USAF Serial Number Search Results

42-30932 ... 42-31031 (EXACT MATCH)
Boeing B-17F-130-BO Fortress
MSN 6046/6145.
30934 listed as having crashed Aug 19, 1943.  But there are reports of
this plane as still flying in 1944/45.
30944 collided in midair with P-47 42-23008 near Daykin, Nebraska Jul 12, 1944.
Pilot of P-47 killed, 7 on B-17 killed, 3 parachuted to safety.
30949 damaged in bird strike at Randolph Field, TX Apr 27, 1945.
30960 force landed at Hendricks Field, FL Mar 8, 1945.
30970 to RAF early 1944 as Fortress II SR384 for use by 214 Sqn.  Shot down by nightfighter
flown by Oblt Hermann Leube, 4/NJG 3 and crashed into oosterschelde of Yerseke,
Netherlands May 25, 1944.  2 KIA, 7 POW.
30978 damaged in ground collision at Hobbs AAF, NM May 16, 1945.
30986 to RAF early 1944 as Fortress II SR385 for use by 214 Sqn.
30994 (351st BG) transferred to 486th BG Jul 15, 1944 and salvaged May 29, 1945
31000 (385 BG, 550 BS) lost April 13, 1944, Dubendorf,
Schweiz, Germany
31004 in midair collision and crashed near Arcadia, FL Jun 21, 1945.
31007 (306th BG, 369th BS) lost Feb 4, 1944.  MACR 2239
31013 (94th BG, 332nd BS) lost Jul 21, 1944. MACR 7836
31014 (96th BG, 337th BS) lost May 12, 1944.  MACR 5093
31016 (92nd BG, 326th BS) lost Jan 4, 1944.  MACR 1960 and 1754
31020 (388th BG, 560th BS, "Mission Belle") shot down by Obfw.
Veutzke in Me 410A of ZG 26/4 at Finsterwolde, Netherlands Dec 11, 1943.  
MACR 3122.  4 KIA, 6 POW.
31022 (92nd BG, 407th BS) lost Mar 16, 1944.  MACR 3225
31025 (306th BG, 423rd BS) returned to Thurleigh (UK) Mar 6, 1944.
31027 delivered Cheyenne Sep 4, 1943, to Greater Isle Oct 3, 1943.  Assigned to 569th BS, 390th BG at
Framlingham Oct 7, 1943.  Named "Miss Lace" then "Pinky III", then "Honey Chile". Transferred to RAF
as SR387 with No 214 Sqdn in early 1944.  W/o Nov 13, 1946
31028 (379th BG, 524th BS) lost Feb 22, 1944.  MACR 2872
31030 (390th BG, 571st BS, "Shy Ann") suffered mechanical failure
and crashed into North Sea off Aldeburgh, UK Nov 5, 1943.  MACR 1162.
10 killed.
31031 to RAF early 1944 as Fortress II SR388 for use by 214 Sqdn