8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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General Robert J Dixon. Served in 3 wars: WW II, Korean and Vietnam. His last position in service was as Commander of Tactical Air Command.
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7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
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... -
People
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Robert Dixon
Military | Lieutenant General | Pilot / 14th PRS C/O
Served in 3 wars: WW II, Korean and Vietnam ...
Aircraft
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PL-866
Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire PL866 PR Mk XI, Built at Aldermaston. ...
Locations
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Mount Farm
Military site : airfield
Originally a grass airfield satellite for the RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Unit at nearby RAF Benson, Mount Farm was built in 1940-1941. It had three concrete runways, 49 dispersals (24 concrete pan type plus 25 PSP squares), and eight blister...
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| 13 August 2015 14:16:02 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with caption, unit associations, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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