FRE 595
IMAGE1st Lt Robert A 'Bob' Tunnell [Pilot] and 1st Lt David A 'Dan' McCarthy [Observer] of the 8 Reconnaissance Squadron (Special)(P), 802 Reconnaissance Group (Special) (P), 8 Reconnaissance Wing (P) with a de Havilland DH98 Mosquito PR XVI NS559 at Watton that has received 'flak' damage to one of its engines, 4 August 1944. Printed caption on reverse: '60900 A.C.- Lt. Tunnel and Lt. McCarthy of the 654th Bomb. Sqdn. 25th Bomb Group. standing beside a flak damaged DeHavilland "Mosquito" Reconnaissance. England. August 4, 1944 U.S. Air Force Photo ' The names 'Bob' and 'Daniel' have been handwritten above 'Lt. Tunnel and Lt. McCarthy' respectively. Handwritten caption on reverse: '12/8/44.' Passed for publication by censors on 12 August, 1944.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Wing
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 325th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing 25th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron 654th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator / Observer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 325th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-886174
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Unit: 325th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Roger Freeman Photo.
Mosquito Photo-Reconnaissance Units of World War 2 by Martin W Bowman.
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publications, 2011 ISBN : 978-0-7643-3950-9
Edited information added to caption by Wattonmanfor brevity and intelligibility
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publishers, 2011, page 92 and 96.
Norman Malayney, " The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publishers, 2011.
Moved information added by user Wattonman from caption to source message.
A photograph of NS569 damaged in the 12 August 1944 explosion of Kennedy's PBY-1 appears on page 96, Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Schiffer Publishers, 2011. It was taken at Halesworth on 13 August 1944 and obtained from Daniel McCarthy family members.
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publishers, 2011, page 92.
Roger Freeman Photo.
Mosquito Photo-Reconnaissance Units of World War 2 by Martin W Bowman.