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Painted wooden sign board, depicting the emblem of the 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, USAAF. Previously hung outside the squadron’s photo laboratory at Mount Farm, Oxfordshire during the Second World War. This signboard was created at Mount Farm, Oxfordshire c.1944. It hung outside the 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron’s Laboratory. In March 1945, when the unit moved to Chalgrove, the Commanding Officer Major Walter Dale Shade (1918-2005), got a base carpenter to cut the board

13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

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.

7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group

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

Aircraft

An F-6 Mustang aircraft (serial number 44-1569) of the 13th Photographic Squadron, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group at Mount Farm. Fitted with drop fuel tanks. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Handwritten on slide case "Mount Farm R. Astrella"

44-11569

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

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Date16 Dec 2014 04:22:15

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Date16 Dec 2014 04:21:29

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:07:07

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7th Photo Recon Group Master Directory, 6 June 1996 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia