VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE

16 May 1943

Description

7PRG/13PRS despatches 5 F-5s on photographic reconnaissance sorties around the Paris, France area. 1 F-5 is MIA.

Mission Details

Paris, France

Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning

Notes: Photo recce mission from NW coast to Paris, France area.

Mission Statistics

  • Prisoners of war: 1
  • Aircraft sent: 5
  • Aircraft missing in action: 1

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 3-Jan-2015. Edited notes in mission event, see previous source.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 3-Jan-2015. Photo sorties were in the Paris area per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 3-Jan-2015. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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ContributorAAM
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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'.