VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE

19 May 1943

Description

7PTG/13PRS despatches 4 F-5s photographic reconnaissnace sorties over France and Germany. The one over Germany was sent to document the effectiveness of the heavy bombing mission to Kiel, Germany earlier in the day. This was the first 8th Air Force photo sortie over mainland Germany.

Mission Details

KIEL / NORTH WEST FRANCE

Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning

Notes: Photo recce mission over NW France and to Kiel Germany. First 8th Air Force Photo recce mission over Germany proper.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 4

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 4-Jan-2015. DEscription based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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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'.