B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

Yankee") crashed on returnat
Winchelsea, UK Sep 6, 1943. Crew OK
2973 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Iza Vailable")
scrapped Aug 2, 1945
2975 (306th BG, 423rd BS) lost Dec 30, 1942.
MACR ???
42-2979/3003 Douglas-Long Beach B-17F-10-DL Fortress
c/n 7915/7939
2979 (483rd BG, 815th BS) lost Apr 16, 1944.
MACR 3908
2980 damaged in ground fire at Foggia, Italy
Jun 23, 1944
2982 (97th BG, 342nd BS) lost Apr 17, 1943.
MACR 3684
2984 converted to F-9B photo recon aircraft
with cameras added and all bombing equipment removed.
Converted to TB-17F. Damaged at
Clovis AAF, NM Aug 28, 1945.
2985 (97th BG, 414th BS) lost Aug 1, 1943.
MACR 355.
2990 (91st BG, 322nd BS, "Dame Satan") shot
down by Oblt von Arnim of 123/5(F) at
Montroeul-au-Bois, Belgium Aug 17,
1943. MACR 277.
2 KIA, 4 POW, 4 evaded
2993 crashed 30 mi SW of Moses Lake, WA Jun
21, 1943. All 8 crew killed.
3002 303rd BG, 359th BS, "The Old Squaw",
then to 427th BS ran out
of fuel and ditched in English Channel
6 mi SW of Beachy
Head, UK Sep 6, 1943. Crew rescued.
42-3004/3038 Douglas-Long Beach B-17F-15-DL Fortress
c/n 7940/7974
3007 ("Delta Rebel No. 2") with 91st BG used
by Capt. Clark Gable for several
combat missions he flew while creating
propaganda films.
3010 w/o in ground collision at Hendricks
Field, FL Jun 3, 1945.
3023 (379th BG, 525th BS) lost Jun 25, 1943.
MACR 1365.
3024 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Royal Flush*) MIA
7/25/1943 on mission to Hamburg, Germany.