398th B-17 Crashed and Damaged Aircraft Photos

Below is an index to some of our 398th B-17 Crashed and Damaged Aircraft. The index is ordered by Aircraft Number. Crash photos may at sites in the USA, on the way to England, within England, or on the European Continent. Recovery site photos will be included as they become available.

For additional 398th Aircraft photos:

1. 398th B-17 Aircraft Photos
2. 398th B-17 Nose and Engine Art Photos
3. Other Aircraft Photo'd by the 398th

 

398th B-17 Crashed and Damaged Aircraft Photos
(Ordered by A/C Number)

Aircraft Number	Tail Letter	Fuselage No.	A/C Name	Title	Date	Art Work Visible	Comments
42-97249	P	N8	How Was It Well	Welty B-17 A/C Tail with Hole After Merseburg Mission	21 November 1944		This A/C had the most missions for any 398th Aircraft.
42-97374	X	K8-X	Madame X	Zimmerman's Crash at the Nuthampstead Air Base	24 December 1944		Portions of fuselage in snow.
42-102536	C	N8-C	Here's Hopin	Grinter's Crash the Day After at the Nuthampstead Air Base	25 December 1944		Photo shows remains the day after the crash.
42-102553	K	N7-K	LIL 8 BALL	Newman's Crash of 42-102553 LIL 8 BALL at Nuthampstead	26 July 1944		This A/C hit a tractor on takeoff on 26 July 1944.
42-102570	F	N7-F		Vince Moore's Crash of 42-102570 at Nuthampstead	21 October 1944
43-37527	X	N7-X	The Prowler	Sleaman's Crash at Kent	6 July 1944
43-38121	Q	3O-Q	Q-Queenie	Traeder's Crash at Paderborn	13 April 1945
43-38172	P	3O-P	Lovely Julie	DeLancey's Crew's Crippled B-17	15 October 1944
43-39085				Traeder's Crash at Bluie West	29 Dec 1944