US Army Air Force IMPACT Magazine

Eagle Day to Bombing of the Reich is a improved and enhanced edition of Talonsoft's older Battle of Britain and Bombing the Reich. This updated version represents the best simulation of the air war over Britain and the strategic bombing campaign over Europe that has ever been made.

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I have the complete set of the magazine in a reprint, it's really good.

Anyway, here's something from the May 1943 issue, from an article detailing photographic reconnaisance.
T/Os of each Air Force headquarters call for a photographic group commonly consisting of one photographic heavy and three photographic light squadrons. A photographic squadron has two flights of four planes each and one of five planes. Heavy squadrons, for long range flights in reconnaissance and mapping, use the B-17 and B-24 equipped as for bombing missions except that they have cameras and extra fuel instead of bombs. Medium squadrons of B-25, B-34, A-29, F-2 and F-3 planes are seldom used. Light squadrons use the F-5A, substantially a P-38 without armament.
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when I got them, they were reprinted into books, very good info and interesting reading, I think I have had mine for over 25 years :)

I love the one, where they gave the award to the photo reader, for id'ing the the Water Bufflo (female)

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when I got them, they were reprinted into books, very good info and interesting reading, I think I have had mine for over 25 years :)

Yep, that's the version I got, I got them all for just $16, through my library book sale. [:D]

You can see why the USAAF kept on bombing Germany, the photographic BDA assessments are very good, and gave them enough hope to keep on bombing.
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