The group was equipped with Lockheed FP-80s ( RF-80s after 1948 ) and was integrated with the 1st Fighter Wing, performing a wide array of day and night photographic missions in southern California.
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While on a photographic mission in the vicinity of Damvillers which necessitated a penetration of 20 kilometers within the enemy lines, Captain Cook was attacked by seven enemy pursuit planes, and his plane was riddled with bullets.
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During the Meuse-Argonne offensive, Group aircraft began to be equipped with bomb racks, and along with photographic missions, began attacking enemy traffic centers, dropping leaflets, and machine-gunning enemy infantry formations.
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It also flew night photographic missions with its Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress and North American B-25D Mitchell aircraft . The 5th Group provided photographic coverage for landing areas for Operation Shingle, the Allied landings at Anzio.
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In addition, these units flew some photographic missions at night using specially equipped B-17 and B-25 aircraft . In January 1944, they covered the Anzio area and continued to support the Mediterranean theaters of operation ."
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To this end, the 8th and 135th were designated as Corps Observation Squadrons whose duty it would be to make artillery adjustments, to perform photographic missions of the Corps front, to make long distance reconnaissances together with Divisional work.
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From Watton the 25th continued weather flights over the waters adjacent to the British Isles and occasionally to the Azores to obtain meteorological data along with night photographic missions to detect enemy activity; and daylight photographic and mapping missions over the Continent.
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The elimination of the turrets and the associated General Electric computerized gun system increased the top speed of the Superfortress to at and made the B-29B suitable for fast, unescorted hit-and-run bombing raids and photographic missions.
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Fifteen consecutive U . S . unmanned lunar missions over a six-year period from 1958 to 1964 all failed their primary photographic missions; however, Rangers 4 and 6 successfully repeated the Soviet lunar impacts as part of their secondary missions.
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Along with the heavy bomber groups, the USAAF reassigned the F-5 ( P-38 Lightning )-equipped 28th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron to Kwajalein to fly long-range photographic missions over the Marshalls and reported directly to Headquarters, Seventh Air Force.
