VIII Air Support Command METEOROLOGICAL SORTIE
16 October 1943Description
One F-5 is despatched from 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group to fly a meteorologial sortie over the Amsterdam/Schipol area. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
AMSTERDAM/SCHIPOL
Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
Notes: Weather recce over Schipol Airfield at Amsterdam, Holland.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 1
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 5-Jul-2015. Added Mission Narrative 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'.