B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

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24620 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Snap! Crackle!
Pop!") lost Jan 3, 1943. MACR 15464
24621 collided with another B-17 42-6031
over Gulf of Mexico
Sept 10, 1943. 11 on each aircraft
killed.
24623 (305th BG, 365th BS) lost Feb 26, 1943
24624 (305th BG, 366th BS) lost May 19, 1943.
MACR 15549
24629 (303rd BG, 358th BS) shot down by Hptm
Peter-Paul Steindl in
Bf 109G-6 of JG 26/11 at Valenciennes,
France near
Cambrai Oct 20, 1943. MACR 1032. 2
KIA, 8 POW.
24631 crashed 5 mi S of Walla Walla, WA Jul
15, 1942. All 5 crew killed.
24634 (41st BG) lost Feb 11, 1944, China.
MACR 3011
24635 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "The 8 Ball Mk.
II") scrapped Feb 8, 1945.
24637 (305th BG, 366th BS) shot down by Lt
Paul Arlt in Bf 109G-1 of
JG 1/1 near Wilhemlshaven, Germany Jan
27, 1943. MACR 15501. 5 KIA, 5 POW.
24639 (323rd BG, 91st BG, *The Careful
Virgin*) transferred to AFSC for
Aphrodite mission. Launched against
V-1 sites at Mimoyecques,
Pas-de-Calais, but impacted short of
target due to controller
error.
42-2964/2966 Douglas-Long Beach B-17F-1-DL Fortress
c/n 7900/7902
2966 (303rd BG, 427th BS) transferred to 8th
AF Jul 4, 1943.
42-2967/2978 Douglas-Long Beach B-17F-5-DL Fortress
c/n 7903/7914
2967 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Shak Hak") lost
Feb 16, 1943. MACR 15116
2969 (97th BG, 341st BS) lost Nov 17, 1942.
MACR 15097.
2970 (91st BG, 324th BS, "Connecticut