8th Air Force
20 September 1944Mission Details
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
![Photographic officers of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group look through camera lenses infront of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Esten Illustrated.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 8 Jul 1943.' [stamp] and '273528.' [Censor no.]. A printed caption was previously attached to the reverse, however this has been removed.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380976.jpg.webp?itok=b-IRYuYJ)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
TRUCKIN OPERATION
Description: TRUCKIN' MISSION
Notes: 40 B-24s of 2nd Bomb Division fly fuel to Lille, France. A 458th Bomb Group B-24 crashes on take off, crew killed.
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 389th Bomb Group 354th Fighter Squadron 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17072666 / O-710450
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot / Fighter pilot
Revisions
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'.