VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE

30 July 1943

Description

A Boston IIIA from 107Squadron RAF was despatched with an American crew to make a photographic reconnaissance of the Schipol airfield at Amsterdam, Holland. The pilot became disoriented in the clouds and crashed the aircraft into the sea. 4KIA MACR 146.

Mission Details

SCHIPHOL AIRFIELD

Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Aircraft Type: A-20 Boston III

Mission Statistics

  • People killed in action: 4
  • Aircraft sent: 1
  • Aircraft missing in action: 1

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 7-May-2015. Corrected title and added Mission Description per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" , Stan Bishop & John A. Hey, MBE.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 7-May-2015. Corrected aircraft type to A-20 from B-26 per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey, MBE.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

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'.