VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE

23 May 1943

Description

7PRG/13PRS despatches 1 F-5 on a photographic reconnaissance sortie to the Florennes area of Belgium, but the aircraft returns because of weather.

Mission Details

NORTH WEST FRANCE / HOLLAND / HELGOLAND

Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning

Notes: Photo recce mission over NW France, Holland and Heligoland

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 1

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 4-Jan-2015. Added description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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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'.