8th Air Force

30 May 1944
media-19046.jpeg UPL 19046 Luftwaffe Airfield Dessau May 30,1944. Sortie 1670 of the 7th photo group based at Mount Farm, UK. The pilot Lt John S Blyth was with the 14th Squadron and was flying Spitfire MK XI PA841. Altitude was approximately 30,000ft. This was a Junker's factory airfield.

Object Number - UPL 19046 - Luftwaffe Airfield Dessau May 30,1944. Sortie 1670 of the 7th photo group based at Mount Farm, UK. The pilot Lt John S Blyth was with the 14th...

Mission Details

Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Notes: DH98

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-699985
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
Lt. Ernest Anders Erickson receives the Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-693852
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14098584
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Nicknames: Kisty the 1st
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

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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'.

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