B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

shot down by AAA Mar 4, 1943. MACR 15596.
8 KIA, 2 POW.
24550 (63rd BS) ditched into Bootless Bay,
PNG Dec 14, 1942 after engine failure.
24551 (43th BG, 403rd BS, *Fire Ball Mail*)
destroyed on ground at Milne Bay Jan 17, 1943.
24552 (43rd BG, 65th BS, *Listen Here, Tojo*)
MIA Sep 15, 1943 after mission to Lae. MACR 648
Wreckage found in 1992.
24553 (305th BG, 422nd BS) lost Dec 6, 1942.
24554 ("The Mustang") served in New Guinea.
24557 (384th BG, 545th BS, "Damn Yankee")
shot down by Hptm
Herbert Huppertz in Fw 190A-6 of JG 2/11
at Jabbeke,
Belgium Dec 1, 1943. MACR 1334. 5
KIA, 4 POW, 1 evaded.
24558 (303rd BG, 258th BS, "Hunga Dunga")
shot down by AAA
ner Wilhelmshaven, Germany Mar 18,
1943.
24559 (360th BS, "Ooold Soljer") collided
with 42-29573
near Wellingboro, UK Mar 31, 1943.
First plane demolished, second
was salvaged.
24560 (384th BG, 545th BS) returned to USA
May 1944
24561 (359th BS, 303rd BG, "The Duchess" aka
"Sure Stuff") scrapped in USA Aug 1945.
24562 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Sky Wolf") lost
Jan 11, 1944. MACR 1925
24563 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Garbage")
damaged in landing collision with Ansom
EF939 at RAF Luton Nov 11, 1942 after
colliding with Anson EF939.
By Dec 1942 had been cannibalized and
was salvaged.
24564 (305th BG, 365th BS, "Patches") shot
down by Obfw Adolf
Glunz in Fw 190A of JG 26/4 near
Testelt, Belgium Aug 17, 1943. MACR 300.
3 KIA, 7 POW
24565 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Idaho Potato