VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE
10 July 1943Description
2 F-5s from 13th Photographic Squadron are despatched on sorties over France to assess damage on the German airfields at Caen and Abbeville, France.
Mission Details
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 2
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 7-May-2015. Edited title and added Mission Description based on 'The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
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'.