7th Reconnaissance Group
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7th Reconnaissance Group
| 7th Reconnaissance Group | |
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| Active | 1943–1947 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Army Air Forces |
| Type | Reconnaissance |
The 7th Reconnaissance Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the United States Air Forces in Europe at the Hitcham Air Depot, England. It was inactivated on 21 November 1945
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History
- Constituted as 7th Photographic Group on 5 February 1943
- Activated on 1 May 1943
- Redesignated 7th Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping Group in May 1943
- Redesignated 7th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) in November 1943
- Redesignated 7th Reconnaissance Group in June 1945
- Inactivated in England on 21 November 1945
- Disbanded on 6 March 1947.
Assignments
- Second Air Force, 1 May 1943
- VIII Air Service Command, 7 July 1943
- 325th Photographic Wing, Reconnaissance, 9 August 1944
- Redesignated 325th Reconnaissance Wing on 26 June 1945
- United States Air Forces in Europe, 16 July – 21 November 1945
Components
- 13th Reconnaissance Squadron: 1943–1945
- 14th Reconnaissance Squadron: 1943–1945
- 22nd Reconnaissance Squadron: : 1943–1945
- 27th Reconnaissance Squadron: 1943–1945
- 28th Reconnaissance Squadron: 1943
- 29th Reconnaissance Squadron: 1943
- 30th Reconnaissance Squadron: 1943
Stations
- Peterson Field, Colorado, 1 May – 7 July 1943
- RAF Mount Farm, England, 7 July 1943
- RAF Chalgrove, England, March 1945
- Hitcham Air Depot, England, October-21 November 1945
Aircraft
Operations
Transferred, without personnel and equipment, to England on 7 July 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 June 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 June 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, December 1944– January 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
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1961 (republished 1983). ISBN 0-912799-02-1.
- Freeman, Roger Anthony; Patricia Keen (1996). "Eyes of the Eighth": a story of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, 1942–1945. Sun City, Ariz: CAVU Publishers. ISBN 0-9649119-0-6.
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