B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

ailed out. The men in the rear did not
hear the alarm and
noone knew that noone was flying the
plane until the
engineer went back to the front. The
engineer took control
of the plane and he and the rest of the
crew decided to
try and fly it back to where they could
bail out over
friendly territory. They succeeded
and bailed out over
France. All were safe and the
engineer was awarded the
Silver Star for his efforts.
8040 (95th BG, 412nd BS, "13th Jinx")
8043 (2nd BG, 429th BS) lost Oct 4, 1944. MACR
8949
8046 (447th BG, 750th BS) shot down by flak
Oct 7, 1944 during
mission to Politz. 6 KIA, 5 POW. MACR
9767.
8047 (384th BG, 547th BS) crashed in England
Oct 1944.
8070 ground-looped at Hobbs AAF Auxiliary
Field No. 1, NM Feb 12, 1945.
8076 to RAF as Fortress III HB809, but
returned to
USAAAF and served with 306th BG.
8080 (390th BG, 568th BS) lost Nov 30, 1944.
MACR 11131
8082/8087 to RAF as Fortress III HB815/HB820
HB815 (44-8082) MIA Mar 4, 1945 or shot
down by inruder Mar 8, 1945 ?
HB816/HB819 all SOC Mar 11, 1947.
HB820 SOC Jul 4, 1945
8093 (92nd BG, 327th BS) lost Apr 17, 1945.
MACR 14052
8099 (306th BG, 423rd BS) lost Oct 22, 1944.
MACR 9655.
8100 (351st BG, 511th BS) shot down by
fighters Sep 12, 1944 on mission to Plauen. MACR 8893
44-8101/8200 Lockheed/Vega B-17G-50-VE Fortress
c/n 7501/7600