Lim Wing Jeong
Military
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UPL 20157
B24 42-52234 Corky, with the Nortridge crew (crew 25)
On his naturalization application, he states his birth name was Shue Hong Lim. The army listed him as L.W. Jeong, and he changed his name after the war to Wayne Lim. He married May in 1950, and they raised 4 children. He ran his own Chinese restaurants until his retirement, and never returned to Europe. He said he hated flying!
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0663084
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Corky Burgundy Bombers
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Guangdong, China | 1 May 1925 | |
Enlisted |
Duncan Field, TX USA | 11 November 1942 |
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Sources
An Emotional Gauntlet, Stuart J Wright, Pen & Sword Books, © 2004
Ancestry.com: Petition for Naturalization #14330, Houston TX
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc