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Painted wooden sign board, depicting the emblem of the 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, USAAF. Previously hung outside the squadron’s photo laboratory at Mount Farm, Oxfordshire during the Second World War. This signboard was created at Mount Farm, Oxfordshire c.1944. It hung outside the 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron’s Laboratory. In March 1945, when the unit moved to Chalgrove, the Commanding Officer Major Walter Dale Shade (1918-2005), got a base carpenter to cut the board

13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

The insignia of the 14th Photographic Squadron, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Featuring Bugs Bunny.

14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Type Category: Reconnaissance

Photographic officers of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group look through camera lenses infront of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Esten Illustrated.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 8 Jul 1943.' [stamp] and '273528.' [Censor no.]. A printed caption was previously attached to the reverse, however this has been removed.

7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Reconnaissance

Aircraft

Ground personnel of the 14th Photographic Squadron, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group refuel a Spitfire (serial number MB946) at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Handwritten on slide case:"Spitfire MB946 Mount Farm Astrella"

MB946

Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:15:31

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Sources

7th Photo Recon Group Master Directory, 6 June 1996 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia