B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

MACR 6141
24520 (*Fighting Swede*) lost May 8, 1943 on
mission to Wewak. MACR 15689
24521 (63rd BS, *Black Jack--The Joker's
Wild*) ditched Jul 11, 1943 during
raid on Rabaul. The wreck is still
down there.
24523 (91st BG, 323rd BS) lost Aug 31 1943.
MACR 563
24524 (323rd BS, 91st BG 'The Eagle's Wrath')
shot down by
Uffz Kurt Leibing in Bf 109G of JG 3/1
at Gelnhausen,
Germany Aug 17, 1943 during Schweinfurt
raid. MACR 279.
3 KIA, 5 POW, 2 evaded.
24525 (384th BG, 547th BS) MIA Jan 7, 1943.
24526 (303rd BG,"Leapin Liz") MIA Jan 3,
1943, France. MACR 7650
24527 (91st BG, 324th BS, "Sky Wolf") shot
down by Fw. Hans Meissner in
Bf 109G-6 of JG 1/9 Aug 17, 1943 at
Waldaschaff,
Germany. MACR 274. 10 POW
24529 (384th BG, 546th BS) overshot landing
and wrecked at Grafton
Underwood, UK Oct 9, 1943. Salvaged
Oct 17, 1943.
24533 (305th BG, 365th BS) lost Jun 22, 1943.
MACR 16205
24536 (43rd BG, 63rd BS, *Double Trouble*)
lost Mar 3, 1943, Battle of the
Bismarck Sea.
24539 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Jersey Bounce")
MIA Jul 27, 1943
41-24540/24584 Boeing B-17F-25-BO Fortress
c/n 3225/3269
24541 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Spook") lost Feb
16, 1943. MACR 15476
24544 (91st BG, 323rd BS) lost Feb 4, 1943,
North Sea. MACR 3557 and 4635
24547 (91st BG, 323rd BS) lost May 1, 1943.
MACR 3573
24549 (91st BG, 323rd BS, "Stupen-Taket")