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Old 22 September 2009, 12:00 PM   #84 (permalink)
StephenLawson
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Beautiful Louis!!! Do you know the story behind this plane and lt. Oscar (T. S.) Gude? Rickenbacker gave him the monicker T.S.

He used the 93rd Aero Commander's aircraft for a mission and decided to land behind German lines and surrender. Then he made up a wild story about a dogfight and one of the POWs he was with advised Gude that he saw him land and surrender. It seems in the units he served with (94th & 93rd) and even as a POW. Gude was found out to be a "blowhard" with "bad nerves".
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