VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE
17 July 1943Description
6 F-5s from 13th Photographic Squadron are despatched on photographic reconnaissance sorties over France and Holland. 1 F-5 MIA near Scheldt, Holland. Pilot KIA.
Mission Details
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Mission Statistics
- People killed in action: 1
- Aircraft sent: 6
- Aircraft missing in action: 1
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 7-May-2015 .Edited title and added Mission Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
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'.