VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE

29 June 1943

Description

7PRG/13PRS despatches 2 F-5s on photographic reconnaissance sorties to photograph the port facilities at St. Nazaire, France to permit damage assessment from the bomber mission of the day before. Both F-5s are shot down.

Mission Details

SAINT NAZAIRE PRM

Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning

Notes: 2 F-5s are sent to photograph damage form 28-Jun-43 raid. Both are lost and pilots Missing in Action (MIA).

Mission Statistics

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

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 7-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'.