Reconnaissance

Reconnaissance Reconnaissance Mon, 04 May 2026 09:41:15 +0000 Mon, 04 May 2026 09:41:15 +0000 Whitebeam Battlefield Research Forum http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/forums/reconnaissance.113/ 155th Night PR Squadron Sortie June 5th/6th Wed, 12 Apr 2017 23:58:28 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/155th-night-pr-squadron-sortie-june-5th-6th.391/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/155th-night-pr-squadron-sortie-june-5th-6th.391/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
I was reading the excellent book 'Patton's Eyes in the Sky' by Tom Ivie last night and came across an interesting account of a sortie flown by four aircraft of the 155th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th Photo Reconnaissance Group on the night of 5th/6th June 1944.

It was critical for Eisenhower's Supreme Headquarters to know how early the Germans would react to the Normandy...

155th Night PR Squadron Sortie June 5th/6th]]> 6 Ebay Recon Photo - Hedgerow & 14 Gun Positions Sat, 04 Feb 2017 12:55:49 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/ebay-recon-photo-hedgerow-14-gun-positions.517/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/ebay-recon-photo-hedgerow-14-gun-positions.517/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
The Ebay reconnaissance photo which I recently purchased has arrived from the seller. Below is a down sized version:

I have the photo scanned at 800dpi giving a TIFF file size of 326MBs, which is downloadable by members with 'Researcher' status (password required) from the ADrive 'cloud'...

Ebay Recon Photo - Hedgerow & 14 Gun Positions]]> 3 Jan Foster's Frames from Sortie US7GR/1729 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 19:49:18 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/jan-fosters-frames-from-sortie-us7gr-1729.472/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/jan-fosters-frames-from-sortie-us7gr-1729.472/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
This thread is being opened to facilitate us finding the locations of eleven frames from sortie US7GR/1729, flown on the 6th June, most likely by Lt. Colonel Norris Hartwell, Deputy Group Commander, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, 8th USAAF.

The frames in question have been acquired by Jan Foster from NARA and we are indebted to her for allowing us work with these heretofore unknown photographs. Please note; neither these frames, nor any others from the sortie,...

Jan Foster's Frames from Sortie US7GR/1729]]> 21 7x USAAF Reconnaissance Photos Tue, 12 Jan 2016 10:23:22 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/7x-usaaf-reconnaissance-photos.419/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/7x-usaaf-reconnaissance-photos.419/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
Thanks to a 'heads up' from Niels who had been keeping an eye on the German Ebay site, I have been successful in acquiring 7x original USAAF reconnaissance prints:

There are at least two, perhaps all, from sortie US30/4378 flown on the 29th July over Operation 'Cobra' ground. I got them for €67 plus carriage which is not bad considering the price we pay for NCAP scans...

7x USAAF Reconnaissance Photos]]> 23 Extracts from 'Looking Down on War' Mon, 28 Dec 2015 16:18:15 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/extracts-from-looking-down-on-war.131/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/extracts-from-looking-down-on-war.131/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
While reading my recently acquired copy of the excellent book "Looking Down On War - The Normandy Invasion June 1944" by Colonel Roy M. Stanley II, I have come across reconnaissance cover extracts therein which add significantly to our work here on the Forum. Colonel Stanley and the publishers, Pen & Sword Books Ltd. have both graciously allowed me to post extracts from the book, which can be purchased at the following...

Extracts from 'Looking Down on War']]> 46 Two Reconnaissance Photos on Ebay Thu, 02 May 2013 22:29:02 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/two-reconnaissance-photos-on-ebay.83/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/two-reconnaissance-photos-on-ebay.83/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
Thanks to Niels providing the link, I have located the two reconnaissance photographs currently on sale here on ebay. Below are two versions I grabbed and rotated to north:

I put a watermark on them to...

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