B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

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.