8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
Based for the majority of their service at Mount Farm, Oxfordshire, the 7th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) took over three million intelligence photos during the course of 4,251 sorties over occupied Europe. The Group was awarded a Distinguished...
F-5 Lightning
P-51 Mustang
P-51D 'Jets Delight' - Named from the P-51's duty of protecting the F-5s from the jet menace. Flown by Lt Ellis B 'Bruce' Edwards.
Military site : airfield
Originally a grass airfield satellite for the RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Unit at nearby RAF Benson, Mount Farm was built in 1940-1941. It had three concrete runways, 49 dispersals (24 concrete pan type plus 25 PSP squares), and eight blister...
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01 January 2016 10:21:24 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nickname, nationality, highest rank, role, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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