Reconnaissance Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:31:55 +0000 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:31:55 +0000 Whitebeam Battlefield Research Forum http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/forums/reconnaissance.135/ Thu, 31 May 2018 23:11:41 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/australian-war-memorial-recon-photos.486/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/australian-war-memorial-recon-photos.486/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
I found a small number of Normandy related aerial reconnaissance and gun camera photos on the Australian War Memorial site and have opened this thread in an effort to find the locations shown therein.

Some of the locations have no captions, others are captioned incorrectly and a few have the correct locations referenced. In no particular order and using the AWM serial numbers for reference, here are two to start with; first...

Australian War Memorial Recon Photos]]> 21 Wed, 29 Nov 2017 21:16:03 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/extracts-pattons-gap-430-sq-rcaf.386/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/extracts-pattons-gap-430-sq-rcaf.386/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
I found a great s/h book on ebay last week - 'Patton's Gap' by Major General Richard Rohmer, who was a pilot in Normandy with No. 430 Squadron, RCAF. This unit was a fighter reconnaissance squadron equipped with armed P-51s.

The book has several rare reconnaissance photos taken by 430 Squadron pilots, including many by the author, then F/O...

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