VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE

16 April 1943

Description

VIII Bomber Command is becoming discouraged with the effort to destroy the U-Boat pens on the French Atlantic coast. An order is directed to 7th Photo Reece Group/13th Photo Recce Squadron to send an F-5 to photograph damage and current state of the U-Boat facilities at Lorient, France. However, the target is obscured by clouds and no useable photographs are made.

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 30-Dec-2014. Added "Air" in mission title.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 30-Dec-2014. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.