7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
GroupIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Based for the majority of their service at Mount Farm, Oxfordshire, the 7th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) took over three million intelligence photos during the course of 4,251 sorties over occupied Europe. The Group was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation for photo sorties over the Normandy coast between 31 May and 30 June 1944, which were a crucial part of the preparation for the land invasion that began on 6 June 1944.
Commanding Officers
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 22nd Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0436518, 046605-8389A
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot; Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 325th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 27th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-732160
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
- Service Numbers: 489875
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 22nd Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-729166
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot - Group Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
- Service Numbers: O-17852
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
Connections
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Other Constituted as 7th Photographic Group. |
5 February 1943 | |
Other Activated |
1 May 1943 | |
Based |
Mount Farm | 7 July 1943 - 22 March 1945 |
Based |
Chalgrove | 22 March 1945 - 25 October 1945 |
Based |
Hitcham | 25 October 1945 - 21 November 1945 |
Other Redesignated as as 7th Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping Group. |
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Other Redesignated as 7th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) |
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Other Redesignated as 7th Reconnaissance Group |
Encompassing
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 27th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 451st Air Service Group 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
- Service Numbers: 12156684
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 22nd Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-755958
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
- Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
- Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
- Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
- Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
Mission
- Date: 15 June 1944
- Date: 14 June 1944
- Date: 13 June 1944
- Date: 12 June 1944
- Date: 8 June 1944
Revisions
Consolidation of duplicate units and connections to reflect the Group's structure according to "Air Force Combat Units of World War 2", Ed. Maurer Maurer, Office of Air Force History. Washingto D.C. 1983. (p.45)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Mighty Eighth. A History of the Units, Men and Machines of the US 8th Air Force.' by Roger A. Freeman (1989). 'Air Force Combat Units of World War II' compiled by the Department of the US Air Force, edited by Maurice Maurer (1983).