B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

complete 100
bombing
due to be
a drone
MACR 16508
24364 (2nd BG) lost Jan 15, 1944. MACR 1814
24370 *Berlin Sleeper* was first B-17 to
missions. Participated in first night
mission on Rouen, France. Plane was
returned to Boeing but was shot down as
before paperwork could be finished.
24371 (301st BG, 353rd BS) lost Jan 15, 1944.
24374 lost Nov 28, 1942. MACR 16038
24376 (97th BG, 341st BS) destroyed by night
German bombing during
takeoff at Maison Blanche, Algeria Nov
20, 1942. All crew KIA.
24378 (97th BG, then to 99th BG, "War
Eagle"). Returned to USA
Apr 26, 1944. To Bush Field May 19,
1945.
24381 to 63rd BS, 43rd BG, transferred to
54th TCW. Scrapped at Clark AFB 1948
24383 (63rd BS) ditched in Gulf of Papua
after fuel exhaustion Jan 1, 1943. 6 crew KIA.
24384 (to 19th BG. To 63rd BS, 43rd BG).
Disappeared in a storm Mar 26,
1943 in a flight from Papua New Guinea
to Brisbane with
Gen Howard Ramey and 9 others on board.
Never found.
In 2005, the wreck of a B-17 was found
in a remote area
55 km S of Albany Pasage and 74km S of
Cape York, which
might be the plane.
41-24390/24439 Boeing B-17F-5-BO Fortress
c/n 3075/3124
24391 (63rd BS, 43rd BG, 'Hoomalimali')
crashed on takeoff from Mareeba,
N. Queensland Sep 14, 1942. All aboard
killed. Parts noted May 2005 in
Aviation and Military Museum, Mareeba,
Australia