B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

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