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Saarbrucken Germany:
Sortie 2833 of the 14th PRS, 7th PRG flown in Spitfire MK XI PL 866 on August 11, 1944.
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Description
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Mission details
1.
Description
PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
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Group
Based for the majority of their service at Mount Farm, Oxfordshire, the 7th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) took over three million intelligence photos during the course of 4,251 sorties over occupied Europe. The Group was awarded a Distinguished...
Mission Statistics
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Description
SCOUTING MISSION
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Notes
DH98
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Group
The 25th Bombardment Group (Reconnaissance) was constituted in the days after D-Day and activated in England in August 1944 to carry out photographic and mapping missions over mainland Europe as the Allied armies pushed east. The Group were designated...
Mission Statistics
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Description
WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Aircraft type
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Notes
DH98
Units
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Group
The 25th Bombardment Group (Reconnaissance) was constituted in the days after D-Day and activated in England in August 1944 to carry out photographic and mapping missions over mainland Europe as the Allied armies pushed east. The Group were designated...
Mission Statistics
4. ATLANTIC OCEAN
Description
WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
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Group
The 25th Bombardment Group (Reconnaissance) was constituted in the days after D-Day and activated in England in August 1944 to carry out photographic and mapping missions over mainland Europe as the Allied armies pushed east. The Group were designated...
Mission Statistics
5. CARPETBAGGER
Description
CARPETBAGGER MISSION
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Notes
28 of 31 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions.
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Group
The 801st Bomb Group was established as part of the Eighth Air Force in late March 1944 to carry out 'Carpetbagger' missions. These were night missions over France and other parts of occupied Europes to support resistance forces by dropping in agents,...
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Service
Aircraft
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire PL866 PR Mk XI, Built at Aldermaston.
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