B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

in Sweden Apr 11, 1944. MACR 3862. Converted to airliner
under
registration number SE-BAO and named
"Ted". Owned by
Swedish crown but operated by SILA.
WFU and scrapped Oct 1948
97157 (351st BG, 508th BS) shot down by
fighters May 27, 1944 on mission to Ludwigshafen. MACR 5330.
97159 (2nd BG, 20th BS) lost Aug 29, 1944.
MACR 8763
97160 (390th BG, 568th BS) lost Aug 2, 1944,
North Sea. MACR 7750
97162 (457th BG, 748th BS) salvaged Apr 27,
1944.
97163 (379th BG, 527th BS) lost Sep 13, 1944.
MACR 8899
97164 (457th BG, 749th BS, *Rebel Queen*)
shot down by flak Jan 28, 1945 during
mission to Cologne. MACR 11987. 2
KIA, 7 POW.
97165 (301st BG, 353rd BS) lost over Austria
Jul 19, 1944. MACR 6910
97166 (96th BG, 337th BS) lost Mar 28, 1944.
MACR 3591.
97167 (96th BG, 339th BS) lost May 12, 1944.
MACR 4858
97168 (351st BG) returned to USA Jun 1945.
97170 (379th BG) crashed near Romilly,
France Dec 4, 1944 after
rear fuselage severed in collision with
another B-17.
7 crew killed.
97171 (388th BG, 563rd BS) lost over Paris
Aug 2, 1944. MACR 7745
42-97173/97407 Boeing B-17G-45-BO Fortress
c/n 7646/7880
97173 (91st BG, 323rd BS) lost Jul 8, 1944.
MACR 8323
97174 (381st BG, 534th BS, *Joanne*) damaged
by collisin of B-17
42-31698, and 42-97214 May 24, 1944.
All control surface of
elevator and rudder burned down but
returned to base safely