B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

to bomb a bridge at
Auxerre Jul 17, 1944 and turned around.
Aircraft began
vibrating and crew bailed out and plane
crashed near
Friston, Suffolk. Condemned salvage
no battle damage Jul 19, 1944
102978 to RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 14, 1945
42-106984/107233 Douglas-Long Beach B-17G-35-DL Fortress
c/n 21899/22148
106985 (457th BG, 749th BS) salvaged Apr 27,
1944.
106988 (99th BG, 347th BS) shot down over
Austria May 10, 1944. MACR 4729
106991 (99th BG, 347th BS) lost May 18, 1944.
MACR 5066
106992 (612th BS, 401st BG, "Baby Lu")
crash-landed Apr 19, 1945, repaired.
Returned to USA and scrapped at
Kingman, AZ Nov 1945.
106993 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Pretty Baby")
106994 (381st BG, 532nd BS, *Little Guy*)
shot down by AAA Appeldoorn, Holland Nov 26, 1944.
MACR 11205. Pilot stayed with the
plane while others bailed out. Two other crewmen
were killed in their parachutes. One
crewman evaded, rest of crew POW. MACR 11205
106995 (99th BG, 348th BS) lost Jun 23, 1944.
MACR 6076
106998 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Paper Doll*)
shot down by fighters Nov 2, 1944
on mission to Merseberg. MACR 10322.
5 KIA, 4 POW.
107001 (457th BG, 751st BS) salvaged Jun 14,
1944
107002 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Mairzy Doats")
lost Jun 21, 1944. MACR 6538
107005 (351st BG) burned on hardstand at
Polebrook
107006 (2nd BG, 96th BS) lost Oct 17, 1944.
MACR 9208
107007 (100th BG, 351st BS) lost Jul 27,
1944. MACR 7815
107008 (483rd BG, 816th BS) lost Jul 18,