XIX Tactical Air Command
Command
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Group
21st Aug 1941 - CONSTITUTED as 73rd Observation Group.
1st September 1941 - ACTIVATED.
April 1943 - REDESIGNATED as 73rd Reconnaissance Group.
Aug 1943 - REDESIGNATED as 73rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group.
Dec 1943 - REDESIGNATED as 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance)
Command
Squadron
While serving as part of the 9th Air Force in the European Theater of Operations, the 33rd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron was at various times part of three groups:
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Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Chalgrove | February 1944 – 11 August 1944 |
Based | Rennes | 11 August 1944 – 30 August 1944 |
Based | Chateaudun | 30 August 1944 – 30 September 1944 |
Based | Saint-Dizier | 30 September 1944 – 1 November 1944 |
Based | Conflans | 1 November 1944 – March 1945 |
Based | Trier | March 1945 – 5 April 1945 |
Based | Ober Olm | 5 April 1945 – 28 April 1945 |
Based | Furth | 28 April 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
Military | Brigadier General | Pilot | 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
Russell Berg served as a Spitfire pilot with No. 610 Squadron before joining the 10th Photo Recon Group. He became the group's Commanding Officer on 20 June 1944, at age 27
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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Reconnaissance Pilot | 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
Chinese-American from Salt Lake City, Utah. KIA 27 Aug 1944 near Brest, France while on an artillery spotting mission; wingman was Lt Elbert Garr
Military | Lieutenant | 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
Missing in action on combat mission, his aircraft was 43-9449
Military | Major | Photo Reconnaissance Pilot | 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Reconnaissance Pilot | 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
Wingman of Lt Arthur KP Chinn on 27 August 1944, when Chinn was killed near Brest, France
Military | Captain | Pilot | 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
Captain John H Hoefker, piloted North American P-51C Mustang 42-103368 to shoot down three enemy aircraft in June 1944. He became the 10th Photo Recon Group's most successful combatant with credits of 8½ air victories.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
Ralph served as a pilot in the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron of the 10th Photo Recon Group out of Middle Wallop, England. On 22 June 1944, he was shot down flying F-6 42-103378 fifteen miles west of St Quentin, France and was Killed in Action....
Military | Captain | Fighter Pilot-1055 single engine | 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
Flight leader 15th TRS Dec. 1944 - July 1945
6 air kills while flying 77 combat missions
Scored last AAF kill in the ETO on May 8, 1945.
Military | Staff Sergeant | 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 15TCS, 10PRG, 9AF USAAF. Lost to flak on 24-Dec-44 near Bastogne. 2Lt Alfred R. Tenny was KIA (MACR 11426).
P-51 Mustang
P-51 Mustang
P-51 Mustang
F-6 Mustang
F-6 Mustang
P-51 Mustang
P-51 Mustang
F-5 Lightning
F-5 Lightning
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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22 February 2017 11:53:41 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to stations |
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Stations added with details from: |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
17 December 2016 00:59:00 | Spooner | Changes to aircraft types |
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Known fact |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
28 September 2016 14:39:34 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to type, motto, insignia, us air force combat units of world war ii description, aircraft types and stations |
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Consolidation of duplicate units and connections to reflect the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group's structure according to "Air Force Combat Units of World War 2", Ed. Maurer Maurer, Office of Air Force History. Washingto D.C. 1983. (p.50) |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:42:44 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980) |