B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

mission to Rouen.
to USA
10 KIA.
24446 (5th BG, 23rd BS, "Jezebel") returned
24447 (91st BG, 401st BS, "Kickapoo") shot
down by fighter over
North Sea Feb 26, 1943. MACR 3575. 10
KIA
24448 (43rd BG, 64th BS, "Taxpayer's Pride")
show down by Japanese
J1N1 night fighter near Mt Varzin on
mission to Rabaul Jun 26, 1943.
9 KIA, 1 POW.
24449 (91st BG, 401st BS, "Short Snorter")
shot down by fighter
near Lorient, France Dec 30, 1942. 10
KIA. MACR 3265.
24450 (5th BG, 72nd BS, "My Lovin' Dove")
damaged over Nauru
and ditched Feb 9, 1943. Crew spent 16
days on lift raft to
Buka and rescued 50 more days later.
24451 (91st BG, 401st BS) flew into
Slieveanorro Mountain, Northern
Ireland Oct 3, 1942. 6 crew killed.
24452 (91st BG, 401st BS) shot down by Hptm
Karl-Heinz Meyer in
Fw 190A-4 of JG 26/II Stab near Mantes,
France Dec 20, 1942.
MACR 16243. 3 KIA, 7 POW
24453 (91st BG, 322nd BS, "Mizpah/The
Bearded Beauty") shot down
Aug 17, 1943 on Schweinfurt raid by Hptm
Gunther Specht
in Bf 109G-6 of JG 11/11 Stab at
Vlatten, Germany. MACR 275.
5 KIA, 5 POW.
24454 (19th BG, 28th BS, then to 43rd BG, 65th
BS, "Georgia Peach")
shot down by Japanese J1N1 night
fighter at Ubili, PNG
Jun 13, 1943. 8 KIA, 2 POW. One POW
executed later.
24455 (5th BG, 63rd BS, "Old Baldy") returned