B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

parts.
77254 (44-85828) sold on civilian
market in 1959 as N9323R. Now on display
at 390th Memorial Museum at Pima
Air and Space Museum at Tucson, AZ painted as
B-17G-30-BO 42-31892.
77255 (44-85829) sold on civilian
market
as N3193G and is now with "Yankee
Air Force"
of Ypsilanti, Michigan as "Yankee
Lady".
bearing original USAAF serial
number.
77256 crashed at NAS Norfolk, VA May 29,
1956.
77257 crashed at Goose Bay, Labrador
Mar 14, 1952.
85832 transferred to US Coast Guard as PB-1G
May 1947.
Kept original USAAF serial. Returned
Aug 1948. Acquired by Navy in 7/48
and reserialed as BuNo 84000. Used
only as
spare parts source.
85833 and 85835 earmarked for USCG but
scrapped before transfer.
85834 transferred to US Coast Guard as PB-1G
Bu No. 82856. 82856 returned to Navy
in 1948
and may have received a new serial
85836 transferred to Brazilian Air Force as
5404. crashed in 1959.
85837 transferred to US Coast Guard as PB-1G
Bu No. 82855.
Returned to USN in 1947 for scrapping
85838 transferred to US Coast Guard as PB-1G
Bu No. 82857. Returned to Navy in 1948
for scrapping
85840 transferred to Lloyd Aero Boliviano
Nov 1956 as CP-620
but later returned to USA in 1968 as
N620L with Aircraft
Specialties Inc of Mesa, AZ. Used in