8th Air Force

25 August 1944
media-41674.jpeg UPL 41674 Aerial photograph of airfield Sint-Denijs-Westrem & barracks at 'De Sterre' near Ghent, and railway station Ghent Sint-Pieters (Belgium)
25th Aug 1944 - 14th Photo Squadron of the 7th Photgraphic Reconnaissance Group
Liberation Ghent (BE) Sept 1944

most likely (but not validated): bought on a militaria market when searching for information on the historie of the barracks at De Sterre - Ghent (BE)
(barracks demolished in 1964)

Object Number - UPL 41674 - Aerial photograph of airfield Sint-Denijs-Westrem & barracks at 'De Sterre' near Ghent, and railway station Ghent Sint-Pieters (Belgium) 25th Aug...

Mission Details

Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Notes: B-26s

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Notes: DH98

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Notes: DH98 H2X scope photo sortie.

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

Description: SCOUTING MISSION

Notes: DH98

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

CARPETBAGGER

Description: CARPETBAGGER MISSION

Notes: One C-47 is despatched

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

CONTINENT

Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Notes: DH98

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

Revisions

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Associated media of 7PRG photo of Ghent, taken on the date of this mission

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'.

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