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"Outhouse Mouse" - 139 counters ...

Mon Jun 02, 2008 7:48 pm

Lt. D. L. Luthon and crew in front of Outhouse Mouse of the 91st BG. A good-luck ship, she was a -25-BO G-model, coded OR-N. Her 'claim to fame' is that she was the first heavy bomber to be attacked by a German jet (16th August/Me 163). Major damage was avoided by severe jinking by the pilots (Lt. W. Mullen crew). A second Me 163 came up and stayed just out of range on her tail for a full two minutes before being shot down by Mustangs. Her final tally was 139 missions completed in roughly one solid year of ops, including twelve trips to Berlin.

Note the standard camo demarcation line that wraps under the cowl lip:


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Re: "Outhouse Mouse" - 139 counters ...

Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:04 pm

Chicoartist wrote: Her 'claim to fame' is that she was the first heavy bomber to be attacked by a German jet (16th August/Me 163).



Jet?

Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:28 pm

My bad - 30 lashes!

Wade

Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:34 pm

Chicoartist wrote:My bad - 30 lashes!


Nah...I'll just slip some T-stoff in your coffee. :wink:

Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:44 pm

"Outhouse Mouse"...boy that wasn't the way I learned it from Pop! 8) One of my favorite sayings but I put holy as a prefix... :wink:

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Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:06 pm

Here's a close-up of the nose art.
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