VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE
24 June 1943Description
7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group has been supplemented with antoher squadron of F-5s, the 22nd Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron. 5 F-5s are despatched on photographic reconnaissance sorties over France. This is the first mission for 22PRS.
Mission Details
NORTH WEST FRANCE
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
Notes: Photo recce mission over NW France.
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: Not Applicable
- Aircraft sent: 4
NORTH WEST FRANCE
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
Notes: Photo recce mission over NW France. First operation for 22 Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron.
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 5
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 5-Jan-2015. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" 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'.