George Robert Rew

Military
media-18221.jpeg UPL 18221 Major George Rew, Operations Officer of the 374th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group; later commanded the 374th Squadron. Little Walden, Essex.
Museum object reference no. BAM_0290 Bottisham Airfield Museum

Bottisham Air Museum

Object Number - UPL 18221 - Major George Rew, Operations Officer of the 374th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group; later commanded the 374th Squadron. Little Walden,...

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Units served with

Aircraft

A P-51 Mustang (PE-S, serial number 42-106763) nicknamed "Snoot's Sniper" of the 352nd Fighter Group at Mount Farm. Image By Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: 'Snooters Snitpers PE:S at Mount Farm.'

42-106763

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Snoopys Sniper Scarlet Kate
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 374th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

Sioux City, IA, USA 20 June 1920

Died

San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico 11 August 1979

Buried

West Point, NY, USA 20 August 1979 United States Military Academy Post Cemetery West Point Orange County New York, USA

Other

Graduated

West Point, NY, USA USMA Class of 1942

Other

Assumed command of 374th FS

Bottisham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK

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361st FG webste

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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