8th Air Force

8 October 1944

Description

Black Week

Mission Details

Description: LORAN NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM

Aircraft Type: Mosquito

Notes: DH98 Mosquito flies first LORAN Skywave navigational equipment calibration mission and lands at San Severo, Italy. Major John Larkin and Lt Claude Moore flew 1st LORAN calibration mission.

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance
The insignia of the 8th Air Force.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Command
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA
  • Aircraft sent: 1
  • Aircraft effective: 1

RADIO COUNTER MEASURES

Description: RADIO COUNTER MEASURES

Notes: 36th BS despatches 7 B-24s on RADIO COUNTER MEASURES (RCM) duties.

Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

AAM DB Entry.
Mosquito Photo-Reconnaissance Units of World War 2 By Martin W. Bowman.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
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'.