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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V-Weapons Site France August 4, 1944:
Sortie 2669 of the 14th Squadron, 7th Photo Group, Mount Farm, UK. Targets were V-Weapons sites at Watten, Marquise/Mimoyecques, Wizernes (Aphrodite Targets). Pilot was Lt John S Blyth flying Spitfire MK XI PA842. Altitude was approximately 15,000ft.
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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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John Blyth
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
31 October 1943 in F-5A#212322 forced to return to base due to equipment problems and haze. Attempting to land at RAF Thame, did not stop in time and had accident.
Aircraft
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PA842 'Hot Toddy'
Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire PA842 PR Mk XIT , C/N4989, Built at Chattis Hill. ...
Missions
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8th Air Force
4 August 1944
Locations
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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...
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 12 August 2015 14:04:01 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with caption, unit associations, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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Scott Blyth. |
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