VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE
19 May 1943Description
7PTG/13PRS despatches 4 F-5s photographic reconnaissnace sorties over France and Germany. The one over Germany was sent to document the effectiveness of the heavy bombing mission to Kiel, Germany earlier in the day. This was the first 8th Air Force photo sortie over mainland Germany.
Mission Details
KIEL / NORTH WEST FRANCE
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
Notes: Photo recce mission over NW France and to Kiel Germany. First 8th Air Force Photo recce mission over Germany proper.
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 4
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 4-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'.