USAF Serial Number Search Results

40-071 ... 40-179 (EXACT MATCH)
Douglas A-20A Havoc
071 W/o Aug 5, 1942 at Wright Field, OH .  To CL-26 at Scott Field, IL
072 in taxi accident at Morris Field, NC Dec 13, 1942
074 (redesignated as RA-20A) scrapped Morrison Field, FL Dec 28, 1945. 
075 (redesignated as RA-20A) RFC Ontario, CA Dec 5, 1945.
076 (redesignated as RA-20A) w/o Jun 3, 1942 at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD.
Used as instructional airframe Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD Jun 1942.
077 to RAAF as A28-36 11/43.  Converted to components 04/45.
078 (RA-20A) used as instructional airframe, Spokane, WA May 18, 1944.
079 condemned Oct 31, 1944.
080 condemned Dec 9, 1942
081 (RA-20A) DPC Bush Field, GA Feb 9, 1945.
082 condemned Oct 31, 1944
083 (RA-20A) crashed near Madera, CA Jul 8, 1942 due to fuel problem.
084 (redesignated as RA-20A) SOC March Field, CA Feb 8, 1942.  W/o Oct 22, 1942 at Blythe, CA
085 to RAAF as A28-32 11/43.  Converted to components 04/45.
086 (RA-20A) flew into telephone support cable and crashed into cliff,
Fritch, TX Apr 19, 1943.  1 killed
087 (RA-20A) DPC, Bush Field, GA Dec 9, 1945
088 Wfu Jan 24, 1942 at Barksdale Field, LA.  Converted to components Jan 24, 1942, Keesler Field, NY.
089 (3rd BG, 89th BS) MIA during return from mission against Salamaua Mar 12, 1943.
Last seen entering a cloud in the Mt. Murray area, Owen Stanley Range, New Guinea.
090 SOC May 6, 1942
091 to instructional airframe Apr 20, 1942.
092 W/o Jul 12, 1942 at Pope Field, NC.   To CL-26
093 surplused Feb 21, 1945
094 in accident Jun 18, 1943
095 W/o  Nov 20, 1942 at Dakota Field, Aruba.  Condemned Feb 24, 1943
096 wrecked at Brookley Field Aug 25, 1942 when nosewheel collapsed 
during landing.  Converted to CL-26
097 (25 BG/59 BS(M)) wrecked NW of Hato Field, Curacao Nov 27, 1942.
098 W/o Nov 18, 1941 at Spartanburg, SC .  surveyed at Savannah AAB, GA Mar 12, 1942
099 in midair with 40-102 May 19, 1941 near Galivanta Ferry, SC
100 W/o May 24, 1942 at Romulus, MI.   To CL-26
101 lost in combat Nov 22, 1942
102 in midair with 40-099 May 19, 1941 near Galivanta Ferry, SC
103 condemned Oct 31, 1944
104 missing Jan 13, 1942, Blanca Point, Panama
105 lost engine on takeoff and crashed Shreveport MAP, LA Sep 6, 1941.
106 to RA-20A.  With 23 TTS ditched 2 mi S of Punta Bruja, Panama Aug 22, 1944.  Surplused Sep 12, 1944
107 crashed near Madera, CA Jul 8, 1942.
108 wrecked at Grenier Field, NH Jul 25, 1942.
109 in accident Nov 5, 1941
110 wrecked at Eugene MAP, OR Dec 19, 1941.
111 wrecked 11 mi E of La Grange, GA Jun 22, 1941 and surveyed Nov 5, 1941.
112 condemned Oct 31, 1944
113 (25 BG/59 BS(M)) damaged at Hato Field, Curacao May 22, 1943
114 surplused Feb 21, 1945
115 condemned Jul 7, 1941
116 damaged in landing accident at Albrook Field, CZ Mar 30, 1944.  Surplused Feb 21, 1945
117 condemned Aug 4, 1941
118 to RAAF as A28-37 11/43.  Converted to components 04/45.
119 wrecked at Lovell, TN Jun 12, 1941
120 surplused Feb 23, 1945
121 wrecked at Hunter Field, GA Jul 31, 1942.  To CL-26
122 wrecked at Will Rogers Field, OK Apr 16, 1943
123 suffered hydraulic failure Oct 17, 1941, pilot bailed out near Langly Field, VA
124 wrecked at Putam, AL Jul 28, 1942.
125 (5th BG (Light)) crashed Apr 23, 1945, 1/2 mile off Papilou Island,
Hawaii.  No survivors.  Plane condemned May 23, 1942
126 spun in due to engine failure off Diamond Head, HI Sep 21, 1941.
127 salvaged Oct 20, 1944
128 condemned Oct 20, 1942. 
129 surveyed at Keesler Field, MS.
130 (RA-20A, 42nd BS, 11th BG) lost Sep 21, 1943 off Kualoa Point, Oahu, Hawaii.  MACR 564
131 condemned Nov 24, 1942
132 in accident Jan 11, 1943
133 condemned Jan 28, 1942
134 salvaged Sep 20, 1944
135 W/o May 5, 1942 at Wheeler Field, HI .  Condemned Sep 19, 1942.
136 condemned Dec 26, 1942.
137 destroyed on ground at Hickham Field, Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.
138 W/o Jan 12, 1942 at Somerset, PA .  Condemned Feb 24, 1942.
139 to RAAF as A28-38 11/43.  Converted to components 04/45.
140 to RFC at Tinker Field, OK Jul 1, 1945
141 to RFC at Tinker Field, OK Jul 1, 1945
142 in landing accident at Godman Field, KY Nov 27, 1942
143 to RAAF as A28-33 11/43.  Converted to components 5/44
144 to RAAF as A28-39 11/43.  Converted to
instructional airframe.  SOC 10/46.
145 W/o Feb 12, 1942 at Mumford, TX.  Condemned Dec 30, 1942
146 in accident Aug 4, 1943
147 wrecked at Lawson Field Mar 4, 1942.  To CL-26.
148 wrecked at Keesler Field, MS Mar 8, 1943
149 W/o Jan 29, 1942 at Bowman Field, KY.   To CL-26 at Bowman Field Jul 17, 1942.
150 condemned Nov 23, 1942
151 destroyed on ground at Hickham Field, Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.
152 surveyed at Kelly Field Jan 16, 1945
153 surveyed in Panama Dec 1, 1941.
154 (25 BG/59 BS(M)) wrecked in landing accident at Hato Field, Curacao, Jan 21, 1943.
155 (3rd BG, 89th BS, 'Abijah Gooch') lost somewhere between Australian and New Guinea Nov 16, 1942.
156 W/o Jul 17, 1943 at Edgewood, MD.   Surveyed Jul 18, 1943
157 W/o Jun 22, 1941 at Yatesville, GA.   Surveyed Oct 27, 1941
158 condemned May 9, 1942 and surveyed at Duncan Field, TX Apr 7, 1943
159 lost in combat Aug 23, 1943
160 W/o Mar 20, 1942 at Daniel Field, GA .  To CL-26
161 W/o Jul 26, 1941 at Savannah, GA.  Surveyed Feb 24, 1942
162 to RAAF as A28-35 11/43.  Converted to components 3/45.
163 lost in premature bomb explosion at Lawson Field Jun 8, 1942. 3 killed.
164 to reclamation Mar 27, 1945
165 W/o Dec 1, 1941 at Stamford, KY
166 (3rd BG, 89th BS, 'Little Hellion') hit by AAA on mission to Port Moresby
Nov 1, 1942 and made gear and flaps up landing at 7-Mile Airfield.   Parts of this
plane were used in conjunction with parts from another wrecked A-20A (39-0724) to make
a new aircraft (Steak and Eggs Special) to ferry liquor and fresh food from
Australia.  Caught in bad weather in early 1943 and crashlanded on a beach near
Cooktown.  Not recovered
167 condemned Oct 31,1944
168 wrecked at Meridian Aug 22, 1942.
169 condemned Aug 17, 1943
170 mission Mar 29, 1943
171 surveyed Feb 16, 1942.
172 surveyed Dec 17, 1942.
173 lost in combat Apr 26, 1943
174 W/o Feb 28, 1944 at Lakeland, FL.  Surveyed Mar 7, 1944
175 in accident Aug 1, 1943
176 in accident Mar 8, 1943
177 to DPC at Bush Field Feb 14, 1945
178 W/o Mar 4, 1942 at Mitchell Field, NY.  To CL-26
179 wrecked at Hunter Field, GA in wheels-up landing in swamp Jun 21, 1942.

40-2042 ... 40-2079
Boeing B-17C Fortress
MSN 2043/2080
2042 bailed to Boeing for 2 years before returning to USAAF. Converted to B-17D.  Redesignated RB-17D Oct 22, 1942. 
Crashed NW of New Albany, Oregon Jan 25, 1943.  W/o Jan 29, 1943.
2043 to RAF as Fortress I AN518.  Listed as MIA Bygland, Norway Sep 8, 1941.  Also listed as having been 
returned to USAAF Dec 1, 1942, apparently with serial number 40-2066.  Seen taking off in film 
"Flying Fortress" which was made after 90 Sqn was taken off ops.
2044 to RAF as AN519.  Was first B-17 to bomb Germany, Dec 20, 1941.  MIA Oslo Dec 12, 1943.  SOC Dec 12, 1943.
2045 (30th BS, 19th BG) shot down by Japanese fighters Dec 10, 1941
Luzon, Philippines.  First USAAF B-17 lost in actual combat.  Capt Colin P. Kelly killed.
2046 to Wright Field Nov 1940.  To Eglin Air Proving Ground
May 1942 for testing 2 20-mm cannon in nose.  To RFC at Altus Oct 4, 1945.
2047 delivered Strategic Air Depot Sep 9, 1940, to Salt Lake City Jun 27, 1941.  Crashed Nov 2, 1941 
Georgetown, CA while being ferried from Salt Lake City to McClellan Field near 
Sacramento, CA.  Of the 9 crew, 8 survived.  Pilot was killed. Wreck still there.
2048 delivered 19th BG Sep 2, 1940.  To Clark Field, Philippines Feb 6, 1941.
(19th BG) strafed on ground at Clark Field, Dec 8, 1941.  Salvaged
2049 delivered 38 RS/19th BG Salt Lake City.  Transferred to 9th BS, 7th BG Selfridge Field
Feb 24, 1941.  (38th RS, 11th BG) damaged by Japanese fighters during approach to Bellows Field, Pearl Harbor
Dec 7, 1941.  Not repaired, and used as spares source.
2050 delivered SAD Sep 3, 1940.  Assigned to 11th BS, 7th BG Fort Douglas, Salt Lake City May 19, 1941.
(11th BS, 7th BG) overshot landing at McClellan Field Jun 11, 1941.  Salvaged May 6, 1942.
2051 to RAF as AN520.  SOC Aug 14, 1944, handed over Portland, Oregon
2052 to RAF as AN521.  With 220 Squadron, abandoned after engine fire near Shallufa Jan 10, 1942.  W/o
Oct 3, 1943.
2053 to RAF as AN522.  Broke up in midair when flew into heavy cloud near Catterick Bridge, UK Jun 22, 1941.
2054 (38 RS, 11 BG) was one of the planes that arrived over Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.  Crashed 130 mi off
Oahu, Hawaii Jun 15, 1942.  MACR 16123.  7 survived, two killed.
2055 to RAF as AN523.  Damaged by enemy aircraft over Brest, France Aug 16, 1941.
w/o after crash landing at Roborough, UK.  Freeman has 2055 being AN537.  There is controversy about the
B-17C identities delivered to RAF.
2056 to RAF as AN524.  Crashed Aug 21, 1941, and relegated to instructional airfram 3355M Sept 1942.
2057 to RAF as AN525.  With 90 Squadron, shot down by Bf 109s near Kristiansand, Norway Sep 8, 1941 while on
mission to bomb the ship Admiral Scheer in Oslo Harbor.
2058 converted to B-17D. (7th BG, 9th BS) groundlooped and destroyed by fire at Langley Field, VA Feb 4, 1941.
2059 converted to B-17D.  Redesignated RB-17D Oct 22, 1942.  W/o Aug 4, 1943.
2060 to RAF as AN526.  Was code WP-G.  Relegated to instructional airframe 4449M Oct 1942.
2061 to RAF as AN527.  SOC Sep 15, 1943, w/o Sep 1, 1944. 
2062 (93rd BS, 19th BG) shot down by Japanese fighters 10 mi S of Malang, Java Feb 3, 1942.  7 KIA
2063 delivered SAD Nov 30, 1940, Salt Lake Cityu May 22, 1941, Sunset Field Jun 14, 1941.  Assigned to
38RS, 19th BG Nov 14, 1941.  Was one of the planes that arrived over Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.
(38th RS, 11th BG) crashed Langley Field May 29, 1943 while on training mission out of Sebring, FL.  
W/O May 29, 1943
2064 to RAF as AN528.  Caught fire on ground at Polebrook, UK Jul 3, 1941.  Salvaged Jul 7, 1941.
2065 to RAF as AN529.  W/o after forced landing near Fort Maddalena, Libya Nov 8, 1941.
2066 to RAF as AN530.  Was code WP-F.  Saw action and survived.  SOC Sep 11, 1943.    
Freeman says that it was AN532 and was returned to USAAF Dec 1, 1942 and subsequently burnt out.
2067 delivered Salt Lake City Feb 13, 1941.  To Albuquerque Oct 1, 1941.  Assigned to 19th BG at
Clark Field.  (19th BG) destroyed on ground by strafing at Clark Field, Philippines Dec 8, 1941.
2068 to RAF as AN531.  SOC Jan 17. 1945.  Longest serving B-17 in RAF.
2069 to RAF as AN532.  Returned to USAAF Dec 1, 1942, apparently with serial
40-2079 (Freeman says it was AN524, returned to USAAF Dec 1, 1942 and
crashed at Hendricks Jan 3, 1943 and scrapped)
2070 destroyed on ground by Japanese attack on Hickam Field, Oahu, HI Dec 7, 1941.  Must have been
repaired since w/o Jan 3, 1943 at Hendricks Field, FL.
2071 to RAF as AN533.  Shot down by Bf 109s over Norway Sep 6, 1941.
2072 (19th BG) heavily damaged on Davao mission Dec 25, 1941 and converted into transport.  With 46th 
Troop Carrier Squadron, 317th Transport Group, crashed Bakers Creek, Queensland, Australia, 
June 14, 1943 while ferrying troops to New Guinea.  Six crew and 34 GIs killed.  One survived.
2073 to RAF as AN534.  Broke up in midair due to extreme turbulence over Wilbarston, UK Jul 18, 1941 and crashed.
2074 delivered Langley Nov 14, 1941.  Assigned 38th RS, 19th BG.  (38 RS, 19BG) was one of the planes that 
arrived over Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941.  Hit by Japanese gunfire while attempting to land at Wheeler 
Field, setting its magnesium flare box on fire.  Fuselage buckled on landing, splitting the
plane in two.  A flight surgeon on board was killed by strafing fire as he
tried to scramble away from the burning plane.  The plane was not repaired.
2075 to RAF as AN535.  With 90 Squadron, damaged by Bf 109s over Norway Sep 8, 1941 and written off in
crash landing at Kinloss, Scotland.
2076 to RAF as AN536.  With 206 Squadron, broke up in midair over Shepreth, UK, Jan 9, 1942.
2077 (MSN 2078) upgraded to B-17D standard Jan 1941.  Strafed on ground by Japanese fighters at
Hickam Field Dec 7, 1941.  Salvaged Dec 8, 1941.
2078 delivered Salt Lake City Mar 17, 1941, returned to Boeing, to Salt Lake City Jun 24, 1941.  SAD
Sep 9, 1941.  Crashed Duncan Ford, Texas Oct 11, 1941. Salvaged.
2079 to RAF as AN537.  Was code WP-L and later code NR-L as seen in a photo over convoy with
220  Sqn, Coastal Command.  SOC Sep 1, 1944, Freeman says it was 
AN518 and returned to USAAF Sept 26, 1943.  W/o Sept 1, 1944.

40-3059 ... 40-3100
Boeing B-17D Fortress
MSN 2087/2128
3059 (19th BG) destroyed on ground at Clark Field, Philippines Dec 8, 1941.  Salvaged
3060 (11th BG) destroyed on ground by Japanese attack at Hickam Field, Hawaii Dec, 7, 1941.
3061 (11th BG, 21st BS) destroyed at Malang, Java Feb 28, 1942.  Repaired by Japanese and flown to
Japan for evaluation.
3062 (19th BG) destroyed by strafing at Pasiran, Java Feb 22, 1942
3063 (19th BG) collided with P-40 at Clark Field, Philippines Dec 10, 1941.  Salvaged
3064 (19th BG) crashed overshooting strip at Malang, Java Jan 17, 1942.  Crew survived.
3065 (953 TFTS) damaged when bellied in 9 mi NE of Lebanon, Idaho Mar 26, 1943.  Transferred to
93rd Advanced training Group Apr 4, 1943.  To RFC May 11, 1945.
3066 (19th BG) strafed at Pasirian, Java Feb 22, 1942
3067 crashed on takeoff from Batchelor Field, N. T. Australia Jan 28, 1942.
3068 (19th BG) strafed at Clark AB, Philippines Dec 8, 1941.
3069 (19th BG) strafed on ground at Clark Field, Philppines Feb 22, 1942.  Parts used by Japanese for a
B-17D reconstruction.
3070 (19th BG) strafed at Pasirian, Java Feb 22, 1942, salvaged
3071 (5th BG) destroyed at Hickam Field, Dec 7, 1941
3072 (19th BG) strafed at Pasirian, Java Feb 22, 1942, salvaged
3073 (MSN 2101) assigned to 19th BG at Del Monte Field, Philippines.  
Attacked by enemy fighters and force landed in center of rice
paddy on Masbate Island Dec 14, 1941.  Later destroyed by Japanese strafing.
3074 (19th BG) strafed and burned at Singoaasri, Java Feb 3, 1942.
3075 (19th BG) strafed at Clark AB, Philippines Dec 8, 1941.
3076 (19th BG) strafed at Clark AB, Philippines Dec 8, 1941.
3077 (11th BG) destroyed on ground at Hickam Field, Hawaii Dec 7, 1941
3078 (19th BG) strafed and burned on ground at Singoaasri, Java Feb 3, 1942
3079 (19th BG) crashlanded and wrecked Daly Waters Northern Territory, Australia
Mar 14, 1942.  One crew member killed.
3080 (5th BG) destroyed on ground at Hickam Field, Hawaii Dec 7, 1941
3081 (11th BG) destroyed on ground at Hickam Field, Hawaii Dec 7, 1941.
3082 (5th BG) in taxi accident at Lockbourn Mar 3, 1943.  To New Haven Jul 15, 1943.  W/o Jul 19, 1943.
3083 (11th BG) destroyed on ground at Hickam Field, Hawaii Dec 7, 1941
3084 (11th BG) w/o Oct 16, 1943. 
3085 (5th BG) w/o Jul 21, 1943 with 23rd BS, 5th BG.
3086 (19th BG) ditched off Zamboanga Dec 10, 1941.
3087 (19th BG) damaged in ground accident at Del Monte Dec 12, 1941, salvaged.
3088 (19th BG) strafed on ground at Clark AB Dec 8, 1941.  Salvaged
3089 (394th BS, 5th BG) lost Oct 2, 1942 due to mechanical trouble on routine flight of Bellows Field.  
All 9 crew killed.  MACR 802 and 900.  This plane is often listed as the plane lost at sea 
(431th BS, 11th BG) Oct 21, 1942, central Pacific, with the World War 
1 ace Edward V. Rickenbacker being aboard.  Rickenbacker and crew were rescued by Navy planes 24 days later.  
MACR 16348 was written after the war and does not list the serial number of the plane or give the date of loss.
3090 (MSN 2118) damaged at Hickam Field, Hawaii Dec 7, 1941.   w/o in accident Sep 11, 1942 at Kualon Field, HI
3091 (19th BG) damaged in Philippines Dec 10, 1941.  Flown to Australia but considered
uneconomical to repair and w/o Dec, 27, 1941 at Darwin, Australia and converted to components.  
The tail was used on *The Swooze*
3092 (5th BG) crashed Newark, New Jersey Jul 15, 1943.  Salvaged.  Ended up as trainer at Yale University 1944-45
3093 (19th BG) strafed at Del Monte Dec 19, 1941.  Salvaged
3094 (19th BG) strafed at Clark AB, Philippines Dec 8, 1941, salvaged.
3095 (11th BG, 61st BS) wrecked at Clark Field Dec 8, 1941 and restored to flyable status by Japanese.
3096 (19th BG) suffered battle damage in mission to Legaspi Dec 14, 1941 and crashlanded Cagayan, Mindanao
and almost burned out.
3097 (19th BG, *Swoose*) only known US military aircraft to have flown a combat mission
on the first day of US entry into WW II and to remain in continuous military
flying service throughout the conflict.  Original user was 19th BG.  After bombing raids against the 
Japanese in Java, 40-3097 survived the Philippines campaign to be used as the personal VIP transport of the 
Panama Canal Department/Caribbean Defense Command Flight Section CO and was flown all over Latin America.
It then became a ground training air frame for New Haven cadets.  Throughout the war, it was continually
rebuilt with wreckage of other B-17s and kept on flying in SW Pacific.  Later assigned
as personal transport of Gen George Brett.  At end of war, consigned to Kingman, AZ for
scrapping, but was saved by Frank Kurtz, its wartime pilot, who arranged for the
city of Los Angeles to accept it as a war memorial.  On April 6, 1946, Kurtz flew the 
airplane to Mines Field, the Los Angeles municipal airport. Among his passengers were 
the mayor of Los Angeles and Mrs. Kurtz. Following acceptance ceremonies, airport 
personnel stored the B-17 inside a hangar.  Plan for war memorial fell through and
Frank Kurtz arranged for the National Air Museum to acquire the aircraft.  Kurtz
flew the plane in May 1948 to the old C-54 assembly plant at Park Ridge, IL for storage.  
In June 1950 the USAF claimed the Park Ridge facility for military use, and the Smithsonian
officials abandoned the hangar.  On Jan 18, 1952, an Air Force crew flew the plane to
Pyote, TX for storage.  Flown to Andrews AFB, MD Dec 3, 1953 and stored outdoors there
for six years.  In April 1961, the plane was trucked to the Paul Garber Preservation,
Restoration, and Storage Facility at Silver Hill, MD.  Is to be restored and put on display
at Smithsonian museum at Dulles Airport, Washington.  Fuselage moved by truck to
USAF Museum Jul 11, 2008 for restoration.  Wings will follow later.
3098 (19th BG) in ground accident at Del Monte Dec 12, 1941, salvaged.
3099 (19th BG) strafed at Clark AB, Philippines Dec 8, 1941.  Salvaged.
3100 (19th BG) in ground accident at Clark AB, Philippines Dec 9, 1941.  Salvaged.