B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

ditched into English Channel 1 mi off
Bexhill on Sea, UK
Sep 6, 1943. Crew rescued.
24498 (306th BG, 369th BS) in midair
collision with B-17F 41-24471 over
Lille, France Jan 13, 1943
24501 (306th BG, 368th BS) lost Jan 3, 1943.
24501 (306th BG, 368th BS) lost Jan 3, 1943.
24503 (91st BG, 324th BS) last seen off the
Brest Penisula Nov 23, 1942,
probably lost over the English Channel.
MACR 16162
41-24504/24539 Boeing B-17F-20-BO Fortress
c/n 3189/3224
24506 (91st BG) crashed during attempted
forced landing at Leavesden,
England Nov 23, 1942
24507 (384th BG, 546th BS, "Yankee Rider")
shot down by fighter at
Etrepagny, France Sep 6, 1943. MACR
772. 1 KIA, 6 POW, 3 evaded.
24508 (306th BG) flew into ground near
Graveley, England Oct 27, 1942.
24509 (306th BG, 423rd BS) lost Nov 9, 1942.
MACR 16010
24510 (306th BG, 367th BS, *Snoozy II*)
crashed Oct 9, 1942, Nechin, Belgium. MACR 6706
24511 (91st BG, 322nd BS, "Wheel'n Deal") hit
by flak and shot
down by Lt Hans Ehlers in Fw 190A-6 of
JG 1/3 and
crashed into river Rheine between
Dusseldorf and Duisburg,
Germany Dec 1, 1943. MACR 1323. 1
KIA, 9 POW.
24512 (91st BG, 322nd BS) lost Texel,
Netherlands Mar 4, 1943. MACR 3721
24514 (306th BG) lost Mar 8, 1943, France.
MACR Mar 8, 1943. MACR 6088
24515 (91st BG, 324th BS) lost May 21, 1943.
MACR 3458
24516 (*Meltin' Pot*) found under water off
Irish coast.
24517 (303rd BG, 427th BS) lost Jan 3, 1943.