VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE

8 April 1943

Description

7th Photo Reconnaissance Group (PRG)/13th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron (PRS) despatches 1 F-5 over parts of NW France to gather intelligence on German dispositions.

Mission Details

FRENCH COAST

Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning

Notes: Photo recce mission over NW French coast. One F-5 despatched.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 1

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 29-Dec-2014. Added "photo recce" to title.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 29-Dec-2014. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman

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ContributorAAM
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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'.