B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

29640 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Ol' Ironsides")
lost Aug 12, 1943. MACR 256
29641 (305th BG, 422nd BS) lost Jul 4, 1943.
MACR 4483
29642 (91st BG, 323rd BS) lost May 13, 1944,
France. MACR 8015
29643 (306th BG, 367th BS) lost Apr 17, 1943.
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.
29647 (305th BG, 365th BS) lost May 13, 1943.
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*)
returned to USA Jun 5, 1944.
29653 (379th BG, 525th BS, "Bad News") shot
down by fighter at
Schrozberg, Germany Oct 14, 1943. 4
KIA, 6 POW. MACR 956
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.