VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE

11 June 1943

Description

7PRG/13PRS despatches 2 F-5s on photographic reconnaissance sorties over NW France and along west Germany border. 1 F-5 is down in the North Sea, cause not determined, pilot rescued and taken POW.

Mission Details

NORTH WEST FRANCE / WEST GERMANY

Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning

Notes: Photo recce mission over NW France and W Germany.

Mission Statistics

  • Prisoners of war: 1
  • Aircraft sent: 2
  • Aircraft missing in action: 1

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 5-Jan-2015. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

Date
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'.