8th Air Force
12 June 1944
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UPL 19050
D-Day Beach Mulberry Harbor - Photo of a portion of one of the Mulberry Harbors on June 12, 1944. This was a souvenir photo as Lt John S Blyth's primary mission that day was the Loire bridges from Nantes to Tours plus the Nantes airfield. Blyth was flying Spitfire MK XI PA841 of the 14th Squadron of the 7th Photo Group based at Mount Farm, Oxfordshire, UK.
Mission Details
Description: CARPETBAGGER MISSION
Notes: 16 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER OPERATIONS. No losses or casualties.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: SCOUTING MISSION
Notes: DH98
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Notes: DH98
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (447th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-406173
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Nicknames: Kisty the 1st
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
Revisions
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'.