Patton's Eyes in the Sky: USAAF Tactical Reconnaissance Missions-North West (Air War Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (767 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1903223261 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Ivie does a wonderful job of explaining and relating the work done by those brave pilots and crews, having corresponded with many 10th PRG vets. In the ETO, the 10th Photo Reconnaissance Group performed yeoman service, utilizing its F-3A Havoc, F-5 Lightning and F-6 Mustang aircraft in a wide variety of roles. During its service, the Group had its various squadrons carrying out high- and low-altitude photo recce, night photo recce, front line area searches, route recces and artillery spotting along with guiding USAAF fighter-bombers to targets. Ivie's engaging text is complimented by over 250 b&w and color photographs and 15 pages of drop-dead gorgeous color profiles by Tom Tullis. Tom Ivie profiles this outstanding if unsung unit in this excellent 2003 Ian Allan release. --By Michael OConnor . In short, Ivie's book is an outstanding, well-resear
Tactical photo reconnaissance operations in the ETO Arthur R. Silen This was a real find. Originally published in 2003, "Patton's Eyes in the Sky" provides detailed and well written history and technical information on USAAF combat reconnaissance missions in northwest Europe 1944 - 1945. These were the pilots and air crew who put their . You can never have to much reconnaissance. gryphonskymaster Gen Patton was undoubtedly one of the greatest military field commanders of any age or country. One of his lesser known skill sets was viewing and using tactical aviation for armed aerial reconnaissance as an integral part of his battle plan. This book is one of the few. First-Rate History of a Top USAAF Recce Group! During World War II, USAAF fighter pilots and bomber crews get all the publicity while their reconnaissance counterparts got table scraps. Yet the information and photographs the various recce units supplied to Allied commanders was invaluable in winning the final victo
The extremely low-level missions flown by the 10th PRG over the Normandy beaches in May 1944 and later over the Seine and Moselle rivers areas became known as "Dicing Missions", from the British expression, dicing with death. They were the first on D-Day and the last on VE-Day, flying essential, dare-devil, low-level photographic missions over the invasion beaches of Normandy and then in support of the Allied armies as they fought their way through the Ardennes, across the Rhine and into the Reich itself. Over Normandy's beaches they flew at an average altitude of 25 feet, and always during low tide when the broadest area of the beaches could be seen and the maximum number of German obstacles would be exposed to the camera's eye.. The 10th Photo Recon Group flew the F-6 Mustang and the F-5 Lightning and for nocturnal missions, the F-3 Havoc. In its ranks were more Aces than any other such group