B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

on takeoff at
7-Mile Airfield, Port Moresby, New
Guinea Apr 12, 1943.
9210 sold on civilian market as N5842N.
Sold to Canadian firm as CF-ICB. Back
to
US as N9720F. Sold to Bolivian airline
Lloyd
Aero Boliviano as CP-753. Crashed at
La Paz,
Bolivia 1976. Sat derelict at La Paz
airfield
Until 1990 when recovered by Don
Whittington
Of World Jet of Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Returned
to USA as N8WJ. Flown in September
1998 to Moses
Lake, WA and transferred to the Flying
Heritage
Museum of Bellevue, WA. Re-registered
as N12355
in August 1999. Currently under
restoration.
9214 (11th BG) ditched Mar 20, 1943 near
Russell Island SWPAC
9216 (11th BG, 43rd BS) ditched Mar 20, 1943,
Russell Is SWPA
9217 crashlanded at Noumea-Tontouta, French
New Caledonia
Oct 27, 1943.
9218 (26th BS) lost Aug 4, 1942 in raid on
Guadalcanal.
All crew killed.
9224 (11th BG, 98th BS) MIA Aug 7, 1942 off
New Caledonia.
Crew of 9 MIA. MACR 16436 (issued
1948)
9225 to RAF as FL455. Flew into ground in
cloud near Wick, Scotland Feb 1, 1945.
9228 to RAF as FL453. Missing on patrol Dec
14, 1942.
9229 to RAF as FL457. SOC Mar 11, 1947.
9230 to RAF as FL456. SOC Jan 25, 1946.