B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

Switzerland Apr 24, 1944
31923 (457th BG, 750Th BS, *Prop Wash*) shot
down by fighters on mission to Merseberg Nov 2, 1944,
5 KIA 4 POW.
31924 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Ol' Dog")
31926 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Lovell's Hovel*)
MIA Mar 19, 1944 on mission to Wizernes, France
31928 (38tth BG, "Powerful Katrinka")
destroyed in hangar at
Great Ashfield in early morning May 23,
1944 by bomb dropped
from Me 410 intruder of KG 51.
31929 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Tennessee
Hillbilly") MIA Mar 26, 1944.
42-31932/32116 Boeing B-17G-35-BO Fortress
c/n 7046/7230
31935 (390th BG) shot down by fighter
3/6/1944 near
Quakenbrueck. 3 killed, 7 bailed out
and taken prisoner
31940 suffered engine failure, crew bailed
out and plane crashed
8 mi NE ofHobbs AAF, NM Jul 24, 1945.
31942 crashlanded at Hobbs AAF, NM Jun 8,
1945
31946 (94th BG) lost Apr 20, 1944, France
31955 (351st BG) shot down by AAA Apr 18, 1944
on mission to Orianenburg, Germany
31958 (92nd BG) lost Jul 16, 1944, Germany
31966 (351st BG) shot down by fighters Mar
18, 1944 on mission to Landesberg
31968 (100th BG, "Miss Irish") on mission to
V-site in Marquiese
Mimoyecques, France was hit by flak and
radio operator was
sucked out of a gaping hole that nearly
broke the fuselage
in two Mar 19, 1944. Plane aborted,
dropped bombs over
the Channel, then returned to land
successfully
31972 (379th BG) lost May 15, 1944, Germany
31973 (388th BG, 562nd BS, "Little Joe")
destroyed on ground at Poltava during