B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

24434 sold on civilian market as N60475. To
Bolivia as CB-79, then to CP-579.
Crashed near Unico, Bolivia Dec 29, 1958
while being owned by
the Bolivian company Frigorifico
Guigota.
24435 delivered to 92nd BG Jun 2, 1942,
assigned to 97th BG,
240th BS Aug 19, 1942. Transferred to
2nd BG, 492nd BS
Nov 14, 1943 and renamed "Yankee Do It".
Shot down by
fighters Mar 18, 1944 during raid on
Villaorba (Udine)
airfield. Crashed 30-40 mi NE of
Trieste and exploded.
MACR 3259. 3 KIA, 7 POW.
24436 w/o in a Lowry, CO AAF base accident
24437 (341st BS, "Thunderbird") salvaged Nov
9, 1944.
24439 (91st BG) crashed during attempted
forced landing at Fletching
Dec 20, 1942.
41-24440/24489 Boeing B-17F-10-BO Fortress
c/n 3125/3174
24440 (3rd BG, 15th BS) used as F-9.
Returned to USA
24441 (97th BG, 342nd BS, "Francis X") shot
down on mission to
Lorient, France Oct 21, 1942
24442 (97th BG, 4145h BS, "Little Eva")
destroyed by German bombing
at Tafaraoui, Algeria Dec 23, 1942
24443 (97th BG, 414th BS, "Johnny Reb") shot
down on mission to
Lorient, France Oct 21, 1942
24444 (97th BG, 340th BS, "Superman/The Red
Gremlin") was the
first B-17 in Africa. Returned to USA
24445 (97th BG, 340th BS, "Southern Belle")
shot down by Hptm.
Karl-Heinz Meyer in Fw 190A-3 of JG
26/II Stab near
Flasselles, France Sep 6, 1942 during