43-37828 Memember Me 2
Delivered Cheyenne 26/5/44; Kearney 4/6/44; Grenier 17/6/44; Assigned 749BS/457BG [L] Glatton 30/6/44 REMEMBER ME?; 30/12/44 with Bill McCall, Tom Gregory, Art Livingston, George Cooke, George Perry, Bob Haynes, Walter Slate, Linville Wells, Larido Battisti (9RTD?); Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45. GEORGIA PEACH.
"Remember Me, was the name of this aircraft on the port side but on the starboard side was the name Georgia Peach. The story is that the ground crew chief was from Georgia and made sure Georgia Peach was somewhere on the aircraft."
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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: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington