8th Air Force ASC PHOTO RECCE

29 January 1944

Description

4-F-5s and 2 Spirfires are despatched from 7th Photographic Recconnaissance Group on photo recce sorties over NW France. There are no losses or claims

Mission Details

Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning

Notes: 4 F-5s and two Spitfires are despatched on photo recce to France. One aircraft (F-5) shuttles on to Naples after mapping the Lyon area.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 4

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2016. Added Mission Narrative per "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'.