B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

MACR 9518
37862 (351st BG) returned to USA Jun 1945.
37864 (34th BG, 391st BS "Penny Jive")
returned to USA Jun 21, 1945.
To RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 5, 1945
37866 (390th BG, 571st BS, *Blues in the
Night*) interned in Switzerland Sep 5, 1944.
Returned Sep 19, 1945.
37870 (384th BG, 547th BS) MIA Jul 29, 1944
on mission to Merseburg, Germany
37871 (385th BG, 551st BS, 'Perry's
Pirates') lost Mar 2, 1945. MACR 12857.
37873 (447th BG, 709th BS, *Nazdrowie*)
returned to USA Jul 7, 1945, arrived
at Kingman, AZ Dec 19, 1945. Sold for
scrap Jul 1, 1946
43-37874/38073 Boeing B-17G-75-BO Fortress
c/n 8852/9051
37876 (390th BG) lost Aug 1, 1944, France
37877 (487th BG, 836th BS) shot down by flak
Nov 30, 1944 near Merseberg, Germany. 7 killed, 2 bailed out.
37888 (385th BG, 551st BS) lost Nov 2, 1944.
MACR 10155.
37889 (398th BG) lost Jan 20, 1945, Germany
37890 (91st BG, 324th BS, "Fearless
Fosdick") shot down during raid
on Leuna synthetic oil plant at
Merseburg Nov 21, 1944. 3 POW,
rest KIA.
37894 (490th BG, 849th BS, "Big Poison")
collided with B-17G 43-37806 Feb 6 1945.
Crew bailed out safely but aircraft
crashed into cottages at Prickwillow,
killing two civilians.
37897 to USSR
37898 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Belle in the
Keyhole")
37900 (351st BG) salvaged on continentant
Mar 30, 1945
37906 (452nd BG, 730th BS) collided in midair
with 43-38696
Oct 26, 1944. 37906 cliced through
38696, butting off its
tail section, nosed up, then stalled