B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

39959 condemned salvage non battle damage
Jun 22, 1945
39960 (92nd BG, 325th BS) crashed
Moerzeke-Kastel (Belgium) Mar 2, 1944. MACR 2856
39961 (452nd BS, 730th BS) lost Feb 10, 1944.
MACR 2537
39962 (384th BG, 547th BS) MIA Feb 11, 1944
on mission to Frankfurt. MACR 2529
39963 (306th BG, 423rd BS) lost Dec 5, 1944.
MACR 11038
39964 to reclamation at Biggs Field, TX Sep
14, 1945
39965 (306th BG, 369th BS) lost Mar 29, 1944.
MACR 3482
39966 (305th BG, 366th BS) lost Aug 3, 1944,
Baden-Wurttemberg. MACR 7702
39967 (91st BG, 324th BS) lost Mar 18, 1944.
MACR 3224
39968 to RFC at Albuquerque, NM Feb 7, 1946
39969 (401st BG, 614th BS) lost Jan 11, 1944.
MACR 2508
39970 to RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 28, 1945
39971 (452nd BG, 729th BS, "Little Chum")
broke up in thunderstorm
Apr 21, 1944 and crashed near Hoxne,
Suffolk. 6 killed,
4 parachuted to safety. Condemned
salvage battle damage Apr 24, 1944
39972 (452nd BG, 730th BS) lost Dec 31, 1944.
MACR 11233
39973 condemned salvage non battle damage
Oct 18, 1944
39974 (452nd BG, 731st BS, 'Punchboard')
attempted to reach Sweden after mission to Warnemunde
Apr 9, 1944, forced down at Vaerlose
airfield, Denmark. 10 POW. MACR 3785
Operated by special unit Kommando Olga
within KG200. Crashed Feb 9/10, 1945
on takeoff from Stuttgart with 10
agents and Vichy officials on attempt
to evacuate to Spain. 17 killed, 2
survived. Compare with fate of 42-30146.
Which one is correct? According to
'Strangers in a Strange Land', it is 42-30146