43-12191 Hun Flusher
Additional Information. "F-6C Mustang, s/n 43-12191, Hun Flusher, Lieutenant Charles "Chuck" Kinyon, 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th Photo Reconnaissance Group, Rennes, France, August 1944: Possibly the most bedraggled Mustang in the squadron! However, Hun Flusher was well maintained mechanically by its crew chief S/Sgt. Paul Valentine. Its pilot, Lieutenant Kinyon, bragged to the author at a reunion in the early 1980s about '...what a great airplane she was.' It was coded ZMJJ(bar), the vertical bar indicating it was the second aircraft in the squadron coded 'J'." - Patton's Eyes in the Sky by Tom Ivie 2003 ISBN-903223-26-1 Roger Freeman Collection
Patton's Eyes in the Sky by Tom Ivie 2003 ISBN-903223-26-1
Object Number - FRE 10209 - An F-6 Mustang (ZM-J) nicknamed "Hun Flusher" of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group Additional Information. "F-6C Mustang, s/n 43-12191,...
Assigned to 12TRS, 10PRG, 9AF USAAF.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Manufactured |
Inglewood, CA, USA | Built at North American. | |
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Delivered |
Edwards AFB, CA, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
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Assigned |
Membury, Axminster EX13 7AF, UK | Assigned to 12TRS, 10PRG, 9AF USAAF. |
