B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

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2067 (19th BG) destroyed Clark Field,
Philippines Dec 8, 1941.
2068 to RAF as AN531. SOC Jan 17. 1945.
2069 to RAF as AN532. Returned to USAAF Dec
1, 1942, appearently with serial
40-2079 (Freeman says it was AN524,
returned to USAAF Dec 1, 1942 and
crashed at Hendricks Jan 3, 1943 and
scrapped)
2070 destroyed Hickam Field, Oahu, HI Dec 7,
1941.
2071 to RAF as AN533. Shot down by Bf 109s
over Norway Sep 6, 1941.
2072 (19th BG) heavily damaged on Davao
mission Dec 25, 1941 and converted into transport. With 46th
Troop Carrier Squadron, 317th
Transport Group, crashed Bakers Creek, Queensland, Australia,
June 14, 1943 while ferrying troops to
New Guinea. Six crew and 34 GIs killed. One survived.
2073 to RAF as AN534. Broke up in midair
over Wilbarston, UK Jul 18, 1941.
2074 was one of the planes that arrived over
Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941. Hit by
Japanese gunfire while attempting to
land at Wheeler Field, setting its
magnesium flare box on fire. Fuselage
buckled on landing, splitting the
plane in two. A flight surgeon on
board was killed by strafing fire as he
tried to scramble away from the burning
plane. The plane was not repaired.
2075 to RAF as AN535. Damaged by Bf 109s
over Norway Sep 8, 1941 and written off in
crash landing at Kinloss, Scotland.
2076 to RAF as AN536. Broke up in midair
over Shepreth, UK, Jan 9, 1942.
2077 (c/n 2078) upgraded to B-17D standard
Jan 1941. Strafed on ground at
Hickam Field Dec 7, 1941. Salvaged Dec
8, 1941.
2078 crashed Duncan Ford, Texas Oct 11, 1941.
2079 to RAF as AN537. SOC Sep 1, 1944,
Freeman says it was