FRE 10209
IMAGEAn F-6 Mustang (ZM-J) nicknamed "Hun Flusher" of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 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
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: F-6 Mustang
- Nicknames: Hun Flusher
- Unit: 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron