11th Photographic Group
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The 11th Photographic Group is an inactive United States Air Force
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 unit. Its last assignment was with the Third Air Force
Third Air Force
The Third Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Forces in Europe . It is headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany....

 stationed at MacDill Field, Florida. It was inactivated on 5 October 1944.

Lineage

  • Constituted as I1th Photographic Group (Mapping) on 19 November 1943
Activated on December 1943
Disbanded on 5 October 1944

Assignments

  • First Air Force
    First Air Force
    The First Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida....

    , 1 December 1943
  • Third Air Force
    Third Air Force
    The Third Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Forces in Europe . It is headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany....

    , 5 January – 5 October 1944

Components

  • 1st Photographic Squadron
    1st Reconnaissance Squadron (World War II)
    The 1st Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Thirteenth Air Force. It was inactivated at Clark Field, Philippines on 10 March 1947.-History:...

    , 1 Dec 1943 – 5 Oct 1944
  • 3d Photographic Squadron, 1 Dec 1943 – 5 Oct 1944
  • 19th Photographic Squadron, 1 Dec 1943 – 5 Oct 1944

Stations

  • Reading Army Airfield, Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania
    The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

    , 1 December 1943
  • MacDill Field, Florida, 5 January – 5 October 1944

Operations history

Engaged in photographic mapping in the US and sent detachments to carry out similar operations in Africa, the CBI theater, the Near and Middle East, Mexico, Canada, Alaska, and the Caribbean

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