USAF Serial Number Search Results

42-29467 ... 42-29531 (EXACT MATCH)
Boeing B-17F-55-BO Fortress
MSN 4581/4645
29470 (97th BG, "Kibbe Tondelayo") lost 3 engines due to flak and ditched near Catania,
Sicily Jul 16, 1943.  Crew rescued by a British destroyer.
29473 ("Yankee Doodle")
29475 (91st BG, 323rd BS, "Stric Nine") shot down by Fw. Martin Brendel in FW-190A-4 of JG 2/1. and 
crashed into Channel 3 mi N of Cabourg, France Jul 10, 1943. 8 KIA, 2 POW.  MACR 34.
29476 (945h BG, 410th BS, "Snafu") shot down May 29, 1943 over Dinan, France.  2 POW, 10 KIA.
29477 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Joan of Ark") hit by a rocket from a
Bf 110G-2 and crashed near Heilbronn, Germany Oct 14, 1943.  2 KIA, 9 POW.  MACR 907
29481 (303rd BG, 427th BS) shot down over North Sea 10 mi E of
Scharnhorn Island during mission to Heligoland Islands
May 15, 1943.  All crew KIA.  MACR 15515
29483 (15th FRG) damaged in midair collision with B-17F 42-29478 over Brazil Feb 8, 1943. Repaired. 
(99th BG, 348th BS, "Dee Zip Zip") shot down by a Bf 109G-6 near Comiso, Sicily, Italy Jul 5, 1943. 4
KIA, 7 POW, 5 of them later returned. MACR 386 and 240. 
29485 (463rd BG, "Miss Fury")
29486 (99th BG, 348th BS) shot down by a Bf 109G-6 near Gerbini, Sicily, Italy Jul 5, 1943. 5 KIA, 5 POW. 
One of them severly injured and exchanged with an injured German POW. MACR 1133 and 988.
29487 (91st BG, 324th BS) lost Jan 11, 1944.  MACR 1915
29492 (351st BG) collided over Polebrook with 42-29865 May 7, 1943.
Also have MACR 1132 and 98A which has this plane with 99th BG, 348th BS, "Ramblin' Wreck" shot down by a
Bf 109G-6 near Gerbini, Sicily, Italy Jul 5, 1943. 7 KIA, 3 POW. MACR 1132 and 98A. 
29496 (99th BG, 346th BS) lost May 3, 1943.  MACR 16175
29498 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Dark Horse" aka "Mumsie") damaged by
AAA then shot down by Hptm Walter Koeckner in Fw 190A-6 of
JG 1/II Stab near Harpstedt, Germany Nov 29, 1943.  MACR 1657.
4 KIA, 6 POW.
29499 (305th BG, 422nd BS, "Ma Ma Chang") shot down by Hptm emil-Rudlof Schnoor in Fw 190A-5 of JG 1/I Stab
and crashed Oude Pekela, Netherlands Jun 25, 1943.  1 KIA, 9 POW.  
29500 crashed 16 mi E of Ellensburg, WA Mar 29, 1943.  9 killed.
29502 (99th BG, 416th BS) lost Nov 24, 1943. MACR 1308
29505 crashed into Mt. Maenclochog, Wales Apr 11, 1944 during ferry flight.  British records
show date as Nov 4, 1942.
29506 (381st BG, 532nd BS, "Full Boost!") shot down by Oblt Hugo
Frey in Bf 109G of JG 11/7 at Cassel, France Dec 1, 1943.  
MACR 1578.  6 KIA, 4 POW.
29509 ("Bad Penny")
29511 (379th BG, 525th BS, "The Iron Maiden") shot down by fighter near Schweinfurt,
Germany Oct 14, 1943.  10 POW.  MACR 957
29520 (91st BG, 323rd BS) shot down by fighter between Wagenfeld and Neustadt, Germay
Oct 8, 1943.  MACR 909.  3 KIA, 7 POW
29523 (2nd BG, 20th BS) lost Aug 19, 1943, Italy.  MACR 457.
29524 (423rd BS, 306th BS, "Meat Hound") transferred to 358th BS, 303rd BG.
Hit by fighters over Durgerdam, Holland Jan 26, 1944.  9 parachutes reported
over the Netherlands.  3 KIA, 6 POW.  The pilot returned
the damaged aircraft alone and crashlanded at a fighter field at Metfield,
England.  MACR 4269
29525 remained stateside.  To RFC at Kingman, Arizona Nov 6, 1945.
29526 delivered Cheyenne Dec 31, 1943, Salina Jan 11, 1943, DeRidder Jan 31, 1943, Morrison Feb 1,1943.
Assigned to 99th BG, 346th BS Navarin, Algeria Feb 3,1 943, to Oudna, Tunisia Aug 48, 1943, to
Tortorella, Italy Mar 31, 1944.  To 2nd BG, 429th BS Amendola, Itally Apr 1944.  Salvaged Aug 2, 1945.
Named "Bugs"
29527 delivered Cheyenne Dec 31, 1942, Salina Jan 10, 1943, Morrison Mar 5, 1943, Brookley Mar 8, 1943,
Morrison Apr 10, 1943.  Assigned to 99th BG, 416th BS Navarin Jun 5,1943, Oudna Aug 4,1943.  Battle damage 
Messina Aug 6, 1943.  Aircraft repaired.  To Tortorella Dec 11, 1943.  Transferred to 483rd BG Tortorella
Mar 31,1944.  Salvaged Aug 28, 1945.  Named "Jig-Jig"
29528 (351st BG, 508th BS) crashed Feb 26, 1943 shortly after takeoff from Biggs Field, Texas on training mission.  10 of
11 crew killed.
29529 (305th BG, then to 306th BG, 422nd BS, then to 384th BG, 545th BS, *Nora*) crashlanded at Grafton
Underwood in England Dec 13, 1943 while returning from Bremen.  Salvaged
29530 (305th BG, 365th BS, "Moonbeam McSwain/Boom Town Jr") shot down by AAA at Saint-Martin-au-Laert,
France Aug 27, 1943.  MACR 394.  5 KIA 6 POW.
29531 (305th BG, 422nd BS) lost to flak hit May 29, 1943 and crashed St Bihy, 12 mi SW of St Bieuc, France.
No MACR issued. 1 crew KIA, 9 crew POW.