VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE
31 July 1943Description
1 F-5 from 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group is despatched on a photographic reconnaissance sortie over France.
Mission Details
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 1
- Aircraft effective: 1
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 12-May-2015. Corrected mission statistics per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 12-May-2015. Edited title and added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 12-May-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diray", Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'.