B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

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.
9014 (19th BG) destroyed on ground at
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