then to SB-17G. 

Served as static test target for nuclear tests in Nevada. 

Sold on civilian market as N93012. Served 

as borate bomber for 20 years. Sold in January 1986 to Bob 

Collings and restored by Tom Reilly Vintage 

Aircraft. Damaged in landing accident Aug 23, 1987 at Beaver 

County Airport but repaired. Now owned and 

flown by Collings Children's Trust Fund painted as 

B-17G-30-BO 42-31909 "Nine-O-Nine". 

83577 crashed at Manchester AFB Apr 25, 1945. 2 

killed, 2 injured. 

83581 crashed into sea Sep 1, 1945 in the vicinity 

of Okaba, Merauke. 



c/n 32227/32326 

83653 transferred to US Navy. Navy designation 

and serial is not known. 



83592 converted to DB-17G. Flown by Paul Mantz 

to film the famous crash-landing 

scene at the beginning of 'Twelve O'Clock 

High' in 1949. 

83624 converted to MB-17G and then to TB-17G and 

then to DB-17G and then to DB-17P. Operated 

as director aircrat with 

3205th drone squadron at Eglin AFB. Was at 

USAF Museum, OH in 1988. Now on 

display at Dover AFB Historical Center, 

Delaware. 

Carries serial number 2107112 on one side. 

83626 converted to F-9C photo recon aircraft 

with all bombing equipment removed and 

cameras 

added. Redesignated RB-17G in 1948. 



83661 converted to VB-17G. Damaged in ground 

accident Andersen AFB, 

Guam Oct 9, 1950.

N47780. 

83663 converted to TB-17G. Sold to Brazilian 

AF as 5400. Returned to USA in 1968 as 

Now on display at Hill AFB. 

83675 converted to VB-17G. Ditched to engine 

failure 9 mi SE of 

Haneda AB, Japan Sep 27, 1950. 

83678 (DB-17G) crashed on Eglin Reservation Nov 

5, 1948 

due to pilot error. 5 crew killed. 

83684 converted to DB-17G and then to DB-17P. 

Flew the last operational 

mission by a USAF B-17 Aug 6, 1959 when it 

directed QB-17G 44-83717 out 

of a Holloman AFB as a target for a Falcon 

air-to-air missile 

fired by an F-101. Retired to MASDC. 

Sold on civilian market as N3713G. Used in 

'Twelve 

O'Clock High' TV series as 'Picadilly Lily'. 

On display 

at Planes of Fame museum in Chino, CA. Will 

be retored to 

flying condition with sponsorship from 

Ruby's Diner chain. Registration 

N3713G was revoked but has been restored by 

FAA Oct 30, 2006. 


c/n 32327/32504 

83726, 83749, 83765 transferred to US Navy. 

Navy designations and serials are not known. 

83686 missing in Amanioshima area, Okinawa Jul 

25, 1946. All onboard missing. 

83690 converted to DB-7G and then to DB-17P. 

Currently on display at Grisssom AFB in 

Indiana. At one time painted as B-17G-10-BO 

42-31255, 

but again painted as itself. Seen Aug 2002 

with 231255 painted on it. 




83710 crashed near Rifle, Colorado Oct 26, 2948. 

Plane ran out of fuel, crew

of 4 parachuted to safety. 

83712 to Portugal as FAP 7402 in 1947. W/o 1960. 

83714 converted to SB-17G. (4th ARS) damaged in 

taxiing accident 

at Hamilton AFB, CA Aug 24, 1950. 

83717 converted to QB-17G and expended Aug 6, 1959 

as target for 

Falcon missile fired by F-101. 

83718 sold to Brazilian air force as 5408. 

Currently on display at Museu Aerospacial in 

Rio de Janeiro. 

83720 (F-9C) with 338th RS, 5th RG crashed at 

Momote Air Station, Los Negros 

Island, Philippines Jun 25, 1947. 

83722 converted to B-17H, later redesignated 

SB-17G and assigned to 2nd ERS 

as a search and rescue aircraft. 

Deliberately 

subjected to blast and radiation damage 

during three nuclear 

tests at Yucca Flats, NV. Remains sold 1965 

to Aviation Specialties. 

Sold to Kermit Weeks in 1985 and put in 

partial storage at 

Ocotillo Wells, CA. In 1997 was at Fantasy 

of Flight, Polk City, FL 

83728 sold to Institut Geographique National of 

France as F-BGOE. Scrapped 1970. 


of 

France as F-BEED. Scrapped 1962. 

83729 to SNEC, Villacoublay, France before going 

to Institut Geographique 

National at Creil Dec 10, 1947. Registered 

F-BEED Jun 1, 1948 

and named "Denise". WFU and used for spares 

1962. Remains still 

reported at Creil 1973. 

83735 sold on commercial market as N68269 and 

converted to executive transport. To SECA, 

Le Bourget, France 

Aug 23, 1952, then sold to Institut 

Geographique National of France 

Dec 30, 1952 as F-BDRS. WFU at Criel Aug

1972. Now at Imperial 

War Museum at Duxford, England, painted as 

B-17G-35-BO 42-31983 

"Mary Alice". 

83750 to Bolivian AF in 1956. Sold to Lloyd Aero 

Boliviano as CP-623 Nov 1956. 

W/o at La Paz/El Alto July 28, 1958. 

83751 to Navy as BuNo 83993 in 1947 as spare parts 

source 

83753 sold on commercial market as N5024N and 

converted into cargo aircraft. 

Ended up transferred to Israeli air force. 

After arrival in Israel served with 69 "Hammer" 

Squadron from 1948 to circa 1958, when it was 

withdrawn due to age 

Scrapped in August 1962. 

83757 sold on commercial market as N5198N. To 

SECA at Le Bourget, France and 

then sold Jul 25, 1950 to Institut 

Geographique National of 

France and registered as F-BDRR Sep 16, 1950. 

WFU and registration 

cancelled in 1962. Scrapped in 1962. 

Stripped hulk still at Creil 

Sep 1972. 

83763 sold on commercial market as N7041C, 

scrapped Nov 1959. 


5409. Crashed in 1964. 

83778 sold on commercial market as N7040C, 

scrapped 1959. 

83779 crashed due to bad weather at Hokuseikiko, 

Formosa Mar 19, 1946. 

MACR 15495. 

83780 converted to SB-17G. (6th ARS) 

crashlanded at Ernest Harmon AFB, 

Newfoundland Mar 6, 1951. 

83785 converted to TB-17G and then SB-17G and 

then back to TB-17G. Sold on commercial 

market 

and operated by CIA front Intermountain 

Aviation 

as N809Z. Used to drop and retrieve two 

American

men and equipment from drifting abandoned 

Soviet 

ice station. Appeared in movie 

*Thunderball* with 

Fulton skyhook system installed. Registered 

to Evergreen Vintage 

Aircraft of Oregon as N207EV by 1993. Now 

on inside 

display at the Air Venture Museum in 

McMinnville, OR. 

83790 crash landed on frozen Dyke Lake in Labrador 

Dec 23, 

1947. Crew rescued, aircraft abandoned and 

sank to 

bottom of lake. Aircraft located in July 

1998. Recovered Sep 9, 2004 

from lake, now under restoration to fly at 

Douglas, GA 

83794 converted to SB-17G. (6th ARS) crashed on 

takeoff at Ernest 

Harmon AFB, Newfoundland May 21, 1951. 


83809 loaned to USCG and returned in 1948. To 

Bolivian AF in 1956, 

to Corporacion Boliviano de Fomento as 

CP-626 Dec 1956. 

W/o at Caranavi, Bolivia Oct 25, 1959. 


source 

83811 sold on commercial market as N5014N and 

operated by Universal Aviation of Tulsa, 

OK as a photo-mapping aircraft on contract 

to the US Army Mapping Service.. 

Ended up with Israeli air force, probably as 

1601. After arrival in Israel it served with 69 "Hammer" 

Squadron from 1948 to circa 1958, when it was 

withdrawn due to age. Sold to 

American user as N9814F, but was impounded 

in Algeria Mar 1958 for 

carrying arms. Aircraft returned to Israel 

and dismantled. 

Aircraft fuselage sold to Columbia Pictures. 

Fuselage noted at Croydon, England Sep 1961 and used for 

static shots in the film "The War Lover".

Subsequently broken up 

in a scrapyard in Middlesex, England ca. 

1962. 

83814 to North Dakota Public School Distric, 

Hazen, ND in 1947. Sold 

to California Atlantic Airways of St. 

Petersburg, FL and registered 

Jun 20, 1951 as N66571 and then to Canada a 

CF-HPB and then back to 

USA as N66571 with Black Hills Aviation of 

Spearfish, SD. to NASM 

Jan 1982 and displayed at Pima County Air 

Museum, Tucson, AZ 

in 1983. Now in storage at Dulles Airport 

in Washington. 

Registration XA-BEC has also been associated 

with this aircraft. 

83842 sold on commercial market as N1212N. 

Re-registered with bogus serial of N7712M and 

covertly exported to new Israeli AF. 

Interned in Azores by Portuguese authorities 

on way to Israeli air force. Passed along to 

Portuguese AF. 


source 

83851 sold on commercial market as N1098M and 

converted to cargo carrier. 

Found its way to Israeli Air Force. After 

arrival in Israel served with 69 "Hammer" 

Squadron from 1948 to circa 1958, when was 

withdrawn due to age. Scrapped August of 1961. 

83855 transferred to U. S. Navy as PB-1W BuNo 

77225 

83857/83859 transferred to U. S. Navy as PB-1W Bu 

No. 77226/77228. 


Scrapped August 1967. 

77227 sold on commercial market as N6461D and 

later re-registered as N5226V. Sold to 

Bolivian 

commercial user as CP-742. Destroyed Feb 

1965. 


later re-registered as N5228V. Sold to

Peruvian 

user as 

commercial user as OB-LIN-623 and later 

re-registered as OB-SAC-623 and later 

OB-R-623. Sold to Bolivian commercial 

CP-767 and destroyed April 1967. 

83861/83863 transferred to U. S. Navy as PB-1W Bu 

No. 77229/77231. 

77229 sold on commercial market as N6463D 

and later re-registered as N5227V. Sold to 

Bolivian commercial user as CP-741. 

Destroyed 

Oct 1965. 

77231 sold on civilian market as N6464D and 

later re-registered N5233V. Now 

on display at Eglin AFB as 44-83863, its 

original serial. 


c/n 32505/32526 

83864 transferred to U. S. Navy as PB-1W Bu No. 

77232. 


later re-registered as N5234V. Sold to 

Mexican user as XB-BOE. Returned to USA as 

N73648. Used by Planes of Fame Air Museum 

to film TV series *Twelve O'Clock High* as 

N3713G. 

Owned by Cal Nat Airways as Tanker B11 and 

became E56 

with Black Hills Aviation. Lost in 

firefighting accident 

12/7/1972, Silver City, NM. 

83868 transferred to US Navy as PB-1W BuNo 77233 

eventually to American Compressed Steel 

Corp, Dallas, TX, 

Dec., 1957-1960. Stored as USN XD-2, 

Dallas-Love Airport, 

1958-1960. Von E. Carstedt/Carstedt Air, 

Long Beach, CA, 

Registration N6466D reserved but not used. 

Sale not 

completed. Aero Union Corp, Chico, CA, 

1960. Registered as 

N5237V. Calvin J. Butler/Butler Farm Air,

Richmond, OR, 1963-1969. 

Flown as tanker #E15. Registered as 

N5237V. Butler Aircraft Co, 

Redmond, OR, 1974-1977. Flown as tanker 

#F15, and #65. TBM Inc, 

Sequoia, CA, 1979-1983. Flown as tanker 

#65. RAF Museum, Hendon, 

Dec. 9, 1983-1992. Converted back to 

military configuration at 

Sequoia, CA. 1984. Delivered to RAF Bize 

Norton for the 

Bomber Command Museum and United States Army 

Air Force Memorial at 

Hendon in Greater London, UK. Now on Static 

Display. 

83869 transferred to US Navy as PB-1W BuNo 77234 


77235 

sold on civilian market as N7227C. 

Owned by Confederate Air Force as 

N7227C and painted as 

B-17F-27-BO 41-24592, but later 

repainted in 

its original USAAF serial of 

44-83872 "Texas Raiders". 


77242 

77236 sold to Canadian operator as CF-JJH. 

Scrapped Jan 1962. 

77237 sold to commercial user as N6467D and 

later re-registered as N5236V. 



later re-registered as N5231V. Sold 

to 

Bolivian user as CP-640. Destroyed 

Aug 1967. 



Scrapped Dec 1961. 

77241 as never modified and remained as a 

standard 

B-17G and was designated PB-1 (only). 

83883 transferred to US Navy as BuNo 77243

sold to commercial user as N6470D and 


Scrapped Dec 

1961. 

83884 transferred to US Navy as BuNo 77244. 

sold on civilian market as N6471D and 

later re-registered N5230V. 

Currently on 

display at Barksdale AFB, LA in 

original 

USAAF serial of 44-83884. 


c/n 8401/8500 



85495, 85514, 85537, 85542, 85574 

transferred 

to Navy. Navy designation and serials 

not known. 


Crashed in Nevada desert Nov 10, 1952. 

85510 crashed May 16, 1946 while attempting 

to land at Hamilton Field AFB. 

Struck crest of White's Hill 8 mi SW of 

Hamilton. Of the 9 aboard, 2 died 

at the crash site and one died later. 

Maxwell records indicate that 

there were 4 fatalities, with no 

indication of when they died. 

This plane is sometimes incorrectly 

listed as 85516 


1953. 

85531 registered Sept 1957 to Western 

Enterprises, Inc of Taiwan (founded by 

the CIA in 1951). In late 1957 

missions were staged from Kurmitola Air 

Field in East Pakistan to parachute 

agents into Tibet. Stored at Clark 

AFB Dec 1957. Disassembled for parts 

at Clark between March and Oct 1958. 

It is believed that this plane was 

eventually scrapped. 

The number 44-85531 appeared again as

egistered on another B-17G 

Sep 1, 1960 registered to Atlantic 

General Enterprise, Washington DC 

(another CIA front) as N809Z. These 

registration numbers were then 

changed to the true numbers of 

44-83785. 


1960. 


5401. withdrawn from service in 1967. 

85571 to Navy as XPB-1 83992 in 1946 for 

tests. 

85579 transferred to Brazilian Air Force. 

Withdrawn from service in 1968. 

85583 transferred to Brazilian air force as 

5402. Currently on outdoor display at 

Base Aerea de Recife in Brazil. 


c/n 8501/8600 


of France as F-BGSQ. Scrapped 1972. 

85599 converted to EDB-17G then to DB-17G and 

then to DB-17P. Displayed at Abilene 

MAP, TX by 1972. Moved in 1974 to Dyess 

AFB 

in Texas painted as 43-38133 "Reluctant 

Dragon" 

85600 sold to commercial user as N3696G and 

later re-registered as N3701G. Destroyed 

Feb 1960. 


5403. withdrawn from service in 1966. 


1960. 

85624 collided with 44-85626 over Panama Jul 

20, 1946. 10 killed 

on each aircraft. 

85643 went to SNCAC at Villacoublay, France. 

Dec 12, 1947 sold 

to Institut Geographique National of 

France as F-BEEA. 

Destroyed Jul 15, 1989 when crashed on 

takeoff and burned

out at Binbrook, England while filming 

'Memphis Belle'. 

No casualties 

85648 used in remote-controlled ditching 

test in Gulf of Mexico in 

late 1940s. 

85667 (EB-17G, 6531st Flight Test Squadron) 

crashed Rome, NY Jan 17, 1952. 2 killed, 5 injured 


77258. 

85628, 85657, 85661, 85656, 85681 

transferred to Navy. Navy designation and serials not known 

85679 to US Navy as PB-1W 77138. 77138 sold 

on commercial market as N6460D and 


Destroyed March 1964. 


c/n 8601/8700 



85718 to SNCAC at Villacoublay, France. Dec 

10, 1947 

sold to Institut Geographique National 

of France as F-BEEC. 

Became ZS-EEC, then F-BEEC again, and 

later became G-FORT. 

Returned to USA as N900RW. Now at Lone 

Star Aviation 

Museum in Texas. 

85728 (c/n 8637) bought by TWA for use in 

survey and liaison work to lay out postwar routes. Was 

originally 

registered NX4600 1946. Civil 

registry later to NL-1B. Later given to Shah of Iran under 

registration EP-HIM. Became F-BGOE 

after Iran and then scrapped. 

85731 to Navy as BuNo 83996 in 1947 as spare 

parts source 

85733 to SNCAC at Villacoublay, France. 

Sold to Institut 

Geographique National of France and 

registered F-BEEB 

Feb 20, 1948. Crashed and destroyed at 

Yaounde,

Cameroun March 11, 1949. 

85734 converted to JB-17G. Converted as 

turboprop test bed by 

Pratt & Whitney under civil 

registration NX-5111N. 

Became N5111N, later N817BR. Went to 

New England Air Museum, 

Windsor Lock, CT between 1967 and 1987. 

Nearly 

destroyed in tornado Mar 10, 1979. 

Remains traded to Tom Reilly 

in 1987 in exchange for work done on a 

museum B-25H. 

Will be used for parts (along with 

44-85813) for a 

flyable B-17 marked as *Outhouse Mouse* 

by Flying Tigers 

Warbird Restoration Museum, Kissimee, 

FL. Assigned 

civil registration of N817BR in July 

1999. There are 

rumors that Israel is interested in 

acquiring this plane 

for a museum in Israel. Registration 

N390TH reserved Sep 10, 2003, taken 

up Feb 20, 2004. Currently flying on 

tour as "Liberty Belle" with a false 

tail number of 42-97849. July 2008 

issue of Aircraft Illustrated 

claims that the registration is still 

N5555N, but Landings 

database denies this. 

85738 converted to DB-17G then to EDB-17G and 

then back to DB-17G. Delivered by air 

Aug 4, 1958 to 

ANVETS Chapter 56, Tulare, CA. Moved 

in 1971 to compound 

at Perry's Coffee House, Tulare, then 

back on permanent 

display in 1981 at AMVETS of Tulare, CA 

85740 sold to Metal Products, Amarillo, TX 

Jun 17, 1947 for 

scrapping but registered Jul 10, 1947 

to Universal

Aviation Inc of Tulsa, OK as N5017N . 

Now 

owned by Experimental Aircraft 

Association of 

Oshkosh, WS and maintained in flying 

condition painted 

in colors of 398th BG B-17G 42-102516 

"Aluminum 

Overcast" which was shot down over 

France on Aug 13, 

1944. 


Scrapped at some unknown date. 

85746 (SB-17G) crashed near Tyler Peak, WA 

Jan 19, 1952. 3 

killed, 5 survived. Wreckage still 

there. 

85747 loaned to Navy as BuNo 83999 for engine 

testbed work. 


parts source 

85752 to TB-17G drone controller with ball 

turret replaced by AS-154/APS-10 

antenna. 


parts source 

85774 sold to Bolivian user as CP-621. 

Returned to USA as N621L and destroyed 

July 1975. 

85778 converted to TB-17G and then to VB-17G. 

Sold on civilian market as N3509G and 

used as 

aerial tanker. Put in storage at Aero 

Nostalgia 

hangar at Stockton Airport, CA. Now 

flying with Pond Warbirds, Palm Springs, CA. 

85784 converted to EB-17G and to ETB-17G. 

Sold to Institut Geographique National 

of France as F-BGSR. Sold to American 

users as N17TE. Moved to Britain and 

reregistered 

as G-BEDF. Currently 

flying as *Sally B* 

with B-17 Preservation Ltd of Duxford

with false tail number 124485 

(Memphis Belle). Muse in remake of 

film *Memphis Belle* 

85790 to Art Lacey of Milwaukee, OR 1947 and 

ferried from Altus 

AFB, OK to Portland, OR Mar 8-10, 1947. 

By Sept 1947 

was on display above Lacy's Gas Station 

in Milwaukie, Oregon. 

Reported still there in 1980. 

44-85790 nose section was removed in 1996, restored and now at 

the Wings of 

Freedom Showcase, Milwaukie, Oregon. 

Rest of aircrast still at the gas 

station. The gas station is now closed 

but The Bomber Restaurant 

at the same site is still open. 


c/n 8701/8750 

85806 transferred to US Coast Guard Nov 1946 

as PB-1G 

Bu No. 77245. Sold on commercial 

market Dec 1955 as 

N7739B and later re-registered as 

N117W. 

Sold to Bolivian operator as CP-762. 

Crashed Dec 10, 1964 

La Paz, Bolivia and scrapped. 

85812 transferred to US Coast Guard as PB-1G 

Bu No. 77246. Sold on civilian market 

as 

N4710C. Crashed May 8, 1976 while 

serving as sprayer. 

85813 converted to EB-17G turboprop test bed 

by Curtiss 

Wright. Designation changed to JB-17G 

in 1956. Sold 

To Curtiss Wright in 1957 under civil 

number N6694C. 

Went through succession of civilian 

owners, ultimately 

Ending up as aerial tanker. Crashed on 

takeoff Apr 16, 1980 

from Bear Pen Airport, North Carolina.

Crash remains 

eventually acquired by Tom Reilly of 

Kissimmee, FL for 

use in creating a flyable B-17 out of 

usable parts from 

this plane and from 44-85734. 

Reported in 2006 to be under 

restoration to fly at Douglas, GA. 

Registered N3154S Feb 26, 2007. 

85817 was at one time N31851. To Bolivian 

AF in 1956. Oct 1956 

sold to Aerovias Los Andes as CP-622. 

Subsequently to Frigorifico 

Co-Op Los Andes. W/o at Laja, Bolivia 

Feb 18, 1957. 

85821/85831 transferred to US Coast Guard as 

PB-1G Bu No. 77247/77257. 

77247 sold on commercial market Jul 

1958 as N2873G. 

Resold to Peruvian operator as 

OB-SAA-532 and 

later re-registered as OB-R-532. 

Fate uncertain, but there 

is a report that the plane was 

involved in a mid 1960s 

crash and that the airframe has 

been disassembled in 

South America and is to be shipped 

to British Columbia. 

77248 back to US Navy as surplus Jun 

1948. 

77249 sold on commercial market Aug 

1958 to Widtfeldt and Beigert as N3192G and 

later re-registered as N8055E. 

Destroyed Mar 1960. 

77250 sold on commercial market as 

N4711C, later re-registered as N8055E 

and the N9347R. Resold to 

Bolivian operator CP-964. Crashed Dec 18, 1963, 

El Alto, Dec 1963. 

77251 sold on commercial market as 

N7901C. Destroyed by fire Oct 1959. 

77252 crashed CGAS SFO Oct 6, 1946 

77253 scrapped 1953 and salvaged for

parts. 

77254 (44-85828) sold on civilian 

market in 1959 as N9323R. Now on display 

at 390th Memorial Museum at Pima 

Air and Space Museum at Tucson, AZ painted as 

B-17G-30-BO 42-31892. 

77255 (44-85829) sold on civilian 

market 

as N3193G and is now with "Yankee 

Air Force" 

of Ypsilanti, Michigan as "Yankee 

Lady". 

bearing original USAAF serial 

number. 

77256 crashed at NAS Norfolk, VA May 29, 

1956. 

77257 crashed at Goose Bay, Labrador 

Mar 14, 1952. 


May 1947. 

Kept original USAAF serial. Returned 

Aug 1948. Acquired by Navy in 7/48 

and reserialed as BuNo 84000. Used 

only as 

spare parts source. 

85833 and 85835 earmarked for USCG but 

scrapped before transfer. 


Bu No. 82856. 82856 returned to Navy 

in 1948 

and may have received a new serial 


5404. crashed in 1959. 


Bu No. 82855. 

Returned to USN in 1947 for scrapping 


Bu No. 82857. Returned to Navy in 1948 

for scrapping 

85840 transferred to Lloyd Aero Boliviano 

Nov 1956 as CP-620 

but later returned to USA in 1968 as 

N620L with Aircraft 

Specialties Inc of Mesa, AZ. Used in

film "Tora, Tora 

Tora" in 1969. Crashed July 12, 1973 

near Elko, NV while 

firebombing. 

44-85842/85941 Lockheed-Vega B-17G-115-VE Fortress 

c/n 8751/8850. Contract cancelled 

45-7701/8300 Douglas-Long Beach B-17G-100-DL Fortress 

Contract cancelled

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