VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE
4 April 1943Description
13th Photographic Rreconnaisance Squadron despatches 3 F-5's to gather photographic images of potential targets in Belgium and northern France. 1 F-5 is reported MIA near Antwerp, Belgium.
Mission Details
FRENCH & BELGIAN COAST
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
Notes: F-5 sorties for photo recce of the French and Belgian coasts, one F-5 and pilot Missing in Action (MIA) near Antwerp.
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Mission Statistics
- People killed in action: 1
- Aircraft sent: 3
- Aircraft effective: 1
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-659097
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 28-Dec-2014. Added MIA info to description. Same sources.
Lee Cunningham 28-Dec-2014. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
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'.