447th Bomb Group Association
Aircraft Profiles Alphabetical Listing of Aircraft Color Aircraft Gallery Pin-Ups Harvard Planes
Aircraft Galleries: Page1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6
Information provided by David Warren
Model-Mfg | Ser. |
AAF S/N |
NAMES | SQ | Call Sign |
DELIVERED To USAAF |
ASSN 447th |
NOTES | Disp Date |
B-17G-35-DL | 42 | 107197 | 710 | L | 3/20/1944 | 04/11/44 | 710SQ; MIA Calais 4/27/44 w/Guynn; flak, cr Ostend, Bel; 3KIA 7POW | 04/27/44 MACR 4299 | |
B-17G-35-DL | 42 | 107215 | L'IL EIGHT BALL | 709 | L | 3/21/1944 | 04/25/44 | 709SWQ; retUS 7/5/45; Recl Comp 6/7/46; photo in One Lucky Bastard, p. 152 |
06/07/46 RFC |
B-17G-35-DL | 42 | 107219 | THE DEVIL'S BRAT | 711 | Q | 3/27/1944 | 05/03/44 | 711SQ; crashed at Great Ashbury while Rattlesden's runway was being resurfaced. Regular crew (Leach) was on pass to London at the time. Sal 8/2/44; addl data provided by Mr Eugene Lewis, Co-Pilot, Leach crew |
08/02/44 SAL |
B-17G-35-DL | 42 | 107220 | SWANEE PRIDE | 708 | 3/27/1944 | 04/22/44 | 708SQ; c/l non-op flt 5/24/45; sal |
05/24/45 SAL | |
B-17G-35-DL | 42 | 107229 | 710 | 3/28/1944 | 05/01/44 | 710SQ; MIA Rechlin 8/25/44 w/Henningson; ditched Channel; 9RTD |
08/25/44 DITCHED | ||
B-17G-65-BO | 43 | 37531 | QUIEN SABE | 708 | R | 4/26/1944 | 05/08/44 | 708SQ; MIA Merseberg 11/2/44 w/Wing; flak, cr Nordhausen, Ger; 4KIA 5POW |
11/02/44 MACR 10163 |
B-17G-65-BO | 43 | 37539 | 4/27/1944 | 05/26/44 | SQ N/A; sal 6/24/44 |
06/24/44 SAL | |||
B-17G-65-BO | 43 | 37541 | DOWN AND GO (MAH IDEEL) | 710 | 4/27/1944 | 05/07/44 | 710SQ; MIA Ruhland 9/11/44 w/Martenson; flak, cr OberatSteinach, Ger; 9POW |
09/11/44 MACR 8923 | |
B-17G-65-BO | 43 | 37544 | D-DAY DOLL | 710 | J | 4/27/1944 | 05/02/44 | 710SQ; RetUS7/7/45; RFC Kingman 11/8/45; |
11/08/45 RFC |
B-17G-65-BO | 43 | 37667 | BARBARA JANE | 709 | C | 5/10/1944 | 06/20/44 | 709SQ; training mission, cr Meltham Moor, UK 4/6/45; sal 4/7/45 |
04/06/45 SAL |
B-17G-65-BO | 43 | 37570 | STORMY WEATHER | 708 | P | 4/30/44 | unknown | SQ N/A; Identified by photographs; RFC Kingman |
11/9/45 RFC |
B-17G-70-BO | 43 | 37714 | 708 | 5/15/1944 | 06/03/44 | 708SQ; MIA HANOVER 6/18/44 W/Golden; Flak, CR Ohlum, Ger; 1KIA 9POW |
06/18/44 MACR 5902 | ||
B-17G-70-BO | 43 | 37756 | MILK WAGON | 708 | G | 5/18/1944 | 06/08/44 | 708sq; Completed 129 missions with no abort; RetUS 7/9/45; RFC Kingman 11/21/45 |
11/21/45 RFC |
B-17G-70-BO | 43 | 37774 | 708 | 5/20/1944 | 06/20/44 | 708SQ; RetUS 7/5/45; RFC Kingman 12/17/45 |
12/17/45 RFC | ||
B-17G-70-BO | 43 | 37788 | 709 | 5/21/1944 | 06/17/44 | 709SQ; MIA Munich 7/13/44 w/Hilding; flak, cr Vendrest; 8EVD 2POW; SAL 10/13/44 |
07/13/44 SAL | ||
B-17G-70-BO | 43 | 37794 | 5/22/1944 | 06/11/44 | TRAN 96BG 6/12/44 | TRAN | |||
B-17G-70-BO | 43 | 37795 | DIXIE MARIE | 709 | H | 5/22/1944 | 06/16/44 |
709SQ; c/l 5/8/45; SAL, repaired and ret Grp 6/45; RetUS 7/5/45;
RFC Kingman 12/19/45 Per F/Eng. Charles Sherrange, named for the final inspector before it left the factory |
12/19/45 RFC |
B-17G-70-BO | 43 | 37797 | AMERICAN BEAUTY | 708 | Q | 5/23/1944 | 06/16/44 | 708SQ; SAL 5/8/45; RetUS 7/5/45; RFC Kingman 12/14/45 |
12/14/45 RFC |
B-17G-70-BO | 43 | 37799 | J | 5/23/1944 | 06/14/44 | SQ N/A; per B&P, C/L Sutton Bridge UK 7/8/44, salvaged | SAL | ||
B-17G-70-BO | 43 | 37818 | HURRY HOME | 709 | 5/26/1944 | 06/28/44 | 709SQ; MIA Ludwigshafen 9/26/44 w/Calef; falk, cr Oldenburg, Ger; 7KIA 2POW |
09/26/44 MACR 9401 | |
B-17G-70-BO | 43 | 37821 | RED HOT MAMA | 711 | 5/25/1944 | 06/20/44 | 711SQ; 710SQ; MIA Berlin 8/6/44 w/Mayteka; e/a; ditched North Sea; 9POW |
08/06/44 MACR 9779 | |
B-17G-70-BO | 43 | 37830 | LADY JANE, STINKY | 708 | L | 5/26/1944 | 06/20/44 | Assgn 94BG; TRAN 708sq; b/d Soest, Ger 3/10/45; f/l Continent; SAL 3/14/45 |
03/10/45 SAL |
B-17G-70-BO | 43 | 37869 | BLONDE BOMBER | 710 | 5/31/1944 | 06/29/44 | 710SQ; MIA Merseberg 11/25/44 w/Blair; flak, cr Plauen, Ger; 3KIA 6POW | 11/25/44 MACR 10756 Prelim MACR | |
B-17G-70-BO | 43 | 37870 | 710 | 5/31/1944 | 06/28/44 | 710SQ; TRAN 384BG 7/17/44 | TRAN | ||
B-17G-70-BO | 43 | 37873 | NAZDROWIE | 709 | N | 5/31/1944 | 8/44/44 | SQ N/A; RetUS 7/7/45; RFC Kingman 12/19/45 |
12/19/45 RFC |
B-17G-75-BO | 43 | 37879 | 711 | R | 5/31/1944 | 06/29/44 | 711sq; b/d Aachen 8/9/44; c/l, SAL 8/12/44 |
08/09/44 SAL | |
B-17G-75-BO | 43 | 37936 | BONNIE BABIE | 711 | 6/7/1944 | 07/02/44 | 711SQ; MIA Merseberg 11/2/44 w/Tetrault; ditched channel; 9RTD |
11/02/44 DITCHED | |
B-17G-75-BO | 43 | 37938 | LITTLE ROCK BLONDE | 710 | P | 6/7/1944 | 07/02/44 | 710SQ; MIA Frankfurt 1/8/45 w/Weeks; flak, cr Frankfurt; 5KIA 4POW | 01/08/45 MACR 11582 Prelim MACR |
B-17G-75-BO | 43 | 37973 | 6/14/1944 | 07/11/44 | SQ N/A; tran 486BG 7/12/44 | TRAN | |||
B-17G-80-BO | 43 | 38189 | 710 | 7/5/1944 | 08/03/44 | 710SQ; tran 390BG | TRAN | ||
B-17G-80-BO | 43 | 38230 | WOLF WAGON | 709 | E | 7/10/1944 | 08/04/44 | 709SQ; RetUS 7/5/45; RFC Kingman 12/14/45 |
12/14/45 RFC |
B-17G-80-BO | 43 | 38245 | 7/12/1944 | 08/02/44 | SQ N/A; during assembly for Kassel 10/2/44; mid-air coll with 44-6460; cr Hitcham UK; 18 killed; sal |
10/02/44 SAL | |||
B-17G-85-BO | 43 | 38450 |
LITTLE HERBIE, LUCKY PARTNERS |
710 | B | 8/4/1944 | 09/04/44 | 710SQ; RetUS 7/5/45; RFC Kingman 12/1/45; remains at Mojave Museum, Kingman |
12/01/45 RFC |
B-17G-85-BO | 43 | 38466 | 8/6/1944 | 09/05/44 | SQ N/A; tran 379 BG 9/44? | TRAN | |||
B-17G-85-BO | 43 | 38473 | 708 | 8/7/1944 | 09/08/44 | 708SQ; MIA Kassel 12/30/44 w/Bates; mid-air coll, cr Wenings, Ger; 9KIA; first a/c fitted with Cheyenne Turret (according to Freeman) | 12/30/44 MACR 11240 Prelim MACR | ||
B-17G-90-BO | 43 | 38508 | 8/10/1944 | 11/11/44 | SQ N/A; tran 384BG 11/10/44 | TRAN | |||
B-17G-90-BO | 43 | 38524 | BLONDE BOMBER II | 710 | S | 8/12/1944 | 09/17/44 | 710SQ; RetUS 7/6/45; RFC Kingman 12/21/45; |
12/21/45 RFC |
B-17G-90-BO | 43 | 38622 | 710 | Q | 8/25/1944 | 09/17/44 | 710sq; RetUS 7/5/45; RFC Kingman 11/25/45; |
11/25/45 RFC | |
B-17G-90-BO | 43 | 38696 | 9/5/1944 | 09/30/44 | SQ N/A; tran 452BG 10/1/44 | TRAN | |||
B-17G-95-BO | 43 | 38712 | BUDDY BUDDY | 710 | C | 9/7/1944 | 09/28/44 | 710SQ; RetUS 7/5/45; RFC Kingman 12/17/45; |
12/17/45 RFC |
B-17G-95-BO | 43 | 38719 | THE BLUE HEN CHICK | 709 | A | 9/8/1944 | 09/28/44 | 709SQ; RetUS 7/6/45; RFC Kingman 12/17/45; |
12/17/45 RFC |
B-17G-95-BO | 43 | 38725 | 708 | 9/12/1944 | 09/28/44 | 708SQ; MIA Merseberg 11/30/44 w/Buthe; flak, cr Leipzig; 6KIA 3POW; |
11/30/44 MACR 11149 | ||
B-17G-95-BO | 43 | 38731 | BLYTHE SPIRIT | 711 | X | 9/13/1944 | 10/01/44 | 711SQ; MIA Oranienburg 3/15/45 w/Jesse; flak, cr Schonhausen, Ger; 8KIA 2POW |
03/15/45 MACR 13044 |
B-17G-95-BO | 43 | 38768 | BEELZEBUB | 708 | B | 9/19/1944 | 10/16/44 | 708SQ; RetUS 7/5/45; RFC Kingman 12/13/45; Photo in One Lucky Bastard, p. 75; |
12/13/45 RFC |
B-17G-95-BO | 43 | 38836 | 708 | 9/27/1944 | 10/12/44 | Assgn 94BG; tran 709SQ; sal 9th AF 12/10/45 |
12/10/45 SAL | ||
B-17G-95-BO | 43 | 38849 | 711 | 9/28/1944 | 10/17/44 | 711SQ; MIA Oranienburg 3/15/45 w/Karst; flak, cr Salzwedel, Ger; 2KIA 7POW | 03/15/45 MACR 13030 Prelim MACR | ||
B-17G-100-BO | 43 | 38884 | L'IL SKIPPY | 708 | A | 10/3/1944 | 11/12/44 | 708SQ; RetUS 7/7/45; RFC Kingman 11/8/45; |
11/08/45 RFC |
B-17G-100-BO | 43 | 38903 | 711 | Q | 10/7/1944 | 10/25/44 | SQ N/A; RetUS 7/5/45; RFC Kingman 12/17/45 |
12/17/45 RFC | |
B-17G-100-BO | 43 | 38905 | BANG BANG LULU | 708 | 10/7/1944 | 10/??/44 | 708SQ; RetUS 7/6/45; RFC Kingman 12/16/45; |
12/16/45 RFC | |
B-17G-100-BO | 43 | 38940 | THE BLACK BRASSIERE | 10/20/1944 | 10/29/44 | SQ N/A; RetUS 7/5/45; RFC Kingman 12/13/45; |
12/13/45 RFC |