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Serial Number Criteria: 43-39265
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Data last updated: Tue Mar 15 09:25:04 2016
43-39074 ... 43-39273 (EXACT MATCH)
Boeing B-17G-105-BO Fortress
MSN 10052/10251
39079 (390th BG) lost Feb 14, 1945, Germany.  MACR 12350.
39080 (447th BG, 749th BS, *Girl with Towel*) returned to USA Jun 9, 1945
39081 (303rd BG, 427th BS) lost Feb 16, 1945, Germany.  MACR 12439.
39085 burned Dec 29, 1944.
39087 (447th BG, 749th BS, *Better Quicker & Cheaper*) returned to USA May 22, 1945
39092 (447th BG, 748th BS) returned to USA Jun 4, 1945
39096 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "Sky Demon") scrapped Jan 4, 1946
39108 (487th BG, 839th BS) lost Mar 3, 1945.  MACR 12888.
39110 (92nd BG, 327th BS) lost Apr 17, 1945.  MACR 14053
39111 (379th BG, 527th BS) lost Feb 20, 1945.  MACR 12541.
39112 delivered Lincoln Dec 7, 1944.  To Grenier Dec 15, 1944.  Assigned to 550th BS, 385th BG at
Greater Ashfield Dec 18, 19044.  Assigned 10th HBS [Headquarters and Base Service Squadron], 
Oberpfaffenhofen, West Germany, Jan 1, 1948.  Assigned 61st TCG, Frankfurt-Rhein Main, West Germany, Apr 23, 1948
Redesignated SB-17G May 14, 1948.  Assigned 61st ABG, Frankfurt-Rhein Main, West Germany, Jul 1, 1948
Assigned MATS, Nov 21, 1949.  Assigned 7th RS, Wiesbaden [Erbenheim], West Germany, Feb 3, 1950.
Assigned AMC, Olmsted AFB, PA, Sep 20, 1950 for maintenance.  Assigned 6th RS, Keflavik, Iceland, Mar 8, 1951
Assigned AMC, Sep 16, 1952.  Assigned Kelly AFB, TX, Oct 4, 1952
39119 used in tests with launching of Republic JB-2 Loon copy of V-1
39125 (401st BG, 613th BS) lost Apr 20, 1945.  MACR 14174
39126 (487th BG, 838th BS) tail was rammed by Uffz Klauz Hahn
in Bf 109G of Skdo. Elbe but landed safely on freshly-captured
Me 262 airstrip near Wernershohe, Germany Apr 7, 1945.  Both the B-17
crew and the Bf 109 pilot survived.  Plane was repaired and returned
to USA, where it was scrapped at Kingman, AZ
39128 (398th BG, 600th BS) lost Feb 22, 1945.  MACR 12650.
39130 (490th BG, 848th BS) lost Mar 21, 1945.  MACR 13555
39136 crashed on approach to Westover AFB Jul 9, 1946.  25 killed.
39138 (384th BG, 544th BS) salvaged Apr 26, 1945
39147 (379th BG, 527th BS) hit by AAA Feb 14, 1945 and crashed in Elsenborn, Belgium.  2 KIA, 7 POW. MACR 12338
39149 (303rd BG, 427th BS) collided in midair with 42-31060 Feb 9, 1945 during mission to
Lutzkendorf, Germany.  Rear part of fuselage was torn off.  The crew 
apparently prevented their still-loaded bomber from crashing into a German
village.  8 KIA, 1 POW.  MACR 12229.  A memorial at the town of Eisenberg 
honors the American airmen, perhaps the first example where German
citizens honored American airmen.
39154 (447th BG, 751st BS) returned to USA Jun 9, 1945
39155 damaged in taxiing accident at Army Chemical Center, Aberdeen
Proving Ground, MD Apr 20, 1951.
39156 (351st BG) returned to USA May 24, 1945.
39160 (303rd BG, 358th BS, "G-for-George" aka "Lil Bit") MIA Mar 20, 1945.  MACR 13569
39161 (381st BG, 534th BS, "Shoot Luke") retired to Kingman, AZ Dec 7, 1945.
39163 (835 BS, 486 BG) struck by fragmentation bombs from higher
aircraft Apr 7, 1945 over Parchim, Germany.  3 KIA, 1 MIA, 6 POW.  MACR 13889
39164 (384th BG, 544th BS) MIA Apr 6, 1945 on mission to Leipzig, Germany.  MACR 13850
39167 (381st BG, 534th BS) retired to Kingman, AZ Dec 7, 1945.
39170 (381st BG, 535th BS, "Tinker Toy Too") retired to Kingman, AZ Nov 29, 1945
39172 (381st BG, 532nd BS, "Little Lulu") retired to Kingman, AZ Nov 25, 1945.
39174 (381st BG, "Little Joe") retired to Kingman, AZ Nov 30, 1945.
39177 (95th BG, 412th BS, "The Blessed Event")
39179 (34th BG, 7th BS, "Asphodel" or "Shaky") returned to USA Jul 1, 1945.
To RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 17, 1945.
39184 (398th BG  601st BS) Apr 13, 1945 on mission to Neumunster, Germany. New RDX bomb load collided immediately 
after drop and exploded, damaging six aircraft enough that they did not return. MACR 14176
39194 (447th BG  NS) returned to US Jul 5, 1945; RFC Kingman Dec 19, 1945
39195 (447th BG, 750th BS) returned to USA May 28, 1945.
39197 crashed on Mt Meta, Italy Nov 11, 1945.  20 killed.
39199 (385th BG, 549th BS) lost Mar 19, 1945.  MACR 13148
39200 (447th BG, 749th BS, *Rattlesnake Daddy*) landed on continent 3 times
39211 (447th BG, 750th BS, *Maguire's Chop House*) returned to USA Jun 8, 1945
39220 (303rd BG, "Smilie Jack aka Shillelagh") crashed at Boernerowo
(Okecie airfield) near Warsaw, Poland Mar 15, 1945.
39221 (388th BG)
39230 (447th BG  709th BS) salvaged May 31, 1945 
39233 (447th BG) to 303rd BG, 358th BS as "Hubert" Apr 10, 1945 and 
returned to USA Jun 10, 1945.  Scrapped Nov 29, 1945.
39244 (447th BG  NS) returned to US Jul 6, 1945; RFC Kingman Feb 14, 1946 
39246 transferred to Brazilian Air Force as 5405.  Crashed in 1962.
39249 (487th BG, 836th BS) to Kingman AAD, sold for salvage Jul 1, 1946
39261 assigned to Headquarters,315th BW, assigned to 501st BG Mar 23, 1946.
39262 delivered Cheyenne Jan 22, 1945, to Dallas Feb 28, 1945, to Hunter Mar 1, 1945.  To San Francisco
Apr 4, 1945.  Converted to SB-17G with air-droppable boat.  Assigned DUVA WCW.  Salvaged Jan 23, 1946.
39266 ("Pretty Baby") converted to SB-17G (originally designated B-17H), carried air-droppable boat
with engines.  Boat was made by Higgins Industries and had 20 waterproof compartments to keep it 
afloat even if it overturned.  Served with 6th Emergency Rescue Squadron, 5th Rescue Group.
39268 assigned to Headquarters, 315th BW.  Assigned to 501st BG Mar 23, 1946.

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