Saint-Côme-de-Fresné; Lower Normandy; France
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Date: 06 June 1944
Location: Saint-Côme-de-Fresné; Lower Normandy; France
Coordinates (lat, lon): 49.319836, -0.596649
Description: Oblique aerial photograph taken facing South.
A USAAF F-5 Lightning photographic reconnaissance aircraft was flying over the village of Saint-Côme-de-Fresné when it took this image, which also shows another F-5 wearing the distinctive 'Invasion Stripes', hurriedly applied before D-Day to aid recognition.
Location: Saint-Côme-de-Fresné; Lower Normandy; France
Coordinates (lat, lon): 49.319836, -0.596649
Description: Oblique aerial photograph taken facing South.
A USAAF F-5 Lightning photographic reconnaissance aircraft was flying over the village of Saint-Côme-de-Fresné when it took this image, which also shows another F-5 wearing the distinctive 'Invasion Stripes', hurriedly applied before D-Day to aid recognition.
Sortie: US7/1734
Frame: S_0005
Corporate bodies: 8th (Photographic Reconnaissance) Wing, USAAF.
People: Hoover, John R, Capt.
Frame: S_0005
Corporate bodies: 8th (Photographic Reconnaissance) Wing, USAAF.
People: Hoover, John R, Capt.
Image type: Oblique