B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

40036 to RFC at Walnut Ridge Jan 14, 1946
40037 to RFC at Walnut Ridge Jan 7, 1946
40038 to RFC at Altus, OK Nov 7, 1945
40039 surveyed at Orlando AB, FL Jan 14, 1944
40040 surveyed at Kingman AAF, AZ Jul 7, 1944
40041 to RFC at Walnut Ridge Dec 28, 1945
40042 to Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD Jun 19,
1946
40043 to RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 20, 1945
40044 to RFC at Ontario, CA Jan 18, 1946
40045 surveyed at Dyersburg AAF, TN Aug 1,
1944
40046 (385th BG, 551st BS) lost Jan 4, 1944.
MACR 1897
40047 (92nd BG, 407th BS) shot down by AAA
Feb 24, 1944 on mission to Schweinfurt,
Germany. MACR 2753.
40048 to RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 6, 1945
40049 to RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 6, 1945
40050 (401st BG, 612th BS) MIA Jun 19, 1944.
MACR 6002
40051 (96th BG, 339th BS) lost Apr 9, 1944.
MACR 3652
40052 (92nd BG, 407th BS) hit by flak near
German/Dutch border 3/6/1944. Five crew bailed out and were
taken
prisoner. Five bailed out over
Holland and evaded capture. MACR 2905
40053 condemned salvage non battle damage
Oct 5, 1944
40054 (388th BG, 562nd BS) rammed by 42-37886
Mar 6, 1944 near Dutch border after the latter had been hit by
fighter.
Both aircraft went down. 3 killed, one
later died of wounds, 6 bailed out and taken prisoner.
MACR 3092
40055 (99th BG, 347th BS) lost Feb 25, 1944.
MACR 2707
40056 (100th BG, 351st BS) shot down by
fighters on raid on Berlin Mar 8, 1944. 10 crew POW. MACR 3032
40057 (401st BG, 615th BS) lost Jan 29, 1944,
Entenpfuyl/Pferdsfeld. MACR 2273
42-73515 Vega XB-38
Reserved for a new version of B-17 with