Super Mouse
323rd Squadron
 I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo -
Serial # 4338642 OR-M
Back Row - Left to Right:
Sgt. John Portner, Tail Gunner (Upper Darby, PA); Sgt. Reid Otte, Waist Gunner (Logan,
UT); Sgt. Robert Marquis, Radio Operator (Salem, MA); T/Sgt. William Lothian,
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner (Gary, IN); Sgt. Robert Pope, Ball Turret Gunner (Wilkes Barre, PA).
Front Row - Left to Right:
1st Lt. Stuart Fitzgerald, Bombardier (Richmond, VA); 1st Lt. Glade Stephenson,
Navigator (Holden, UT); 1st Lt. Milton Russum, Co-pilot (Lowville, NY); 1st Lt.
David Hettema, Pilot (Pasadena, CA).
Super
Mouse Factoid - According
to Glenn Lothian, the crew of Super Mouse flew early missions in Battle Axe and
Bomber Dear. Pilot David Hettema painted nose art for Super Mouse and Battle Axe as well as
flight jacket art for Battle Axe. Before their first mission, the crew was cut
from 10 to 9. Sgt. Richard Hutton was transferred from the crew. Every crew gave
up one waist gunner position. The Radio operator went to the waist position when
the fighters attacked.
Mission Log of William Lothian
| Number |
Date |
Target |
| 1 |
25 July 44 |
St. Lo, France (Troop Support) Plane Mary
Lou 42-97504, Pilot Roy Huffman |
| 2 |
29 July 44 |
Leipzig , Germany ( Jet Airbase) Plane
Times A Wastin' 42-102504, Pilot Roy Huffman |
| 3 |
31 July 44 |
Munich, Germany ( Marshalling yards) Plane
Mary Lou 42-97504, Pilot David Hettema |
| 4 |
3 Aug 44 |
Mulhouse, France ( Airfield) Plane Ramblin'
Rebel 43-3740, Pilot David Hettema |
| 5 |
5 Aug 44 |
Nienburg, Germany (Underground Fuel
Storage) Plane Cheri 43-37625, Pilot David Hettema |
| 6 |
7 Aug 44 |
Sens, France (Fuel Storage &
Warehouses) Plane Mary Lou 42-97504, Pilot David Hettema |
| 7 |
8 Aug 44 |
Bretteville, France (Troop Support) Plane
Old Battle Axe 43-37887, Pilot David Hettema |
| 8 |
12 Aug 44 |
Buc, France (Troop Support) Plane Stinky
44-6306, Pilot David Hettema |
| 9 |
14 Aug 44 |
Metz, France (Airfield) Plane Old Battle
Axe 43-37887, Pilot David Hettema |
| 10 |
16 Aug 44 |
Halle, Germany (Airfield-noted claim two
FW190) Plane Old Battle Axe 43-37887, Pilot David Hettema |
| 11 |
24 Aug 44 |
Leipzig, Germany (Airfield) Plane Old
Battle Axe 43-37887, Pilot David Hettema |
| 12 |
25 Aug 44 |
Neubrandenburg, Germany (Assembly Plant)
Plane Old Battle Axe 43-37887, Pilot David Hettema |
| 13 |
27 Aug 44 |
Heligoland, Germany ( Naval Yards) Plane
Old Battle Axe 43-37887, Pilot David Hettema |
| 14 |
5 Sept 44 |
Manheim, Germany ( Chemical Plant-heavy
flak) Plane Bomber Dear 42-97234, Pilot David Hettema |
| 15 |
9 Sept 44 |
Ludwigshaven, Germany (Synthetic Oil Plant)
Plane Bomber Dear 42-97234, Pilot David Hettema |
| 16 |
11 Sept 44 |
Lutzkendorf, Germany (Oil Plant) Plane The
"Heats On" 42-37911, Pilot David Hettema |
| 17 |
25 Sept 44 |
Frankfurt, Germany (Marshalling Yards)
Plane PARD 42-97956, Pilot David Hettema |
| 18 |
26 Sept 44 |
Osnabruck, Germany (Marshalling Yards)
Plane Sherry's Cherries 42-97984, Pilot David Hettema |
| 19 |
28 Sept 44 |
Magdeburg, Germany (Oil Refinery) Plane
Nine O Nine 42-31909, Pilot David Hettema |
| 20 |
29 Sept 44 |
Munster, Germany (Bridges) Plane Nine O
Nine 42-31909, Pilot David Hettema |
| 21 |
2 Oct 44 |
Kassel, Germany (Ordinance & Locomotive
Repair) Plane Bomber Dear 42-97234, Pilot David Hettema |
| 22 |
6 Oct 44 |
Neubrandenburg, Germany ( Assembly Plant)
Plane Bomber Dear 42-97234, Pilot David Hettema |
| 23 |
7 Oct 44 |
Brux, Czechoslovakia (Marshalling Yards)
Plane Bomber Dear 42-97234, Pilot David Hettema |
| 24 |
9 Oct 44 |
Schweinfurt, Germany Plane Bomber Dear
42-97234, Pilot David Hettema |
|
25
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26 Oct 44 |
Munster, Germany (Aircraft Repair Depot)
Plane Bomber Dear 42-97234, Pilot David Hettema |
| 26 |
30 Oct 44 |
Hamm, Germany (Marshalling Yards) Plane
Bomber Dear 42-97234, Pilot David Hettema |
| 27 |
6 Nov 44 |
Hamburg, Germany (Oil Refineries) Plane
Super Mouse 43-38642, Pilot David Hettema |
| 28 |
9 Nov 44 |
Metz, France (Airfield) Plane Super Mouse
43-38642, Pilot David Hettema |
| 29 |
25 Nov 44 |
Merseburg, Germany (Synthetic Oil
Refineries) Plane Super Mouse 43-38642, Pilot David Hettema |
| 30 |
26 Nov 44 |
Altenbeken, Germany (Bridges-Claim
FW190&Me109) Plane Super Mouse 43-38642, Pilot David Hettema |
| 31 |
27 Nov 44 |
Offenburg, Germany (Marshalling Yards)
Plane Super Mouse 43-38642, Pilot David Hettema |
| 32 |
30 Nov 44 |
Zeitz, Germany Plane Super Mouse 43-38642,
Pilot David Hettema |
| 33 |
11 Dec 44 |
Frankfurt, Germany Plane Super Mouse
43-38642, Pilot David Hettema |
| 34 |
12 Dec 44 |
Merseburg, Germany Plane Super Mouse
43-38642, Pilot David Hettema |
| 35 |
15 Dec 44 |
Kassel, Germany Plane Super Mouse 43-38642,
Pilot Milton Russum |
 
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