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Main Adminyes, great pics Alan, i like especialy the Griffon Spit
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11 years agoMain AdminThree this week taken in the States,this F-5B later saw service in Europe with the 22nd photo squadron.
Constituted as 7th Photographic Group on 5 Feb 1943. Activated on 1 May 1943. Redesignated 7th Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping Group in May 1943, 7th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) in Nov 1943, and 7th Reconnaissance Group in Jun 1945. Transferred, without personnel and equipment, to England on 7 Jul 1943 and assigned to Eighth AF. Used Spitfires and L-5's to obtain information about bombardment targets and damage inflicted by bombardment operations; provide mapping service for air and ground units; observe and report on enemy transportation, installations, and positions; and obtain data on weather conditions. Prior to Jun 1944, photographed airfields, cities, industrial establishments, and ports in France, the Low Countries, and Germany. Received a DUC for operations during the period, 31 May-30 Jun 1944, when its coverage of bridges, marshalling yards, canals, highways, rivers, and other targets contributed much to the success of the Normandy campaign. Covered missile sites in France during Jul, and in Aug carried out photographic mapping missions for ground forces advancing across France. Provided reconnaissance support for the airborne attack on Holland in Sep and for the Battle of the Bulge, Dec 1944-Jan 1945. Used P-51's to escort its own reconnaissance planes during the last months of the war as the group supported the Allied drive across the Rhine and into Germany. Took part in the final bomb-damage assessment following V-E Day. Inactivated in England on 21 Nov 1945. Disbanded on 6 Mar 1947.
Squadrons:
13th: 1943-1945.
14th: 1943-1945.
22d: 1943-1945.
27th: 1943-1945.
28th: 1943.
29th: 1943.
30th: 1943.
Stations:
Peterson Field, Colo, 1 May-7 Jul 1943
Mount Farm, England, 7 Jul 1943
Chalgrove, England, Mar 1945
Hitcham, England, Oct-21 Nov 1945.
Commanders:
Col James G Hall, 7 Jul 1943
Col Homer L Saunders, Sep 1943
Col Paul T Cullen, 1 Jan 1944
Lt Col George A Lawson, 17 Feb 1944
Lt Col Norris E Hartwell, 7 May 1944
Lt Col Clarence A Shoap, 9 Aug 1944
Col George W Humbrecht, Oct 1944
Maj Hubert M Childress, 18 Jun 1945-unkn.
Campaigns:
Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.
Decorations:
Distinguished Unit Citation: France, 31 May-30 Jun 1944. French Croix de Guerre With Palm: 1944.
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AdminAh, photo recon, love it.
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AdminAhhh the memories! When I was a kid I had a book (which I think I may have "liberated" from the school library) which had that first photo in it and I must've spent hours staring at it. I had completely forgot about it untill I saw this post.
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11 years agoMain AdminTwo this week
P-51D-20-NA 44-72149 while with the 7th PRG 22nd PRS at Mount Farm (UK) during World War 2. This aircraft later became J-2053.(Swiss)
And below
North American P-51K-5-NT Mustang No.44-11569 from the 13th Photo Squadron of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group based at Mount Farm. Seen here parked at Mount Farm.
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AdminCool, while reading up on the Spitfire PR MkXIs of the 7th PRG there was mention of the Mustangs they had for escort duty, great to see some photos of them.
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Level 2Patton's Eyes in the sky ? New Campaine??
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11 years agoMain AdminA wonderful close up of a Spitfire Mk 9
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11 years agoMain AdminJust one this week, but a wonderful shot of a F6F-3 in flight.
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Level 7A beauty it is. Lots of pretty blue in that F6F shot.
This is a bit off the topic, but are those blue colors on the Hellcat by any chance the same that were used occasionally on some of the late war Thunderbolt's of the 8th AF 56th FG (44-21112 Maj. Bostwick, 44-21141 Lt. Murphy)? And if they were, were these Thunderbolts painted in such way regarding to the possible transfer to the Pacific after VE day?
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