B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

Rimini, Italy Nov 27, 1943. MACR 1304
5876 condemned salvage Oct 6, 1944
5877 condemned MIA Jun 22, 1943
5878 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "Yankee Eagle")
shot down by fighter Minden, Germany Nov 1,
1944. MACR 1874
5879 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'Daisy June II')
lost May 7, 1944. MACR 4562
5880 (94th BG, 333rd BS) lost Jun 22, 1943
between Hemmen and Dodewaard,
Netherlands on raid on Huls, Fermany.
5881 to RFC Stillwater Oct 4, 1945
5882 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Spook III") lost
Jul 28, 1943. MACR 216
5883 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Weary Willie/No
Name Jive*) ditched in North Sea
Jul 25, 1943 after mission to Hamburg,
Germany. Three engines
were hit and the plane had to leave the
formation while
still under attack from Fw 190s. All
10 crew were picked up by
a Danish fishing boat, which took them
50 miles off the coast
of England and they were transferred to
a British launch.
5884 to RFC Altus Oct 9, 1945
5885 (96th BG, 413rd BS) lost Apr 11, 1944.
MACR 3809
5886 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'The Jolly Roger')
shot down by fighter of
JG 26 2km SW of Woensdrecht,
Netherlands Aug 17, 1943 on
raid to Regensburg/Schweinfurt. MACR
387A. 6 KIA, 3 POW, 1
evaded.
5887 to RFC Walnut Ridge Dec 19, 1945
5888 (94th BG, 331st BS, "Elusive Elcy") hit
by Hptm Joachim
Kirschner in Bf 109G-6 of JG 3/5 Sep 27,
1943, caught fire
and exploded near Norden, Germany Sep
27, 1943. MACR 732.
10 KIA, 1 POW.