B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

Willemstad, Netherlands Nov 11, 1943. MACR 1068.
3 KIA, 7 POW.
39856 (96th BG, 337th BS) lost Apr 8, 1944.
MACR 3651
39857 (351st BG, 511th BS) shot down by AAA
Feb 22, 1944 on mission to Bernberg. MACR 2656
42-39858/39957 Lockheed/Vega B-17G-5-VE Fortress
c/n 6601/6700
39858 condemned Mar 25, 1944
39859 (94th BG, 332nd BS, "Miss Mary") shot
down by Oblt.
Hans-Heinrich Koenig in Fw 190A-6 of JG
11/3 and crashed
into Waddenzee off Oudeschip,
Netherlands Dec 11, 1943. MACR 1258.
4 KIA, 6 POW. Parts recovered 1970,
Oudeschip, Waddenzee
39860 (385th BG, 548th BS) in midair
collision with 42-30717
over Bremen, Germany Nov 13, 1943 and
ditched in North Sea. MACR 1403.
One crew member KIA during collision,
another died of
injuries during ditching. 30717 spun
down immediately.
39861 condemned salvage non battle damage
May 31, 1945
39862 delivered to Peru Jan 31, 1945.
Returned to USAAF due to lack of steel props.
To excess May 5, 1945
39863 (91st BG, 401st BS) crashed on takeoff
at Bassingbourn, UK
Dec 30, 1943. Salvaged Dec 31, 1943.
39864 condemned Apr 21, 1944
39865 (447th BG, 710th BS) lost May 9, 1944.
MACR 4588
39866 (388th BG, 563rd BS) lost Jul 29, 1944.
MACR 7820
39867 to RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 13, 1945
39868 (94th BG, 331st BS) shot down by Oblt
Rudolf Leuschel in
Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/8 near Numansdorp,
Netherlands
Nov 11, 1943. MACR 1067. 7 KIA, 3