5th Bombardment Group (5th BG) "Bomber Barons"
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
See also B-24 Liberator - 5th Bombardment Group
23rd Bombardment Squadron (23rd BS)
B-17E "San Antonio Rose" 41-2467 transfered from the 11th BG, returned to the United States and scrapped
B-17E "Jap Happy" 41-2520 scrapped on July 18, 1945
B-17E "De-Icer" 41-9128 pilot Stubblefield crashed July 27, 1943
B-17E "Tokyo Taxi" 41-9153 pilot Eckles MIA July 19, 1943
B-17E "Uncle Biff" 41-9156 ultimate fate unknown, likely scrapped
B-17E "Li'l Neil" 41-9222 scrapped in the United States
31st Bombardment Squadron (31st BS)
B-17E "City of San Francisco" 41-2415 ultimate fate unknown likely scrapped
B-17E "Goonie" 41-2523 pilot Unruh ditched March 20, 1943
B-17E "City of San Francisco" 41-2529 pilot Kramer ditched June 5, 1942, 1 missing
B-17E 41-2611 ultimate fate unknown likely scrapped
B-17F "Aztec's Curse" 41-24457 ultimate fate unknown likely scrapped or otherwise disappeared
72nd Bombardment Squadron (72nd BS)
B-17E 41-2396 pilot Edmundson ditched January 7, 1943
B-17E "Lucky 13" 41-2413 pilot Sesso ditched April 13, 1943
B-17E "Goonie" 41-2523 pilot Unruh ditched March 20, 1943
B-17E "Boomerang" 41-9059 ultimate fate unknown, likely scrapped
B-17E "Zero Six Zero" 41-9060 destroyed March 23, 1943 by Japanese bombing
B-17E 41-9118 pilot Everitt crashed October 4, 1942
B-17E "Uncle Biff" 41-9156 transfered to the 11th BG, 431st BS
B-17F "My Lovin' Dove" 41-24450 pilot Classen ditched February 9, 1943
394th Bombardment Squadron (394th BS)
B-17D 40-3089 pilot Cherry ditched October 21, 1942
B-17E "Crock O' Crap" 41-2632 scrapped
B-17E "Uncle Biff" 41-9156 transfered to 23rd BS
B-17E "Yankee Doodle" 41-2463 pilot Roddenberry crashed August 2, 1943
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