42-103358 Little Honey
This is an F-6C of the 10th Photo Recon Group/12th Tactical Recon Squadron and has the side code of "ZM". The group markings of blue checkerboard on tail and yellow checkerboard on nose.
Roger Freeman Collection
Correspondence with Peter Randall of www.littlefriends.co.uk
P-51C, coded ZM-Q, serial number 42-103358 and nicknamed “Little Honey”. It was the assigned aircraft of Lt. Donald Lynch. It was a P-51C-5-NT [Dallas built] that was field converted to F-6C standard.
It suffered a Category 3 landing accident on 25 November 1944 at A-64/St Dizier-Robinson [Vagabond] flown by Lt. Edward J Kenny III. Pilot survived. Condemned salvage 24 April 1946.
Connections
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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
- Known as: Furth-Atzenhof
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crashed |
Saint-Dizier, France | 25 November 1944 | Category 3 landing accident |
Revisions
Joe Baugher's website: http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_5.html
Squadron codes: http://www.airwar.org.uk/GENERAL/uscode.htm
Landing accident: http://www.accident-report.com/world/europe/france/fr4411.html
Correspondence with Peter Randall of www.littlefriends.co.uk