The wreck of a German Junkers Ju 88 lies abandoned in North Africa, typically identified as a reconnaissance variant belonging to Aufklärungsgruppe 121. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.) (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Tag - reconnaissance
Mechanics perform maintenance work on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, converted to an F-13 photographic reconnaissance variant, on Guam in the Mariana Islands. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A Piper L-4 Grasshopper liaison aircraft, nicknamed “Elizabeth”, prepares to takeoff from the USS Ranger (CV-4) during Operation Torch in November 1942. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
“The Spook,” an F.8 Mosquito built by de Havilland Canada, was flown in the photo reconnaissance role by the USAAF 3rd Photographic Group in North Africa. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Curtiss O-52 Owl observation aircraft used by the United States before and during World War II. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A Mark XI Spitfire reconnaissance aircraft of 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Mount Farm, England during World War II. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)