In reality, the bombers flew photographic missions intended to scout locations for military airfields to be built in the territory.
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Photographic missions were executed and resulted in a large number of successful photographs of the enemy s front-line positions.
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During this 17-day undetected special patrol, she completed her photographic mission in spite of severe ice and blizzard conditions.
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"In 1945, as the war with Japan came to a close, the subordinate units flew photographic missions over Kykshk.
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The three reconnaissance B-17s were taxiing out for the initial photographic mission to Formosa when about 200 Japanese aircraft struck.
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The RF-4Cs were repeatedly diverted from other photographic missions to go and look for Scud launchers hiding in western Iraq.
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The wing also flew photographic missions in support of Operation Market Garden, the airborne attacks in the Netherlands, in September 1944.
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In this offensive, as had been the case on the Marne, photographic missions were invariably given protection against attacking hostile pursuit airplanes.
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Wing aircraft collected weather information needed in planning operations, flew night photographic missions to detect enemy activity and operated daylight photographic and mapping missions.
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Lieutenants Strahm and Jervey and Lambert and Pope started on a photographic mission between Montmedy and Longuyon when they were attacked by 14 enemy Fokkers.