B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

5834 converted to YB-40, later to TB-40. TO
RFC Walnut Ridge Dec 19, 1945
5835 condemned salvage Nov 9, 1944
5836 (2nd BG, 49th BS) lost Jan 24, 1944.
MACR 1993
5837 (2nd BG, 20th BS) MIA Italy Aug 19, 1943.
MACR 459
5838 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Mad Money II*)
lost Jan 4, 1944 on mission to Kiel. MACR 1483.
Crew of 10 POW
5839 (379th BG, 325th BS) MIA Germany Jun 25,
1944. MACR 1367
5840 condemned May 13, 1943
5841 (306th BG, 423rd BS, "Est Nulla Via in
Via Virtuli") diverted to
Magadino-Ticino, Switzerland Sept 6,
1943 after mission to Stuttgart,
Germany and interned. MACR 519.
5842 (463rd BG, 773rd BS)
5843 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Black Ghost*) ran
out of fuel and crashed
near Beauvais, France Sep 6, 1943 on
mission to Stuttgart, Germany.
MACR 1455 and 774. 6 POW, 4 evaded
5844 (97th BG, 341st BS) lost Nov 8, 1943.
MACR 2098
5845 (381st BG, 534th BS, 'Whaletail II')
damaged by AAA and crashed
into North Sea 50 mi off UK Dec 20, 1943.
MACR 1724. 10 KIA.
5846 (381st BG, 535th BS, 'Tinkertoy') lost
in head-on collision
with enemy fighter during mission to
Bremen, Germany Dec 20, 1943,
Bremen, Germany. MACR 1723. 7 KIA, 3
POW.
5847 (381st BG, 532nd BS, 'Margie Mae') shot
down by AAA Maastricht,
Holland Aug 12, 1943. MACR 660
5848 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Patches*)
salvaged Jul 30, 1943 after mission to Kassel. Had to
break formation during mission to
Kassel due to oxygen system
problems, thereafter badly damaged by