8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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P-38 Lightning
Assigned to 22PRS, 7PRG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escorted recon mission to Madgeburg, escort and PR aircraft bounced, during egress from target, by 3 x Me262 jets, A/C hit in starboard engine, which was feathered but shortly after exploded. Pilot 1Lt Robert F Carlgren baled out POW. MACR 11167.
Service
Units
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7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
Group
Based for the majority of their service at Mount Farm, Oxfordshire, the 7th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) took over three million intelligence photos during the course of 4,251 sorties over occupied Europe. The Group was awarded a Distinguished... -
People
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Robert Carlgren
Military | Major | Fighter pilot | 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
Assigned to 22PRS, 7PRG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escorted recon mission to Madgeburg, escort and PR aircraft bounced, during egress from target, by 3 x Me262 jets, A/C hit in starboard engine, which was feathered but shortly after exploded....
Places
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Mount Farm
Military site : airfield
Originally a grass airfield satellite for the RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Unit at nearby RAF Benson, Mount Farm was built in 1940-1941. It had three concrete runways, 49 dispersals (24 concrete pan type plus 25 PSP squares), and eight blister...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Manufactured | Burbank, CA, USA | 1944 |
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Built at Lockheed. |
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| Delivered | California, USA | 1944 |
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Delivered to USAAF. |
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| Assigned | Mt Farm Cottage, Dorchester, Wallingford OX10 7PG, UK | 1944 |
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Assigned to 22PRS, 7PRG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | Brunswick, Germany | 23 December 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) escorted recon mission to Madgeburg, escort and PR aircraft bounced, during egress from target, by 3 x Me262 jets, A/C hit in starboard engine, which was feathered but shortly after exploded. Pilot 1Lt Robert F Carlgren baled out POW. MACR 11167. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 18 January 2017 11:19:41 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmdate.asp?thedate=441223&Submit... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:47 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 11167 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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