USAF Serial Number Search Results

42-31232 ... 42-31331 (EXACT MATCH)
Boeing B-17G-10-BO Fortress
c/n 6346/6445
31233 (303rd BG, 427th BS) shot down by rockets fired by Oblt.
Bernard Paffenrath in Me 410A of ZG 26/6 Dec 20, 1943, 
Delmenhorst, Germany.  MACR 1707.  8 KIA, 2 POW.
31234 (94th BG, 332nd BS) lost Jan 7, 1944.  MACR 1894
31235 (384th BG, 544th BS) lost May 7, 1944.  MACR 4811
31235 (384th BG, 544th BS, *Goin' Dog*) MIA May 7, 1944 on mission to Berlin.
31236 (306th BG, 367th BS) lost Jan 11, 1944.  MACR 1933
31237 (385th BG, 551st BS, *Alexander's Ragtime Band*) hit by AAA over France May 1, 1944.  8 crew members
bailed out over France, pilot and copilot made it back to England, where they crashlanded
at Mendlesham.  Plane was scrapped.  MACR 4455
31238 (351st BG) crashed due to icing near Market Deeping Sep 8, 1944
31239 (303rd BG) lost Feb (or Aug) 24, 1944.  MACR 2763
31240 (388th BG, 561st BS) shot down by fighter attack south of Bremen Mar 6, 1944.  Crew bailed out and all
taken prisoner.   MACR 3086
31241 (303 BG, 427th BS, "Spirit of Wanette" aka "City of Wanette") lost Apr 29, 1944, Germany.  MACR 4463
31243 (303rd BG, 427th BS) ran out of fuel and ditched into
Pegwell Bay off UK Dec 1, 1943.  All 10 crew rescued.
31245 (306th BG, 368th BS) lost Feb 25, 1944. MACR 2768
31246 (384th BG, 545th BS) MIA Jan 14, 1944 on mission to Le Milliard, France.  MACR 2497
31248 (92nd BG, 325th BS) lost Apr 11, 1944.  MACR 3669
31250 (92nd BG, 327th BS) lost Sep 13, 1944.  MACR 8882
31251 (95th BG, 334th BS) shot down by fighters near Diepholz Mar 6, 1944.  
All crew bailed out and taken prisoner.  MACR 2981
31253 (388th BG, 562nd BS) lost Apr 24, 1944, Germany.  MACR 4289
31257 caught fire in midair while on training mission over Nevada range and crashed 67 mi
NNE of Las Vegas Army Airfield Jan 4, 1944.  All but one of the 13 men
aboard parachuted from the aircraft, but one of them was unable to pull his ripcord in time
and was killed.  The crewman who did not parachute was killed in the crash.
31258 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Lucky Strike") lost Apr 10, 1944
31262 (390th BG, 568th BS) lost Mar 16, 1944.  MACR 3181
31265 (100th BG, 349th BS) lost Feb 10, 1944.  MACR 2382
31274 (384th BG, 544th BS, "Sea Hag") damaged and ditched into English Channel 7 mi off 
Dover, UK Dec 30, 1943 on mission to Ludwigshafen.  MACR 1768.
1 drowned, 9 rescued.
31277 (92nd BG, 327th BS) lost May 8, 1944.  MACR 4577
31278 (381st BG, 532rd BS) reduced to salvage Jan 4, 1944.
31291 (381st BG, 533rd BS, "Avengress") crashed after midair collision over Wilmersdorf, Germany May 24, 1944.  MACR 5176
31292 (390th BG, 569th BS) lost Feb 4, 1944.  MACR 2352
31294 ("Two Kind Words")used in weather research
31295 (385th BG, 548th BS) lost Feb 4, 1944.  MACR 2200
31296 destroyed in mid-air collision with P-39Q 44-2378 
Nov 3, 1944 near Kingman, AZ.
31299 (95th BG, 334th BS, "Junior/She's My Gal II") shot down by fighter flown by Ofw. Sherer of 1/JG11 over Beilen, 
Holland.  All crew bailed out.  MACR 2999. Pilot evaded
capture for 4 months, but all were eventually
taken prisoner.  Parts recovered 1988:Oranje
31305 (95th BG, 335th BS) shot down by fighters on mission to Bremen Dec 20, 1943, 
Germany.  MACR 1557.  Crashed in Osterholz-Scharmbeck.  7 KIA, 1 DOW, 2 POW
31306 (100th BG, 351st BS) lost May 24, 1944.  MACR 1565
31308 (305th BG, 364th BS) lost Feb 24, 1944.  MACR 2766
31314 (303rd BG, 359th BS, "Scorchy") suffered brake failure attempting emergency landing at Shoreham, UK
Feb 11, 1944, and collided with the guardhouse, severely injuring an armorer.  Crew 
escaped with minor injuries.  It is said that a prisoner in the guardhouse took the
opportunity to escape.
31315 (401st BG, 614th BS) lost Jun 19, 1944.  MACR 5999
31318 (452nd BG, 731st BS) lost Feb 10, 1944.  MACR 2536
31320 (95th BG, 412nd BS, "I'll Be Around") lost Apr 29, 1944, Germany.  MACR 4496
31322 (305th BG, 364th BS, 'Mi Amigo') damaged in raid on Aschersleben, Bernberg and
Halberstadt, Brunde, Wernegerode, Madeburg and crashed in
Endcliffe Park, Sheffield, England Feb 22, 1944.  10 crew killed.
31325 (452nd BG, 730th BS) lost Feb 8, 1944.  MACR 2801
31328 (305th BG, 366th BS) lost Feb 25, 1944.  MACR 2764
31329 (95th BG, 334th BS) interned in Switzerland Mar 16, 1944.  MACR 3229
31330 (452nd BG, 728th BS) lost Jun 19, 1944.  MACR 5931
31331 (452nd BG, 731st BS) lost Mar 8, 1944.  MACR 3190