8th Air Force

19 September 1944

Mission Details

Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

TRUCKIN OPERATION

Description: TRUCKIN' MISSION

Notes: Unknown number of 2nd Bomb Squadron B-24s fly fuel to France

A formation of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group enroute to Europe. Printed caption on reverse: '71049 AC- A formation of Consolidated B-24 "Liberators" of the 2nd Bomb Division, roars over Europe en route to the target area. 24 November 1944. US Air Force photo.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Division
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A Spitfire Mk XI (serial number M3-955) of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.
  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Nicknames: Lease Fleece
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

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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'.