| Model-Mfg |
Ser. |
AAF S/N |
NAMES |
SQ |
Call Sign |
DELIVERED To
USAAF |
ASSN
447th |
NOTES |
Disp Date |
| B-17G-100-BO |
43 |
38950 |
OL' BOOMERANG |
708 |
|
10/14/1944 |
11/10/44 |
708SQ; RetUS 7/5/45; RFC Kingman 12/9/45; name given in
Combat Diary- S/Sgt Lauri K. Rautio |
12/09/45 RFC |
|
B-17G-105-BO |
43 |
38984 |
|
|
|
10/28/1944 |
11/09/44 |
SQ N/A; RetUS 7/15/45; RFC Kingman 12/14/45 |
12/14/45 RFC |
|
B-17G-105-BO |
43 |
38995 |
|
710 |
L |
10/31/1944 |
11/11/44 |
710SQ; hit by debris from exploding B-17 during morning preparation
2/21/45; sal; two other a/c destroyed and six men injured; see Aircraft Gallery 6 |
02/21/45 SAL |
|
B-17G-105-BO |
43 |
39029 |
|
710 |
N |
11/11/1944 |
11/21/44 |
710SQ; tran
388 BG after 2/45; see Aircraft Gallery 6 |
TRAN |
|
B-17G-105-BO |
43 |
39054 |
JERSEY BOUNCE II |
710 |
A |
11/19/1944 |
12/01/44 |
Assgn 388BG; tran 710SQ; hit by flak over Zellhausen 12/24/44; c/l
Woodbridge non-op flt 3/24/45; sal 3/28/45 (B&P, FFS, addl data from
Allen McBroom) see Crew Profile- Jepsen-McBroom; and
Eng.
Report 04/45; Aircraft Gallery 6 |
03/24/45 SAL |
|
B-17G-105-BO |
43 |
39057 |
|
708 |
|
11/19/1944 |
12/04/44 |
708SQ; RetUS 7/5/45; RFC Kingman 11/17/45 |
11/17/45 RFC |
|
B-17G-105-BO |
43 |
39194 |
|
|
|
12/30/1944 |
01/22/45 |
SQ N/A; RetUS 7/5/45; RFC Kingman 12/10/45 |
12/10/45 RFC |
|
B-17G-105-BO |
43 |
39230 |
|
709 |
|
1/11/1945 |
02/03/45 |
709SQ; sal 9AF 5/31/45 |
05/31/45 SAL |
|
B-17G-105-BO |
43 |
39244 |
|
|
|
1/15/1945 |
02/01/45 |
SQ N/A; RetUS 7/6/45; RFC Kingman 2/14/46 |
02/14/46 RFC |
|
B-17G-110-BO |
43 |
39352 |
900 HILGARD |
|
|
2/23/1945 |
03/08/45 |
SQ N/A; RetUS 7/7/45; RFC Kingman 2/9/46; see
Aircraft Gallery 6 |
02/09/46 RFC |
|
B-17G-40-DL |
44 |
6003 |
|
708 |
F |
4/2/1944 |
04/21/44 |
708SQ; RetUS 6/19/45; RFC Kingman 11/8/45 |
11/08/45 RFC |
|
B-17G-40-DL |
44 |
6016 |
TNT JEANIE, TNT KATIE |
711 |
|
4/4/1944 |
05/05/44 |
Assgn 486BG; tran 711SQ; MIA Oranienburg 3/15/45 w/Chandler; flak,
cr Wilsnack, Ger; 6KIA 3POW; see Aircraft Gallery 6 |
03/15/45 MACR 13045
Prelim
MACR |
|
B-17G-40-DL |
44 |
6027 |
|
709 |
O |
4/9/1944 |
05/01/44 |
709SQ; FTR Bohlen 6/29/44 w/Hoyer; flak, cr Jahnsheim,
Ger; 8KIA 2POW (B&P, FFS, Sh) |
06/29/44 MACR 6730 |
|
B-17G-50-DL |
44 |
6460 |
|
|
|
8/11/1944 |
08/26/44 |
SQ N/A; mid-air coll w/ 43-38245 on assembly for Kassel
10/2/44, cr Treacies' Farm, Kettlebaston, UK; sal |
10/02/44 SAL |
|
B-17G-50-DL |
44 |
6462 |
SANDUSKY JO |
710 |
O |
8/11/1944 |
08/27/44 |
710SQ; RetUS 7/7/45; RFC Kingman 12/3/45; see
Aircraft Gallery 6 |
12/03/45 RFC |
|
B-17G-55-DL |
44 |
6511 |
|
708 |
|
8/26/1944 |
09/16/44 |
708SQ; b/d Merseburg 11/2/44 w/Johnson; f/l Volzel A/F, Hol; sal
11/14/44 |
11/02/44 SAL |
|
B-17G-55-DL |
44 |
6571 |
|
711 |
|
9/12/1944 |
09/28/44 |
711SQ; MIA Merseburg 11/2/44 w/Moses; mid-air coll, cr
Rheine; 8KIA 1POW |
11/02/44 MACR 10312
Prelim
MACR |
|
B-17G-55-DL |
44 |
6581 |
|
711 |
|
9/16/1944 |
10/06/44 |
711SQ; MIA Weimar 2/9/45 w/Kuntz; e/a, cr Lochmule, Ger;
3KIA 7POW |
02/09/45 MACR 12242
Prelim
MACR |
|
B-17G-55-DL |
44 |
6595 |
|
710 |
|
9/18/1944 |
10/06/44 |
710SQ; b/d Bad Kreuznach 1/21/45 w/BAIRD; f/l Continent; sal
1/3/45 |
01/21/45 SAL |
|
B-17G-65-DL |
44 |
6823 |
MISS SPENT YOUTH |
|
|
11/20/1944 |
12/07/44 |
SQ N/A; RetUS 7/6/45; RFC Kingman 12/10/45 |
12/10/45 RFC |
|
B-17G-65-DL |
44 |
6985 |
JERSEY BOUNCE III |
710 |
|
01/01/45 |
02/05/45 |
710SQ; RetUS 7/5/45; RFC Kingman 12/13/45 |
12/13/45 RFC |
|
B-17G-50-VE |
44 |
8131 |
|
|
Y |
6/17/1944 |
08/07/44 |
Assgn 94BG; tran 447BG; PFF; badly damaged by debris from exploding
a/c while preparing for mission 2/21/45; sal; see Aircraft Gallery 6 |
02/21/45 SAL |
|
B-17G-60-VE |
44 |
8310 |
THUMPER |
|
M |
8/7/1944 |
09/07/44 |
SQ N/A; PFF; RFC Kingman, date unk; ID from Borcherding photo; see
Aircraft Gallery 6 |
RFC |
|
B-17G-60-VE |
44 |
8355 |
|
710 |
P |
8/15/1944 |
10/18/44 |
710SQ; PFF; MIA Darmstadt 12/24/44 w/King; flak, cr
Prum, Ger; 8KIA 2POW; see Aircraft Gallery 6 |
12/24/44 MACR 11119
Prelim
MACR |
|
B-17G-60-VE |
44 |
8393 |
|
709 |
Y |
8/25/1944 |
10/18/44 |
709SQ; PFF; RetUS 10/15/45; RFC Walnut Ridge 12/29/45;
see Aircraft Gallery 6 |
12/29/45 RFC |
|
B-17G-65-VE |
44 |
8410 |
|
|
|
9/5/1944 |
10/01/44 |
SQ N/A; tran 351BG 10/7/44 |
TRAN |
|
B-17G-65-VE |
44 |
8415 |
|
|
|
9/6/1945 |
09/30/44 |
Assgn 385BG; tran 447BG; RetUS 6/6/45; RFC
Kingman 12/8/45 |
12/08/45 RFC |
|
B-17G-65-VE |
44 |
8419 |
|
710 |
|
9/7/1944 |
09/26/44 |
710SQ; b/d Frankfurt 1/8/45 w/Armstrong; f/l Laon, Fr; sal
2/6/45 |
01/08/45 SAL |
|
B-17G-65-VE |
44 |
8458 |
JEANNE E. |
708 |
X |
9/18/1944 |
10/30/44 |
708SQ; b/d Weimar 2/9/45 w/Lubinsky; f/l Continent; sal
2/13/45 |
02/09/45 SAL |
|
B-17G-70-VE |
44 |
8502 |
ALWAYS AVAILABLE |
710 |
|
10/1/44 |
11/44 |
710SQ; RetUS 7/6/45; RFC Kingman 11/26/45 (FFS; Sh; R. Davis) |
11/26/45 RFC |
|
B-17G-75-VE |
44 |
8643 |
|
|
K |
11/14/44 |
12/5/44 |
RetUS 7/8/45; RFC Kingman 12/11/45; see
Aircraft Gallery 6 |
12/11/45 RFC |
|
B-17G-75-DL |
44 |
83279 |
|
|
J |
1/19/45 |
2/22/45 |
SQ N/A; Involved in minor accident 4/22/45; RFC Kingman 11/22/45 (AFHRA Photo) |
11/22/45 RFC |
|
B-17G-85-DL |
44 |
83563 |
|
|
|
4/7/45 |
N/A |
Slated for the 447th but never delivered; reassigned as transport
for Gens. Doolitle and Eisenhower; various civilian duties; used in films
The War Lover and Tora Tora Tora; now at NWM, New York,
painted as 42-97400, Fuddy Duddy |
ON DISPLAY |
|
B-17G-90-DL |
44 |
83684 |
|
|
|
4/5/1945 |
04/19/45 |
Possibly "last a/c assigned to grp" (Freeman) but perhaps not
delivered; tran to drone director until 1960; Civil N3713G at Chino, CA
1984; used in 12 O'Clock High; PICADILLY
LILLY (film name) |
ON DISPLAY
|
|
B-17G-105-VE |
44 |
85784 |
|
|
|
6/19/45 |
Not assigned to the
447th |
Various civilian duties in the US and France, before reaching the
Imperial War Museum, Duxford, UK. Carried markings of the 447th
during the 1980s; used in 1990 film Memphis Belle; currently on
display at Duxford as Sally B |
ON
DISPLAY |