8th Air Force

10 October 1944

Description

Black Week

Mission Details

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Description: WEATHER RECON

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

CONTINENT

Description: WEATHER RECON

Notes: DH98

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

25th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

RADIO COUNTER MEASURES

Description: RADIO COUNTER MEASURES

Notes: 36th Bomb Squadron despatches 7 B-24s on RADIO COUNTER MEASURES (RCM) duties in conjunction with 8th Air Force 671.

Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'

482nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

Revisions

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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'.