VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE
13 April 1943Description
7PRG/13th PRS despacthes 4 F-5s on photo reconnaissance sorties over NW French coast.
Mission Details
FRENCH COAST
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
Notes: Photo recce mission over NW French coast. 4 F-5s despatched, one Missing in Action (MIA).
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Mission Statistics
- People killed in action: 1
- Aircraft sent: 4
- Aircraft missing in action: 1
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 30-Dec-2014. Descriptionbased on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
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'.