B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

Uffz Arnulf
Gottschall in Bf 109G-6 of JG 27/5 near
Menslage, Germany
Nov 29, 1943. MACR 1656. 4 KIA, 6 POW
42-5705/5709 Lockheed/Vega B-17F-1-VE Fortress
c/n 6001/6005
5705 surveyed Patterson AAF Apr 29, 1943
5706 to RFC Altus Oct 9, 1945
5707 to RFC Altus Oct 9, 1945
5708 to RFC Stillwater Sep 19, 1945
5709 to RFC Walnut Ridge Oct 10, 1945
42-5710/5724 Lockheed/Vega B-17F-5-VE Fortress
c/n 6006/6020
5710 to RFC Walnut Ridge dec 14, 1945
5711 reclamatin completed Amarillo AAF Jun
19, 1945
5712 (91st BG, 324th BS, "My Prayer") damaged
by fighters Aug 17, 1943,
2 crew KIA, 5 bailed out and became POW.
Regained and
crashlanded at Manston, UK. 3
remaining crew OK.
5713 condemned inventory Oct 31, 1944
5714 (91st BG, 332nd BS, *Old Faithful*)
captured by Luftwaffe after bellylanding
near Nancy, France Oct 14, 1943. MACR
899. 1 KIA, 8 POW, 1 evaded.
Lettered DR + PE. Went to KG.200
5715 condemned Aug 27, 1944
5716 to RFC Walnut Ridge Dec 19, 1945
5717 (306th BG, 423rd BS) shot down by
fighter over
Ploermal Feb 16, 1943. MACR 15472. 6
KIA, 2 POW, 2 evaded.
5718 reclamation completed Panama, CZ Jul
27, 1948
5719 in training accident Hobbs Field, NM Mar
11, 1943. 8 bailed out OK.
5720 (384th BG, 544th BS) ran out of fuel and
crashed at Beauvais,
France Sep 6, 1943 on mission to
Stuttgart, Germany. MACR 776.
6 POW, 4 evaded.
5721 to RFC Stillwater, OK Sep 24, 1945