8th Air Force

4 August 1944
media-17248.jpeg UPL 17248 V-Weapons Site France August 4, 1944:
Sortie 2669 of the 14th Squadron, 7th Photo Group, Mount Farm, UK. Targets were V-Weapons sites at Watten, Marquise/Mimoyecques, Wizernes (Aphrodite Targets). Pilot was Lt John S Blyth flying Spitfire MK XI PA842. Altitude was approximately 15,000ft.

Scott Blyth.

Object Number - UPL 17248 - V-Weapons Site France August 4, 1944: Sortie 2669 of the 14th Squadron, 7th Photo Group, Mount Farm, UK. Targets were V-Weapons sites at Watten,...

Mission Details

Description: SCOUTING MISSION

Notes: DH98 Scouting for bombers.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

BREST

Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Notes: DH98

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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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'.

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