27th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 27th Photographic Squadron, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . media-395230.jpg FRE 5287 The insignia of the 27th Photographic Squadron, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5287 - The insignia of the 27th Photographic Squadron, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group .

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Mount Farm

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 27th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 27th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16009340
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 27th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
Lieutenant-Colonel George Lawson decorates Major Cecil T. Haugen, of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group at Mount Farm, in March 1944. caption on image: "Lt. Col. George Lawson Decorating Maj. Cecil T. Haugen ... Later killed near Mount Farm, Eng. in a Spit XI."
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 27th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-661833
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 27th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38099677
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Aircraft

Revisions

Date
Changes
Sources

Consolidation of duplicate units and connections to reflect the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group's structure according to "Air Force Combat Units of World War 2", Ed. Maurer Maurer, Office of Air Force History. Washingto D.C. 1983. (p.45)

Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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