10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group

Group

media-395750.jpg FRE 7006 Personnel of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group at Fürth airfield in Germany. F-5 Lightnings and a captured FW 190D are visible in the background. Image via R Woolner. Written on slide casing: 'Fürth 5/45, 10 PG.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 7006 - Personnel of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group at Fürth airfield in Germany. F-5 Lightnings and a captured FW 190D are visible in the...

Commanding Officers

Russell Allen Berg

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group Headquarters (10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group)
Service Numbers: O-25328 / 0-235328 / 4376A
Highest Rank: Brigadier General
Role/Job: Pilot

William B Reed

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group Headquarters (10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group)
Highest Rank: Colonel
Role/Job: Commanding Officer

Connections

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Unit stations

Station	Location	Date
Based	Rennes	11 August 1944 - 30 August 1944
Based	Chateaudun	30 August 1944 - 30 September 1944
Based	Saint-Dizier	30 September 1944 - 1 November 1944
Based	Conflans	1 November 1944
Based	Ober Olm	5 April 1945 - 28 April 1945
Based	Furth	28 April 1945 - 8 May 1945
Based	Chalgrove	11 August 1944
Based	Trier	5 April 1945

Encompassing

An airman of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group with his F-6 Mustang. Image via R Woolner.

12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Reconnaissance

155th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Reconnaissance

Two P-51 Mustangs (SM-U, serial number 42-41335) and (SM-J, serial number 44-10900) of the 354th Fighter Group fly together over countryside. Image via Tom Ivie. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Aircraft of the 15th TRS, 10th PRG. "Not for publication".'

15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Reconnaissance

162nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Type Category: Reconnaissance

1st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Reconnaissance

People

Karl William Becker

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group Headquarters (10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group)
Highest Rank: Captain

Russell Allen Berg

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group Headquarters (10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group)
Service Numbers: O-25328 / 0-235328 / 4376A
Highest Rank: Brigadier General
Role/Job: Pilot

William Munns Brackett

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Service Numbers: O-695145
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Stanley Lewis Canner

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Service Numbers: O-796286
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Arthur K P Chinn

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Service Numbers: O-682612
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Reconnaissance Pilot

Aircraft

42-100722

Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
Unit: 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 438th Troop Carrier Group 89th Troop Carrier Squadron

42-103211

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Phyllis
Unit: 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

42-103213

Aircraft Type: F-6 Mustang
Nicknames: Azel Boomerang
Unit: 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 162nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

42-103224

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group

A P-51 Mustang ('7M') nicknamed "Little Honey" flying at low level.

42-103358

Aircraft Type: F-6 Mustang
Nicknames: Little Honey
Unit: 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

Mission

Ninth Air Force

Date: 5 May 1945
Official Description:

Revisions

Date20 Jul 2021 14:35:37

ContributorEmily

ChangesChanges to motto, us air force combat units of world war ii description, citations and commanding officers associations

Sources

Air Force Combat Units of World War II

Date22 Feb 2017 11:53:41

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

ChangesChanges to stations

Sources

Stations added with details from:
- "Battle Colors Volume III - Insignia and Tactical Markings of the Ninth Air Force in World War Two' by Robert A. Watkins;

Date17 Dec 2016 00:59:00

ContributorSpooner

ChangesChanges to aircraft types

Sources

Known fact

Date28 Sep 2016 14:39:34

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

ChangesChanges to type, motto, insignia, us air force combat units of world war ii description, aircraft types and stations

Sources

Consolidation of duplicate units and connections to reflect the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group's structure according to "Air Force Combat Units of World War 2", Ed. Maurer Maurer, Office of Air Force History. Washingto D.C. 1983. (p.50)

Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:44

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / 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)

10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group: Gallery (54 items)

Personnel of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group line up for tea from the YMCA Tea Car, besides an F-5 Lightning nicknamed "Sexy Sal". Image stamped on reverse: 'Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 3 Aug 1944.' [stamp] and '340290.' [censor no.] A printed caption was previously attached to the reverse, however this has been removed. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'YMCA tea car named by Lady Ronaldshay (heir of the Marquess of Zetland) 'Sexy Sal' 423608, 42561. F-5 E/B 10 Photo g

Object number: FRE 10066 -

Object number: FRE 10067 -

Lady Ronaldshay passes a cup of tea to Corporal W Sorg of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group atop his F-5 Lightning. Image stamped on reverse: 'Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 3 Aug 1944.' [stamp] and '346292.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Don't hold up the job! A nice cup of tea for Corporal W. Sorg of 767 St. Ann's Avenue, New York City, is handed up by Lady Ronaldshay, who drives a YMCA tea car to this American aerodrome in Britain. Corporal Sorg is serving w

Object number: FRE 10072 -

P-38 Lightnings, including (serial number 42-8624) and (serial number 42-3235), of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '19/8/44.'

Object number: FRE 10103 -

Object number: FRE 10207 -

An F-6 Mustang (ZM-J) nicknamed "Hun Flusher" of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group

Object number: FRE 10209 -

A F-6D Mustang (5M-A, serial number 44-14597) (photographic reconnaissance modification of a P-51D Mustang) of the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, 9th Air Force piloted by Captain John H. Hoefker. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'P-51D (F6-D), Pilot Capt. John H. Hoefker, 15th TRS, 10th PRG, 9th AF. "Not For Publication".'

Object number: FRE 10316 -

Captain John H. Hoefker, of the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, 9th Air Force in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang (5M-A, serial number 44-14597). Handwritten caption on reverse: 'John H. Hoefker. 15th TSR, 10th PRG. "Not For Publication".'

Object number: FRE 10323 -

An F-6 Mustang of the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group in flight. Handwritten on reverse: 'P-51C, 15th TRS, 10th PRG. "Not For Publication. Tom Ivie.'

Object number: FRE 2899 -

Object number: FRE 406 -

Personnel of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group outside a Nissen Hut at Chalgrove. Image via R Woolner. Written on slide casing: 'Chalgrove, 1944.'

Object number: FRE 7000 -

An airman of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group with his pet crow. Image via R Woolner. Written on slide casing: 'Chalgrove, 1944.'

Object number: FRE 7001 -