B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

24580 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Hell Cat") lost
Jan 23, 1943. MACR 15473
24581 (303rd BG) crashed on landing at
Bovingdon Dec 20, 1942
24582 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "One O'Clock
Jump") lost Dec 12, 1942.
24584 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "SUSFU") lost Jan
23, 1943. MACR 15571
41-24585/24639 Boeing B-17F-27-BO Fortress
c/n 3270/3324
24585 (360th BS, 303rd BG, *Wulf Hound*)
force-landed in France on Dec 12, 1942, after
attacking Rouen Sotteville marshalling
yards, while in service with 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth. Recovered by Luftwaffe.
After flight testing at Rechlin,
it was used for demonstration visits to
Luftwaffe
Jagdgruppen as DL+XC, before being
assigned to I./KG200 in Sep 1943 as A3+AE.
24587 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Bad Check") lost
Jan 11, 1944. MACR 1922
24588 (305th BG, 364th BS) shot down Mar 8,
1943 over English Channel. All crew KIA. MACR 15718
24589 (91st BG, 323rd BS) named Texas Bronco;
shot-down by Hauptmann
Joachim Jabs, a Staffelkapitan of
IV./NJG 1, during
a raid at Emden on Feb 4, 1943. MACR
15124.
24591 (305th BG, 366th BS) lost Sep 6, 1943,
France. MACR 1344 and 2155
24592 (305th BG, 366th BS *Madame
Butterfly*) interned in Switzerland Sep 6, 1943. MACR 1345
Returned Sep 1, 1945.
24593 (305th BG, 364th BS) lost Feb 4, 1943.
24594 to RAF as Fortress II FA695. SOC Jul
31, 1947.
24595 to RAF as Fortress II FA696. SOC Mar
11, 1947
24596 to RAF as Fortress II FA697. Crashed
at Lagens, Azores Dec 19, 1943
while trying to land in bad weather.
24597 to RAF as Fortress II FA698. Crashed