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The 3d Reconnaissance Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Twelfth Air Force, based at Pomigliano, Italy. It was inactivated on September 12, 1945.
Provided photographic intelligence that assisted the campaigns for Tunisia, Pantelleria, Sardinia, and Sicily. Reconnoitered airdromes, roads, marshalling yards, and harbors both before and after the Allied landings at Salerno. Covered the Anzio area early in 1944 and continued to support Fifth Army in its drive through Italy by determining troop movements, gun positions, and terrain. Flew reconnaissance missions in connection with the Invasion of Southern France in August 1944. Received a DUC for a mission on 28 August 1944 when the group provided photographic intelligence that assisted the rapid advance of Allied ground forces. Also mapped areas in France and the Balkans.
Strategic Air Command, Luftwaffe, Okinawa, Guam, World War II
Algeria, Tunisia, United States Air Force, Italy, Air Combat Command
Strategic Air Command, World War II, United States Air Force, Cold War, United States Army Air Forces
World War II, Italy, Twelfth Air Force, XXII Tactical Air Command, 57th Air Division
Tunisia, Tunis, Tunisair, Tripoli, World War II
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, World War II, Four Freedoms, Tunisia
Algeria, World War II, Algiers, Air Algérie, Marseille