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Selected heavy bombers carried film cameras and cameramen. The 8th Air Force's 8th Combat Camera Unit thus documented much of the air war, and these films are much more frequently shown today than are the static images of regular reconnaissance. D-Day constituted the single biggest photo-reconnaissance job in history.
Lieutenant Blyth was flying with the United States Army Air Corps' 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron based at RAF Mount Farm, UK. He began the war flying a Lockheed P-38 Lightning variant modified for photo reconnaissance work (United States Army Air Corps designation "F-5"). His unit soon switched to the British Spitfire Mk XI, which ...
The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) designation for the photo-reconnaissance Mosquito was F-8. Apart from (for example) the Mosquito, most World War II bombers were not as fast as fighters, although they were effective for aerial reconnaissance due to their long range, inherent stability in flight and capacity to carry large camera payloads.
The first in a series of films centering upon the character of MGySgt Thomas Beckett (Berenger), a Force Reconnaissance Scout Sniper. 1993 Has spawned 9 direct-to-video sequels to date. Shooter: Antoine Fuqua: Mark Wahlberg: A Force Recon Marine Scout Sniper Bob Lee Swagger (Wahlberg), is framed for murder by a private military firm.
Operational Training Unit: Combat Photo-Reconnaissance. 308th Reconnaissance Group (Weather) Oct 1946-Jan 1951 Air Weather Service (MATS) Operated WB-29 Weather Reconnaissance. 363d Reconnaissance Group; Constituted as 363d Fighter Group Sep 1944-Dec 1945; Jul 1946-Jun 1948 Ninth Air Force (ETO) Operated F-5 (F-5), F-6, (P-51) Combat Photo ...
In World War II, a Romanian gentile peasant is denounced by the village gendarme and sent to a concentration camp for Jews where, due to an error, he's drafted into the S.S. 1967 United States The Dirty Dozen: Robert Aldrich: Thriller based on E. M. Nathanson novel. US Army convicts on mission before D-Day: 1967 Italy Dirty Heroes: Dalle ...
The film or miniseries must be concerned with World War II (or the War of Ethiopia and the Sino-Japanese War) and include events which feature as a part of the war effort. For short films, see the List of World War II short films. For documentaries, see the List of World War II documentary films and the List of Allied propaganda films of World ...
The Lost Evidence is a television program on the History Channel which uses three-dimensional landscapes, reconnaissance photos, eyewitness testimony and documents to reevaluate and recreate key battles of World War II.