B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

(95th BG, 335th BS, "Lackanookie")
38141 (379th BG, 524th BS) lost Jul 9, 1944.
MACR 7359.
38143 (2nd BG, 49th BS) lost Mar 19, 1944.
MACR 3286.
38145 (452nd BG) collided with B-17 of 288th
BG and crashed at New
Buckenham May 19, 1944. 2 crew killed,
8 bailed out. Other
B-17 landed safely.
38146 (351st BG, 508th BS) shot down by AAA
Jul 29, 1944 on mission to Merseberg. MACR 7323
38148 (381st BG) gained from 306th BG and
flown to Kingman, AZ
Dec 3, 1945 and broken up there in 1946.
38149 (305th BG, 364th BS) lost Apr 11, 1944.
MACR 4011.
38150 to Royal Aircraft Establishment,
Farnborough, England
Dec 28, 1944 for unspecified trials.
Duration of stay
not known.
38151 (95th BG, 336th BS) lost Mar 16, 1944.
MACR 3230.
38153 (351st BG) damaged by AAA on mission
to Soest and ditched in North Sea Sep 19, 1944
38157 (452nd BG) lost Mar 23, 1944. MACR
3657.
38158 (384th BG, 547th BS) lost Apr 24, 1944
on mission to Oberphaffenhofen, Germany. MACR 4352.
38160 (385th BG, 550th BS, *Lonesome
Polecat*) badly damaged by Fw 190s over Germany
Mar 16, 1944 and made for Switzerland,
landing in the Zugersee after all crew
except pilot had baled out; navigator
died when his parachute failed to open. MACR 3246.
Aircraft raised 1952 and used as
travelling exhibit for a year, then dumped
in field at Suhr until sold for scrap
1972.
38161 (379th BG, 525th BS, "Sara Jane")
crashed near Wolvega
(Nijelamer), Holland May 7, 1944.
MACR 4559