8th Air Force
11 August 1944
Sortie 2833 of the 14th PRS, 7th PRG flown in Spitfire MK XI PL 866 on August 11, 1944.
Scott Blyth
Object Number - UPL 17265 - Saarbrucken Germany: Sortie 2833 of the 14th PRS, 7th PRG flown in Spitfire MK XI PL 866 on August 11, 1944.
Mission Details
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
![Photographic officers of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group look through camera lenses infront of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Esten Illustrated.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 8 Jul 1943.' [stamp] and '273528.' [Censor no.]. A printed caption was previously attached to the reverse, however this has been removed.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380976.jpg.webp?itok=b-IRYuYJ)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: SCOUTING MISSION
Notes: DH98
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Notes: DH98
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
CARPETBAGGER
Description: CARPETBAGGER MISSION
Notes: 28 of 31 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Connections
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
Revisions
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'.
