10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
Group
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Squadron
Group
The four Squadrons of the 67th Recon Group (12th Observation - later Reconnaissance Squadron; 107th Observation - later Reconnaissance Squadron; 109th Observation - later Reconnaissance Squadron and 153rd Observation - later Reconnaissance Squadron)...
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Middle Wallop |
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | fighter pilot-1055 single engine/squadron commander | 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group
RCAF June 1941 - Jan 1944
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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 | Sergeant | Photographer | 446th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group
Salvatore Mecca from Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, served with the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron in Europe. He died of wounds on 15 July 1944 and is buried in Normandy American Cemetery.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
Served in Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, Central Europe, Air Offensive Europe
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Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Reconnaissance Pilot | 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).
F-6 Mustang
P-51 Mustang
F-6 Mustang
North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang (F-6C) Serial 42-103382 of the 15th TRS, 10th PRG, XIX TAC. Aircraft shot down by Fw 190A-8 flown bo Oblt Alfred Neumayer of JG 4/1 at Bellheim, E of Landau and crashed 3 km NW of Dahnk SW of Pirmasens, Germany 29th...
P-51 Mustang
North American P-51C-5-NT [F-6C] Mustang 42-103368 15th Tactical Recon Squadron (coded 5M-G) 10th Photo Recon Group, 9th AF . This Mustang was later named "Nadine" when assigned to Lt. Henry Lewis in July 1944. This Mustang survived the war, only to...
Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb EP179 Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire BL243 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
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P-51 Mustang
Assigned 15TRS, 10PRG, 9AF USAAF.
P-51 Mustang
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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27 September 2014 18:42:47 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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) |