B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

37676 (351st BG) crash-landed at St Trond and
captured Dec 12, 1944.
37683 (96th BG, 339th BS "Round Trip Ticket")
w/o following crash landing at
Snetterton Heath Feb 5, 1945.
37686 collided with B-17 44-6010 on taxiway
at Thorpe Abbotts Jun 21, 1944.
Probably w/o.
37689 and 37711 converted to F-9C, photo
recon version with bombing equipment
removed and cameras added. Remaining
F-9Cs redesignated RB-17G in 1948.
37694 (457th BG, 750th BS, *Patty Ann*)
returned to USA Jun 29, 1945.
37696 (351st BG) returned to USA May 26, 1945
37700 crashed 6 mi SW of Ridgeland, SC Aug
15, 1945.
37703 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Tremblin'
Gremlin*) lost Jan 22, 1945, Germany
37704 (381st BG, 535th BS *Button Nose*) shot
down by AAA Aug 8, 1944, Caen, France.
37705 (351st BG) returned to USA May 24, 1945
37707 (324th BS, 91st BG, *Madame Shoo Shoo*)
damaged on mission to Stendal,
Germany Apr 8, 1945. Aircraft
belly-landed at Bassingbourn, UK, could not be repaired.
37716 (96th BG) to Kingman AAD, sold for
salavage Jul 1, 1946
37726 (452nd BG, 371st BS) destroyed on
ground at Melsbroek, Belgium
airfield during Jan 1, 1945 Bodenplatte
raid.
37727 (351st BG) shot down by AAA Nov 21, 1944
on mission to Merseberg.
37733 (457th Bg, 749th BS, *Ace of Hearts*)
hit by flak near StLo Jun 25, 1944 on mission to Montbartier,
France. They swung away from the
formation and most of the crew
prepared to bail out, although the
bailout signal had not been given.
Four of the crew, thinking that the
bailout alarm system had failed,
bailed out and became POW. The plane
returned successfully to the field.