VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE
16 November 1943Description
1 F-5 from 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group is despatched on a photo recce sortie over Martinvast, France. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
WESEL and HULS
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: 1 Spitfire Mk IX despatched on photo recce mission to Wesel and Huls.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 1
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 10-Jul-2015. 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'.