B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

All 9 crew KIA.
97559 (385th BG, 549th BS, 'Vapor Trails')
lost Apr 29, 1944, Germany. MACR 4459
97560 (96th BG, 413rd BS) fitted with H2X.
Ran off end of runway at Thorpe Abbots
May 19, 1944 while on loan to 100th BG
and from photographic evidence
probably DBR.
97561 (300th BG, "Batchelor's Heaven")
caught fire while forming
up for practice mission and crew
attempted to bail out.
Plane broke up and crashed into some RAF
cottages. 3 crew
killed plus 3 RAF in the cottages. 6
crew bailed out.
97563 (91st BG, 323rd BS) lost Nov 2, 1944.
MACR 10147.
97564 (100th BG, 418th BS) lost Jul 20, 1944.
MACR 7414
97567 (96th BG, 413rd BS) lost May 12, 1944,
Germany. MACR 4860
97568 (483rd BG, 816th BS) lost Sep 15, 1944.
MACR 9900
97569 (96th BG, 413rd BS) lost Apr 18, 1944.
MACR 4161.
97570 (99th BG, 346th BS) lost Aug 27, 1944.
MACR 7991
97571 (457th BG, 750th BS) shot down by flak
Aug 24, 1944 on
mission to Weimar. MACR 8201. 5 KIA,
4 POW.
97573 (384th BG, 545th BS) MIA May 29, 1944
on mission to Krzesiny, Poland. MACR 5318
97574 (306th BG, 423rd BS) lost Nov 21, 1944.
MACR 10414
97575 (463rd BG, 774th BS) lost over Austria
Dec 27, 1944. MACR 10747
97576 (463rd BG, 772nd BS) lost May 10, 1944.
MACR 4839
97577 (390th BG, 569th BS) lost Sep 10, 1944.
MACR 8914
97579 (457th BG, 750th BS, *Local Mission*)
shot down by flak