VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE
26 July 1943Description
5 F-5s from 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group are despatched on photo reconnaissance sorties along the French-Channel coast.
Mission Details
FRENCH COAST
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 5
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 9-May-2015. Edited title and added Mission Narrative based on "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'.