VIII Air Support Command PHOTO RECCE
29 June 1943Description
7PRG/13PRS despatches 2 F-5s on photographic reconnaissance sorties to photograph the port facilities at St. Nazaire, France to permit damage assessment from the bomber mission of the day before. Both F-5s are shot down.
Mission Details
SAINT NAZAIRE PRM
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
Notes: 2 F-5s are sent to photograph damage form 28-Jun-43 raid. Both are lost and pilots Missing in Action (MIA).
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Mission Statistics
- People killed in action: 1
- Prisoners of war: 1
- Aircraft sent: 2
- Aircraft missing in action: 2
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 7-Jan-2015. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
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'.