VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE
16 May 1943Description
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.
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Mission Statistics
- Prisoners of war: 1
- Aircraft sent: 5
- Aircraft missing in action: 1
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 3-Jan-2015. Edited notes in mission event, see previous source.
Lee Cunningham 3-Jan-2015. Photo sorties were in the Paris area per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 3-Jan-2015. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
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'.