VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE

15 August 1943

Description

5 F-5s from 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group are despatched on photographic reconnaissance sorties over France.

Mission Details

Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 5

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 16-May-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty EIghth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.

Date
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'.