VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE

26 June 1943

Description

7PRG/13PRS and 22PRS despatch 9 F-5s on photographic reconnaissnace sorties of France in the Pas-de Calaise area. 1 F-5 is MIA.

Mission Details

CALAIS

Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning

Notes: Photo recce mission over NW France.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 9

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People

Blair Gerald Belongia

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16022483 / O-442762
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 5-Jan-2015. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 5-Jan-2015. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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ContributorAAM
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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'.