8th Air Force ASC PHOTO RECCE
29 January 1944Description
4-F-5s and 2 Spirfires are despatched from 7th Photographic Recconnaissance Group on photo recce sorties over NW France. There are no losses or claims
Mission Details
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
Notes: 4 F-5s and two Spitfires are despatched on photo recce to France. One aircraft (F-5) shuttles on to Naples after mapping the Lyon area.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 4
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2016. Added Mission Narrative per "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'.