B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

37618 (490th BG, 848th BS) in midair
collision with B-17 43-38051.
Spun into ground and expoded. 7 KIA.
37619 (306th BG, 369th BS) lost Apr 10, 1945.
MACR 13878
37620 (305th BG, 365th BS) lost Jan 10, 1945,
Germany. MACR 11745
37623 (96th BG) to Kingman AAD, sold for
salvage Jul 1, 1946
37624 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost Jul 20, 1944.
37625 (91st BG, 323rd BS) lost Nov 2, 1944.
MACR 10361
37626 (91st BG, 322nd BS) lost Jun 21, 1944.
MACR 5979
37629 (303rd BG, 360th BS) lost Aug 27, 1944.
MACR 8575.
37632 (401st BG, 612th BS) lost Sept 30,
1944, Munster, Germany.
37636 (100th BG, 418th BS) MIA Apr 5, 1945.
MACR 13849. Apparently crashed into
North Sea. 9 KIA.
37637 used as controlling mother ship for
Aphrodite project
37650 sold on commercial market to
California Atlantic Airways
as N66570. Sold to Bolivia as CB-97
and then CP-597.
Destroyed Sept 1955.
37652 converted to SB-17G
37657 (381st BG, 534th BS, *The Fox*) failed
to return Feb 14, 1945. Declared salvage Mar 4, 1945.
37663 (385th BG, 551st BS, 'Rusty Load') shot
down near Mersburg Jul 29, 1944.
MACR 7819. All crew except 1 KIA.
37665 (351st BG) caught fire and exploded
with bombload on Polebrook hardstand Mar 25, 1945.
43-37674/37873 Boeing B-17G-70-BO Fortress
c/n 8652/8851
37674 (351st BG) diverted to Sweden with AAA
damage Oct 7, 1944 during mission to Politz.
37675 (381st BG, 532nd BS, *Patches/Flak
Magnet/Trudie's Terror*) failed to return from raid on
Berlin Mar 1, 1945. Later regained.
Retired to Kingman, AZ Dec 17, 1945.