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Serial Number Criteria: 42-31378
Description Criteria:
Data last updated: Tue Mar 15 09:25:04 2016
42-31332 ... 42-31431 (EXACT MATCH)
Boeing B-17G-15-BO Fortress
MSN 6446/6545
31333 (91st BG, 332nd BS, *Wee Willie*) shot down by flak Apr 8, 1945.  MACR 13881
31334 (452nd BG, 730th BS) lost Apr 12, 1944.  MACR 3933
31335 (385th BG, 548th BS, "Honky Tonk Sal") crashed 5 mi E
of Cambridge, England May 12, 1945.  W/o and salvaged.
31336 (388th BG, 561st BS) lost Feb 10, 1944.  MACR 2347
31337 (452nd BG) forced to leave formation over Berlin
Mar 6, 1944.  Finished off by flak.  Crashed near
gun testing range of Rheinmetall Borsig factory.  MACR 2914.
All crew bailed out and taken prisoner.  One died
of wounds shortly after capture.
31338 (452nd BG, 728th BS) lost Feb 10, 1944.  MACR 2540.
31340 (303rd BG, 360th BS, "Miss Liberty") crash landed Sep 12, 1944 at Hucquelliers,
France after being hit by flak over Boulogne.
31341 (452nd BG, 730th BS) lost Mar 4, 1944.  MACR 2915.
31342 (305th BG, 365th BS) lost Aug 9, 1944.  MACR 8071.
31343 (96th BG, 338th BS) lost May 12, 1944.  MACR 4855
31345 (452nd BG, 728th BS) lost May 12, 1944.  MACR 5021
31346 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Shack Rabbit*) lost Apr 24, 1944, France on mission to Oberphaffenhofen.
MACR 4355.
31348 (452nd BG, 729th BS) lost Dec 31, 1944.  MACR 11230
31349 (385th BG, 550th BS, 'Stars and Stripes, 2nd Edition') lost Feb 24, 1944.  MACR 2777
31351 (97th BG, 341st BS) lost Jun 23, 1944.  MACR 6407
31352 (452nd BG, 728th BS) lost Apr 9, 1944.  MACR 3661
31353 (91st BG, 323rd BS, "Queenie") lost Apr 29, 1944, Germany.  MACR 4236
31354 (452nd BG, 731st BS) lost Mar 8, 1944.  MACR 3191
31355 (385th BG, 548th BS) lost Feb 4, 1944.  MACR 2198
31356 (97th BG, 341st BS) lost Mar 33, 1944.  MACR 3697
31357 (381st BG, 535th BS, *Our Desire*) shot down by AAA Hunsruck, Germany
Apr 13, 1944.  MACR 3865
31358 (452nd BG, 729th BS) lost May 29, 1944.  MACR 5229
31359 (452nd BG, 731st BS) lost Jun 21, 1944.  MACR 6238.
31362 (92nd BG, 326th BS) lost Apr 11, 1944.  MACR 3670
31363 (306th BG, 368th BS) lost Mar 27, 1944.  MACR3479
31364 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Nuttall's Nut House*) MIA May 24, 1944 on mission to Berlin.   MACR 5268
31366 (452nd BG, 731st BS) lost Apr 7,1945.  MACR 13886
31367 (91st BG, 322nd BS) shot down over France Aug 8, 1944. 9 KIA.  MACR 8079
31368 (452nd BG, "Ain't Miss Behaven III") returned early with full load and undercarriage collapsed on landing
at Deopham Green, UK Feb 20, 1944.  No injuries.
31369 (401st BG, 614th BS, "Round Tripper") damaged by flak on
mission to Genshagen Aug 6, 1944 and went down in Baltic
Sea.  MACR 7887.  All 10 crew survived and became POW.
31370 (550th BS, 385th BG) crashed into Reedham Marshes, UK after colliding with B-17
42-37963 during return mission from Diepholz Feb 21, 1944.  All crew killed.
31371 (452nd BG, 728th BS) lost Mar 23,1944.  MACR 3342
31372 (91st BG, 323rd BS) lost Jan 11, 1944.  MACR 1917
31373 (452nd BG, 731st BS) shot down by fighter Mar 6, 1944 near German-Dutch
border.  Five crew killed, one taken prisoner,
four evaded capture.  MACR 2916
31374 (401st BG, 613rd BS) shot down by flak at Gorenflos Mar 13, 1944.  
MACR 3185.  5 KIA, 5 POW.
31375 (384th BG, 546th BS) MIA Apr 11, 1944 on mission to Sorau, Germany.  MACR 2750
31377 (92nd BG, 327th BS) lost Feb 22, 1944.  MACR 2750
31380 (385th BG, 548th BS) lost Feb 8, 1944.  MACR 2498
31381 (381st BG, 535th BS, *Jaynee B*) hit by AAA and ditched in English Channel
Mar 20, 1944.  MACR 3315
31383 (457th BG, 751st BS, *American Eagle*) shot down by
fighters Sep 12, 1944.  MACR 10207.  8 KIA, one POW
31384 (351st BG, 509th BS) crashlanded in Holland Jan 17, 1945 after 2 engines failed on way to target 
at Paderborn.  MACR 12000
31385 (306th BG, 369th BS) lost Apr 11, 1944.  MACR 3676
31386 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Sky Duster") lost May 19, 1944.  MACR 4949
31387 (92nd BG, 326th BS) lost Feb 8, 1944.  MACR 2365
31388 (306th BG, 423rd BS) lost Feb 11, 1944.  MACR 2527.  
31389 (100th BG, 350th BS) lost May 28, 1944.  MACR 5382.
31390 (2nd BG, 96th BS) shot down over Austria Feb 24, 1944.  MACR 2708
31391 (301st BG, 419th BS) ditched in Tirrenian Sea between Elba
and Anzio beach Feb 25, 1944.  MACR 2616
31392 (97th BG, 414th BS) shot down by Bf 109 fighter May 24, 1944 over Zagreb, Yugoslavia.  MACR 5187
31393 (388th BG, 560th BS) lost Apr 29, 1944, Germany.  MACR 4243
31394 after service with 379th BG, converted to Aphrodite flying
bomb and launched against V-site at Watten Aug 6, 1944.  
Experienced control problems and crashed into sea.
31396 (301st BG, 353rd BS) lost Jan 11, 1944.  MACR 1833
31397 (301st BG, 353rd BS) lost Feb 25, 1944.  MACR 2722
31399 (303rd BG, 360th BS) lost Feb 22, 1944.  MACR 2645
31401 (94th BG, 331st BS) lost Apr 18, 1944.  MACR 4151
31402 (305th BG, 365th BS) exploded after direct hit by flak and
crashed at Saarbruecken May 11, 1944.  MACR 4869
31403 (96th BG, 413th BS) shot down by fighters Mar 8, 1944 during raid on
Berlin.  2 KIA, 8 POW.  MACR 3424
31405 damaged in landing Aug 7, 1944.  Rear fuselage fixed on 42-97880.
31406 (306th BG, 368th BS) lost Feb 22, 1944.  MACR 2650
31407 (94th BG, 331st BS) lost Apr 18, 1944, Germany.  MACR 4152
31408 (92nd BG, 407th BS) lost Aug 3, 1944, France.  MACR 7698
31409 (305th BG, 364th BS) lost Feb 22, 1944.  MACR 2648
31410 (95th BG, 336th BS, "I Dood It") damaged by AAA and 8 crew bailed out near Berlin, Germany and POW, both 
pilots landed safely with plane in UK Oct 6, 1944.  MACR 9352.  Repaired.   Returned to USA and
named "Berlin Bessie".  Scrapped Nov 10, 1945. 
31411 (92nd BG, 327th BS) lost Feb 21, 1944, Germany.  MACR 2757
31412 delivered Cheyenne Oct 31, 1943.  To Great Islnd Nov 12, 1943, to Long Beach Nov 19, 1943.
Assigned to 351st BS, 100th BG, Nov 26, 1943 at Thorpe Abbots named *Mason and Dixon*.  Transferred to
34th BG.  Severely damaged on shuttle mission and headed for Italy.  Repaired and flown back to base.
To RFC at Kingman Dec 19, 1945.  Sold for scrap Jul 1, 1946. 
31414 (401st BG, 615th BS) in ground accident at Deenethorp Jan 27,
1944.  Scrapped. 
31415 (384th BG, 545th BS, *Ham on Rye*) crashed in England Jan 30, 1944.
31416 (2nd BG, 20th BS) shot down by fighters Feb 25, 1944, Weichsee, 
Austria.  7 KIA, 3 POW.  MACR 2576
31417 (381st BG, 533rd BS, *Patches/Big Time Operator II*) shot down by fighter over
Minden, Germany Jan 11, 1944.  MACR 1879
31419 (2nd BG, 49th BS) shot down over Austria Feb 24, 1944.  MACR 2632
31420 crashed into Mt. Truskmore near Cliffony, Ireland Dec 9, 1943.
3 killed, 7 survived.
31422 (2nd BG, 20th BS) lost Feb 10, 1944.  MACR 2299
31423 (303rd BG, 427th BS) lost Aug 15, 1944.  MACR 8168
31424 (301st BG, 353rd BS) lost Jan 30, 1944.  MACR 2062
31425 (2nd BG, 20th BS) shot down over Austria Feb 24, 1944.  MACR 2709
31426 (301st BG, 352nd BS) lost Mar 26, 1944.  MACR 3644
31427 (305th BG) lost Apr 11, 1944.  MACR 4010
31428 (306th BG, 423rd BS) lost Feb 22, 1944.  MACR 2655
31429 (2nd BG, 429th BS) lost Mar 11, 1944.  MACR 2827
31430 (305th BG, 366th BS) lost Feb 20, 1944, Germany.  MACR 2428
31431 (447th BG, 710th BS) lost Feb 25, 1944.  MACR 2891.

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