The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War II. The status board of the 8th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron. Operations and Engineering Officers select aircraft for a mission. Men seated at a desk and working.
View of tents comprising base camp of the U.S. 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War 2. An airman drives a jeep up to the Operations hut and enters. He returns to his jeep, carrying a large envelope, and drives away. More views of the Squadron camp, with wash drying on a clothes line near some tents. Next, an airman is seen inside a hut talking on a radio. He then begins transmitting a message using a telegraph key.
U.S. 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, in Australia, preparing aerial photographs they took of Japanese positions in Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, during World War 2. Rabaul prints being dried. A photo tech working on the prints. Another airman arrives and works with him. The prints are trimmed and sorted.
The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War II. A United States Army Air Force P-38 Lightning aircraft in flight. P-38 photo recon aircraft being loaded with film magazines and then buttoned up. The P-38 Lightning aircraft takes off on a mission to photograph Japanese positions in Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, during World War 2. The aircraft lands after returning from the mission.
The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War 2 A photo technician at work developing reconnaissance photos in the Squadron laboratory.
A film titled: 'Fighter Photo-Eyes of the Fleet' on the importance of photographic reconnaissance. A board reads: "Composite Squadron Sixty One - VC-61" outside a building of Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California, United States. F9F Panther aircraft in formation fly by. A jeep arrives. A pilot gets off the jeep. The pilot arrives near the building. Men load cameras in an airplane. Interior of an office. Officers seated at a desk in the office. The pilot shakes hands with the officers. They look at a model of an aircraft. The pilot walks with his luggage. A jeep arrives near him. He shakes hands with the man driving the jeep and talks to him. He sits in the jeep. The jeep drive away. Buildings along the sides of a street. The jeep comes to a halt and the man gets off. Man enters building with sign "BOQ Office". Inside a man loads film into a camera. The man seated with other crew members inside a building. An officer instructs them on aerial reconnaissance photography techniques in the classroom. View of three Republic F9F Panther aircraft in formation flight overhead. The man looks at the aircraft. He writes a formula and explains to the crew.
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