VIII Air Support Command METEOROLOGICAL SORTIE
22 September 1943Description
1 F-5 is despatched from 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group to conduct a meterological sortie along the length of the English Channel. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
ENGLISH CHANNEL
Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
Notes: Weather mission.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 1
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 27-Jun-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'.