B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

6551 (301st BG, 419th BS) lost over Austria
Feb 7, 1945. MACR 12075
6552 (483rd BG, 816th BS) lost over Austria
Mar 21, 1945. MACR 13049
6556 to Bolivian AF in 1956. Sold to
Bolivian commercial user Corporacion
Boliviano de Fomento Dec 1956 as
CP-624. W/o at Reyes, Bolivia Feb 23, 1963.
6561 (379th BG, 524th BS) made emergency
landing at Liege, Belgium, Feb 14, 1945.
6563 (381st BG) retired to Kingman, AZ Dec
1, 1945.
6565 (351st BG) returned to USA May 23, 1945
6566 (351st BG) returned to USA Nov 6, 1944
6570 (487th BG, 836th BS) no 2 engine caught
fire while outward
bound on mission to Dresden Mar 14,
1945. Pilot aborted
mission over Holland and returned to
England. Crew bailed out
but radio operatior was killed when
chute failed to open
properly. Pilot abandoned aircraft at
too low an altitude
and was killed. Aircraft crashed on
farmland near Lowestoft.
6579 (351st BG) transferred to 401st BG May
30, 1945. Returned to USA Jun 1945
6582 (388th BG) lost Jan 21, 1945, Germany
6583 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Cadet Nurse")
6584 (92nd BG, 327th BS) collided with
43-38675 Mar 3, 1945 and crashed near Forchies La Marche,
Belgium. 8 killed, 3 injured.
6585 (381st BG, 535th BS *Commando Chief*)
retired to Kingman, AZ Dec 1, 1945.
6590 (384th BG, 544th BS) salvaged Mar 19,
1945
6591 (91st BG, 322nd BS) stored at Kingman
AAD. Sold for salvage Jul 1, 1946
6593 in midair collision with B-17 43-38803
near Chelveston, UK
Apr 10, 1945 after return from mission
against Rechlin airfield,
Oranienburg, Germany. Only one