B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

MACR 12992
97921 (97th BG, 340th BS) lost Oct 20, 1944.
MACR 9591
97924 (100th BG, 350th BS) lost Sep 3, 1944.
MACR 8843
97926 (351st BG) crash landed at Ypres Sep
28, 1944 after mission to Magdeberg and salvaged
97932 (447th BG, 708th BS) lost Jun 21, 1944.
MACR 5930
42-97936/98035 Lockheed/Vega B-17G-40-VE Fortress
c/n 7301/7400
97940 (385th BG, "Half 'n' Half") damaged by
flak on mission to
Stuttgart Sep 13, 1944. Crew bailed
out near Kentford,
Suffolk. One crew was killed when his
parachute did not
open.
97941 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Marion*)
salvaged Nov 18, 1944.
97944 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Daddy's
Delight") salvaged Dec 13, 1945.
97945 (95th BG, 335th BS, "Luck of the
Irish")
97947 was H2X aircraft assigned to 94th
Combat Wing but carried on 351st BG strength.
Transferred to 401st BG Aug 20, 1944
97948 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Hell on Wings*)
MIA Oct 11, 1944 on mission to Wesseling, Germany
97951 was H2X aircraft assigned to 94th
Combat Wing but carried on 351st BG strength
Transferred to 457th BG Aug 20, 1944.
97951 (748th BS, 457th BG) shot down by flak near
Gennep, Holland Sep 17, 1944. on
mission to Nijmegen. Crew 11 POW. MACR 10208
97953 (401st BG, 615th BS) lost Jul 13, 1944.
MACR 7499
97954 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost Jul 20, 1944.
MACR 7272
97955 (457th BG, 748th BS) damaged by
fighters on mission to
Magdeberg Sep 28, 1944 and crash landed
near Brussels. All
crew survived.