VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE
12 August 1943Description
7th PRG/14th PRS despatched 3 F-5s on photographic reconnaissance sorties over France. This operation if the first for 14th Photographic Reconnaissnce Squadron. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
Notes: First sortie for 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 1
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 3
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 15-May-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty EIghth War Dairy", 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'.