B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

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.