B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

5722 surveyed Hobbs AAF Jan 6, 1944
5723 condemned salvage battle damage Mar 19,
1943
5724 (91st BG, 322nd BS) lost Jun 28, 1943.
MACR 15710
42-5725/5744 Lockheed/Vega B-17F-10-VE Fortress
c/n 6021/6040
5725 (381st BG, 532nd BS, "This Is
It/Flapper") teturned to USA
Jul 13, 1944. To RFC Searcy Field Jul
31, 1945
5726 to RFC Ontario,CA Jun 7, 1945
5727 condemned crash landing Jun 20, 1943
5728 to RFC Walnut Ridge Dec 11, 1945
5729 to RFC Walnut Ridge Dec 19, 1945
5730 surveyed Walla Walla AAF Nov 23, 1943
5731 condemned Aug 27, 1944
5732/5744 converted to YB-40
5732 (92nd BG, 327th BS) got lost on
delivery flight from Iceland to UK
May 1943, forcelanded in peat bog
on offshore Scottish island
after running out of fuel. Removed
to Stornoway and repaired.
Returned to USA Mar 28, 1944. To
RFC Ontario, CA May 18, 1945
5733 (*Peoria Prowler*) to 91st BG Jul
1943. Returned to USA Nov 2, 1943.
To RFC Ontario, CA May 18, 1945
5734 (*Seymour Angel*) to 91st BG Jul
1943. Returned to USA Jan 25, 1944.
to RFC Ontario, CA May 18, 1945
5735 (92nd BG) shot down by flak Jun 2,
1943.
5736 (*Tampa Tornado*) to 303rd BG Jul
1943, to 379th BG Sep 1943. Had been
retired from use at Kimbolton by
Oct 2, 1943 when it was
shown to attendees at a party for
local children.
Returned to USA Mar 28, 1944. To
RFC Ontario, CA May 18, 1945
5737 (*Dakota Demon*) to 303rd BG Jul
1943 as "Dakota Demon". Returned to USA Nov 2, 1943.