43-37973 The Worry Bird
Delivered Cheyenne 14/6/44; Kearney 28/6/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 11/7/44; transferred 834BS/486BG [2S-N] Sudbury 12/7/44; 70m returned POWs from Austria 5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 17/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45. THE WORRY BIRD.
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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: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2009072
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34771301
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11107826
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Acton