Cyrus M Greer

Military
A P-51 Mustang of the 359th Fighter Group flies over French countryside in 1944 in an image taken by an aircraft of the 446th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Over France? 9/44 taken by 446BG, 352FG or 359FG.' media-377223.jpg FRE 544 A P-51 Mustang of the 352nd Fighter Group, 487th Fighter Squadron, coded HO-G, "Lilli Marlene", s/n 43-7139, Pilot Lt Cyrus Greer flies over French countryside in Hall 1944 in an image taken by an aircraft of the 446th Bomb Group.

Handwritten caption on reverse of print: 'Over France? 9/44 taken by 446BG, 352FG or 359FG'.
N.B. This aircraft never flew with the 359th Fighter Group. Roger Freeman Collection

Amendments made to unit Connections on the advice from Peter Randall of Little Friends: http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/. Additional information in the caption from the same source.

Object Number - FRE 544 - A P-51 Mustang of the 352nd Fighter Group, 487th Fighter Squadron, coded HO-G, "Lilli Marlene", s/n 43-7139, Pilot Lt Cyrus Greer flies over French...

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A P-51 Mustang of the 359th Fighter Group flies over French countryside in 1944 in an image taken by an aircraft of the 446th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Over France? 9/44 taken by 446BG, 352FG or 359FG.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Lilli Marlene
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Unit history

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