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Serial Number Criteria: 42-107209
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Data last updated: Tue Mar 15 09:25:04 2016
42-106984 ... 42-107233 (EXACT MATCH)
Douglas-Long Beach B-17G-35-DL Fortress
MSN 21899/22148
106985 (457th BG, 749th BS) salvaged Apr 27, 1944.
106988 (99th BG, 347th BS) shot down over Austria May 10, 1944.  MACR 4729
106991 (99th BG, 347th BS) lost May 18, 1944.  MACR 5066
106992 (612th BS, 401st BG, "Baby Lu") crash-landed Apr 19, 1945, repaired.
Returned to USA and scrapped at Kingman, AZ Nov 1945.
106993 (95th BG, 336th BS, "Pretty Baby")
106994 (381st BG, 532nd BS, *Little Guy*) shot down by AAA Appeldoorn, Holland Nov 26, 1944.
MACR 11205.  Pilot stayed with the plane while others bailed out.  Two other crewmen
were killed in their parachutes.  One crewman evaded, rest of crew POW.  MACR 11205
106995 (99th BG, 348th BS) lost Jun 23, 1944.  MACR 6076
106998 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Paper Doll*) shot down by fighters Nov 2, 1944 
on mission to Merseberg.  MACR 10322.   5 KIA, 4 POW.
107001 (457th BG, 751st BS) salvaged Jun 14, 1944
107002 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Mairzy Doats") lost Jun 21, 1944. MACR 6538
107005 (351st BG) burned on hardstand at Polebrook
107006 (2nd BG, 96th BS) lost Oct 17, 1944.  MACR 9208
107007 (100th BG, 351st BS) lost Jul 27, 1944.  MACR 7815
107008 (483rd BG, 816th BS) lost Jul 18, 1944.  MACR 6953.
107009 (401st BG, 613rd BS) lost Middenmeer, Netherlands Nov 6, 1944.  MACR 10349
Parts recovered  1988;Wieringermeer
107010 (390th BG, 569th BS) crashed during takeoff at Parham, Suffolk
Dec 27, 1944 during takeoff.  9 killed.
107011 (100th BG, 418th BS) lost May 29, 1944.  MACR 5237
107012 (92nd BG, 407th BS) lost Apr 30, 1944, France.  MACR 4466
107014 (379th BG, 527th BS) lost Apr 30, 1944.  MACR 11057
107015 (457th BG, 750th BS) suffered mechanical problems
on mission to Berlin Jun 21, 1944 and diverted to
Sweden.  MACR 6005
107016 (99th BG, 348th BS) lost Jul 24, 1944. MACR 7032
107017 (388th BG, 560th BS) lost May 25, 1944.  MACR 5262
107018 (381st BG, 535th BS, "Los Angeles City Limits*) flow to Kingman, AZ Dec 9, 1945.
107019 (94th BG, 333rd BS) lost Apr 18, 1944, Germany.  MACR 4163
107020 (447th BG, 708th BS) lost May 12, 1944.  MACR 4773
107021 (447th BG, 710th BS) interned in Switzerland Apr 13, 1944. MACR 4297.   Returned Sep 4, 1945.
107022 (96th BG, 338th BS) lost Oct 5, 1944.  MACR 9514
107023 (381st BG, 532nd BS) shot down by fighters Champfleury, France May 27, 1944.  MACR 5182.
107024 (100th BG, 350th BS) lost Apr 28, 1944, France.  MACR 4234.
107026 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Hamtrammak Mama*) shot down by
flak Nov 30, 1944 during mission to Bohlen, Germany.  
MACR 11150.  All crew POW.
107028 (303rd BG, 358th BS) lost May 28, 1944.  MACR 5340
107029 (447th BG, 708th BS) lost Nov 2, 1944.  MACR 10313
107030 (91st BG, 322nd BS) lost Aug 13, 1944.  MACR 7898
107031 (385th BG, 550th BS) interned in Switzerland Jul 13, 1944.  MACR 7490.  Returned Aug 27, 1945.
107033 (91st BG, 322nd BS, "My Baby") crashed Piermont, France Sep 5, 1944.  MACR 8595.  1 KIA, 1 POW,
7 returned to duty
107034 (457th BG, 751st BS, *Rampant Pansy*) salvaged after
crash landing Dec 9, 1944.
107035 (385th BG, 548th BS, 'Reluctant Lady') lost Sep 26, 1944.  MACR 10204
107036 (452nd BG, 730th BS) made belly landing at Bulltofta airport Jun 21, 1944.  MACR 6237
107038 (447th BG, 710th BS) lost Amsterdam, Netherlands Mar 22, 1944.  10 POW.  MACR 3338.
107040 (91st BG, 324th BS) lost Oct 15, 1944.  MACR 9469
107041 (390th BG, 570th BS) lost Nov 30, 1944.  MACR 11137
107042 (91st BG, 401st BS, *Liberty Run*) interned in Switzerland May 27, 1944.  MACR 5356
Returned Sep 27, 1945.
107044 (92nd BG, 325th BS) lost Apr 11, 1944.  MACR 3675
107045 (385th BG, 550th BS) lost Apr 29, 1944, Germany.  MACR 4460
107046 (351st BG, 511th BS) shot down by fighters Aug 6, 1944 on mission to Berlin.  MACR 7584
107047 (95th BG, 334th BS, "The Doodle Bug/What's Cookin?")
107048 (303rd BG, 360th BS) lost Jun 12, 1944.  MACR 5626.
107049 (452nd BG) destroyed by enemy bombing at Poltava, Russia Jun 22, 1944. Condemned Jul 2, 1944.
107050 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Deltress/Tornado") lost Oct 7, 1944.  MACR 9561
107051 (379th BG, 525th BS) lost May 11, 1944.  MACR 4877.
107052 (447th BG, 710th BS) lost May 29, 1944.  MACR 5303
107053 (398th BG, 602nd BS) lost Nov 2, 1944.  MACR 10158
107056 (100th BG, 349th BS) lost Apr 28, 1944, France.  MACR 4238
107057 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Spirit of 96*) MIA Sep 25, 1944 on mission to Frankfurt. MACR 9414
107058 (384th BG, 545th BS, *White Angel*) MIA Sep 11, 1944 on mission to Eisenbach, Germany.  MACR 7885
Also listed as lost Sep 11, 1944, MACR 8903.
107061 (388th BG, 561st BS) lost May 8, 1944.  MACR 4581
107064 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Miss Fitt*) lost to AAA Jul 16, 1944, Neuried, Munich, Germany.  MACR 7553
4 KIA, 5 POW.
107065 (97th BG) lost Nov 17, 1944.  MACR 9877
107067 (447th BG, 709th BS) force landed at Bulltofta, Sweden Apr 11, 1944.  MACR 9877.
Converted to airliner and registered as SE-BAR Nov 19, 1945 and
owned by Swedish crown but operated by SILA.
Later sold to Denmark as OY-DFE. Crashed at Kastrup,
Denmark Jan 30, 1946.
107068 (379th BG, 525th BS) lost Jun 25, 1944.  MACR 6737
107069 (91st BG) crashlanded Denian, UK Nov 26, 1944.  Plane was shot up badly by Fw 190s
and crashlanded and burned upon return.  All crew got out safely, but aircraft burned.
107070 (390th BG, 571st BS) collided with 42-97983 over Hoorn, Netherlands Jul 7, 1944.  MACR 7368.  8 KIA, 2 POW
107071 (92nd BG, 327th BS) lost Sep 8, 1944.  MACR 8596
107072 (447th BG, 710th BS) lost May 12, 1944.  MACR 4774
107073 first flew March of 1944 for 452nd Bomb Group as 
'Silver Shed House'.  The aircraft survived the war, but was written off in an 
accident at Deopham Green Air Base in the UK in 1945 while the 452nd 
participated in the Chow Hound missions to drop food to starving countries 
at the end of the War.
107074 (384th BG, 546th BS) salvaged May 2, 1944
107075 (91st BG, 323rd BS, *Champagne Girl*) collided with 42-31542 Jul 19, 1944 on mission to Lechfeld just
before bombs away.  Struggled to Swiss border where crew bailed out and crashed in Switzerland 
Jul 19, 1944.  MACR 7407
107076 (388th BG, 563rd BS) lost Apr 9, 1944.  MACR 3656
107077 (351th BG, 510th BS) shot down by fighters Jul 19, 1944 on mission to Augsburg.  MACR 7556
107082 (379th BG, 526th BS) crazhed at St Heddinge, Denmark 
May 13, 1944.  9 crew POW.  MACR 4931
107083 (384th BG, 546th BS) MIA Dec 27, 1944 on mission to Altenahr, Belgium.  MACR 11248
107084 (401st BG, 614th BS) lost Oct 7, 1944.  MACR 9760
107085 (388th BG, 562nd BS) lost Sep 12, 1944, Germany.  MACR 8908  
107087 (452nd BG, 728th BS, *Big Barn Smell*) hit by AAA and ditched in 
English Channel Aug 9, 1944.  All crew rescued.
107088 (381st BG, 532nd BS) shot down by AAA Bordeaux, France Jun 19, 1944.  MACR 5994
107089 (452nd BG, 728th BS) lost May 12, 1944.  MACR 4780
107090 (92nd BG, 325th BS) lost Aug 9, 1944.  MACR 8077
107091 (452nd BG, 728th BS, *Forbidden Fruit*) damaged by AAA May 8, 1944, crash landed
at base at Deopham Green.  Salvaged.
107092 (401st BG, 615th BS, *Umbiago/Freckles*) interned in Switzerland Jul 31, 1944.   MACR 7825 
Returned Sep 1, 1945
107093 delivered Tulsa Feb 18, 1944, to Rapid City Mar 6, 1944, to Dow Field Apr 18,1 944
Assigned to 602nd BS, 398th BG at Nuthampstead May 1, 1944.  Transferred to 452nd BG.
Destroyed by enemy bombing at Poltava, Russia Jun 22, 1944. Condemned Jul 2, 1944.
107094 delievered Tulsa Feb 18, 1944, to Rapid City Mar 7, 1944, to Grenier Apr 14, 1944.  Assigned
to 602nd BS, 398th BG at Nuthampstead Apr 26, 194.  Battle damage on mission to Cologne Oct 5, 1944
and crashlanded at RAF Manston.  Crew OK, but aircraft was salvaged Oct 11, 1944.
107095 delivered Tulsa Feb 18, 1944, to Gr Island Mar 2,1 944, to Grenier Apr 3, 1944.  ASSigned 349th BS,
100th BG at Thorp Abbots.  (100th BG, 349th BS) lost Jun 5, 1944 when hit bo ground rocket
and veered into collision with 43-37591, crashed in channel 10 mi off Hardelot, South of Boulougne.
MACR 5384.  3 KIA, 7 POW.
107096 delivered Tulsa Feb 18, 1944, to Grenier Apr 1, 1944.  Assigned to 601st BS, 398th BG
at Nuthampstead Apr 10, 1944.  With 398th BG, 601th BS damaged by flak on missision to Humieres and 
ditched in Channel Jul 8, 1944.  MACR 7220.  7 KIA, 2 picked up by ASR launch.
107097 delivered Tulsa Feb 28, 1944, to Dow Field Apr 14, 1944, assigned 398th BG Nuthampstead
Apr 22, 1944.  Transferred to 360th BS, 303rd BD at Molesworth.  Named "Sweet Melody".   Battle 
damaged on mission to France Jun 11, 1944 and stalled on end of base runway then skidded and 
undercarriage ripped off and tail wheel collapsed.  Salvaged Jun 13, 1944.
107098 (398th BG, 601th BS) lost Aug 4, 1944.  MACR 7707
107099 (303rd BG, 427th BS, "Ole 99") lost Jan 13, 1945, Germany.  MACR 11577
107100 (381st BG, 532rd BS, *Century Note*) retired to Kingman, AZ Nov 28, 1945.
107101 (2nd BG, 96th BS) shot down over Austria Jul 21, 1944.  MACR 6684
107103 (398th BG, 602nd BS) lost Sep 10, 1944.  MACR 8918
107104 (96th BG, 339th BS) lost May 31, 1944.  MACR 5342
107105 (305th BG, 366th BS) lost Aug 4, 1944.  MACR 7703
107106 (97th BG, 341st BS) shot down over Austria Dec 28, 1944.  MACR 10876
107112 (532nd BS, 381st BG, *Sleepy Time Gal*) scrapped at Kingman, AZ Nov 18 1945.
107116 (96th BG, 338th BS, "Gypsy Girl") destroyed by enemy bombing at Poltava, Russia Jun 22, 1944. 
Condemned Jul 2, 1944.
107118 delivered Tulsa Feb 27, 1944, to Hunter Mar 4, 1944, to Homestead Mar 8, 1944.  Assigned to 20th BS,
2nd BG at Amendola, named "Snafuperman".  Shot down by fighters and crashed near Metylovice Village, Frydek Mistek
County, Czechoslovakia Aug 29, 1944.  MACR 7987.  8 POW, 2 KIA
107120 damaged at Yankton Gunnery Range, SD Apr 14, 1945.
107121 (384th BG, 546th BS, *Kentucky Colonel*) salvaged Dec 6, 1944
107123 (96th BG, 339th BS) lost May 12, 1944.  MACR 5359
107124 (351st BG) returned to USA Jun 11, 1945
107132 (398th BG, 601th BS) lost May 24, 1944.  MACR 5253
107134 (388th BG, 563rd BS, "Round Trip") destroyed by enemy bombing at Poltava, Russia Jun 22, 1944. 
Condemned Jul 2, 1944.
107135 (385th BG, 549th BS, 'Homesick Angel') lost Aug 15, 1944.  MACR 7908
107137 (100th BG, 349th BS) interned in Switzerland Jul 13, 1944.  MACR 7502.  Returned Oct 11, 1945.
107138 (398th BG, 603rd BS) lost Nov 21, 1944.  MACR 11213.
107144 collided in midair with B-17G 42-107157 near Laurel, Nebraska.
Both planes had nine onboard and only the pilot of 107144
survived.
107146 (379th BG, 527th BS) damaged by AAA on mission to Gelsenkirchen, Germany and
crashed in North Sea on return Aug 26, 1944.
107147 (303rd BG, 360th BG, "Sweet Melody") crashlanded Jun 11, 1944
107148 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Dark Angel*) MIA Mar 17, 1945 on mission to Erfurt, Germany.
107153 (306th BG, 369th BS, "Denny Boy") belly landed at Feternes, France Jul 16, 1944.
9 evaded.
107154 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Puddles")
107157 collided in midair with B-17G 42-107144 near Laurel, Nebraska.
Both planes had nine onboard and only the pilot of 107144
survived.
107159 collided in midair with P-47D 42-74782 3 mi NE of
Bruning AAF, Nebraska Sep 8, 1944.  6 killed, 4 survived on B-17.
Pilot of P-47D killed.
107160 (388th BG, 562nd BS) hit by flak May 19, 1944 during missin to Berlin and
ditched in North Sea.  All crew rescued.
107163 (92nd BG, 407th BS) lost Jun 14, 1944.  MACR 5793
107164 (96th BG, 339th BS) lost Apr 20, 1944, France.  MACR 4165
107166 (483rd BG, 815th BS) lost Jul 9, 1944.  MACR 6817
107170 (483rd BG, 817th BS) lost Jul 18, 1944.  MACR 6978
107172 (483rd BG, 816th BS) lost Jul 18, 1944.  MACR 7153
107175 (525th BS, 379th BG) downed south of Caen, France 8/13/1944. 8 of 10 aboard KIA.  MACR 7906
107176 (390th BG, 568th BS) lost Jan 21, 1945, Germany.  MACR 11801
107177 (390th BG, 569th BS) lost Apr 24, 1944, Germany.  MACR 4291
107178 (91st BG, 401st BS) lost May 24, 1944.  MACR 5358
107179 (483rd BG, 816th BS) lost Jul 18, 1944.  MACR 6856
107180 410th BS, 94th BG. Named ‘The Eagle’s Wrath/Lucky Rebel’ for display in the 
USSTAF [United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe] Military Equipment Exhibition 
under the Eiffel Tower, Paris Aug-Sep 1945. The original ‘The Eagle’s Wrath/Lucky Rebel’ was 41-24524.
107180 was scrapped shortly after the exhibition.
107185 (94th BG, 331st BS) lost Aug 6, 1944.  MACR 8075
107186 (398th BG, 603rd BS) lost Aug 4, 1944.  MACR 7708
107188 (398th BG, 602nd BS) lost Dec 29, 1944.  MACR 11348
107189 (96 BG, 339 BS) lost May 12, 1944, Dauborn.  MACR 4864
107196 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Temptress") lost Sept 12, 1944, Germany.  MACR 8825
107197 (447th BG, 710th BS) shot down by AAA Apr 27, 1944, Belgium.  3 KIA, 7POW.  MACR 4299
107198 (388th BG, 562nd BS) destroyed by enemy bombing at Poltava, Russia Jun 22, 1944. Condemned Jul 2, 1944.
107199 (390th BG, 570th BS, "Powerful Katrinka") lost over Channel Islands due to
flak hit Jun 11, 1944.  MACR 5629.  All aboard KIA
107200 (303rd BG, 358th BS) lost Apr 24, 1944, Germany.  MACR 4274
107201 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Worrybird")
107202 (388th BG, 563rd BS, 'Belle of the Brawl') shot down by flak 
Aug 24, 1944 over Brux, Czechoslovakia.  MACR 8287.  The plane received
a direct flak hit in #4 engine and the right wing exploded and the
plane spun in from 26,000 feet.  5 KIA, 4 became POW.
107204 (95th BG, 412th BS, "Goin' My Way") crashed in Sonian forest S of Brussels, Belgium Apr 6, 1945.
All 9 crew KIA.
107207 (401st BG, 614th BS) lost May 30, 1944.  MACR 5304
107208 (338th BS, 96th BG) crashed in Poland Feb 3, 1945.  All crew survived.  MACR 8810
107211 (100th BG, 349th BS) lost Jul 29, 1944.  MACR 7816
107212 (306th BG, 423rd BS) lost Jun 15, 1944.  MACR 5795
107215 (447th BG, 709th BS, 'Li'l Eight Ball') returned to USA Jul 5, 1945
after 124 missions.  Arrived at Recl Comp Jun 7, 1946.  To 4168th AAF
Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), South Plains AAF, TX (storage)
and eventually scrapped at South Plains AAF Holding Base, Lubbock, TX.
107216 (351st BG, 511th BS) ditched 5 mi off Bradwell Bay Aug 9, 1944 after AAA damage on mission to Elsenborn.
MACR 7391.
107218 (398th BG, 600th BS) lost Jul 7, 1944.  MACR 7221
107221 (384th BG, 544th BS) landed in Malmo, Sweden Jun 21, 1944.  MACR 5995.  Repaired and 
flown back to UK Jun 16, 1945.
107223 (398th BG, 603rd BS) lost Aug 8, 1944.  MACR 7384
107224 (384th BG, 544th BS) crashed in England Aug 3, 1944
107225 (452nd BG, 731st BS) lost Aug 9, 1944.  MACR 7388
107226 (385th BG) while undergoing repair at Honington airfield
was struck by P-51 44-14034 that was taking off.  The
B-17 was cut in half and the P-51 pilot was killed.
The P-51 was proabably 44-14034 of 364th FG.
107227 (96th BG, 337th BS, "Cabin in the Sky") destroyed by enemy bombing at Poltava, Russia Jun 22, 1944. 
Condemned Jul 1, 1944.
107231 (398th BG, 603rd BS) lost May 24, 1944.  MACR 5252
107233 (100th BG, 351st BS) lost Dec 31, 1944.  MACR 11356

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