VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE
16 July 1943Description
1 F-5 from 13th Photographic Squadron is despatched on a meteorologic flight over central France.
Mission Details
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
Notes: Despatched on a Met flight.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 1
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 7-May-2015. Edited title and added Mission Description based on 'The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 19-Oct-43 Correction made to typographical error in mission date.
ContributorAAM
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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'.