Beginning operations in April 1942 with a shoestring flight of four
Lockheed F-4 Lightnings (the photo-recon version of the famed
P-38), the 8th Photo Squadron gave the American Army Air Forces its
only aerial reconnaissance coverage of the Southwest Pacific during
the first part of the war. From the first days over New Guinea
until the final sweeps over Japan the squadron struggled with the
world's most treacherous weather and faulty equipment as well as a
resolute Japanese enemy to write an astounding record of keeping
the 5th Air Force pictorially informed. The 8th Photo Squadron
participated in every campaign from Buna to Hollandia, Lae to
Rabaul, the Philippines to the invasion of Okinawa. The squadron
played a part in such famous battles as the Coral Sea and Bismarck
Sea. Its first commander was Karl Polifka, who went on to be listed
in the first rank of American reconnaissance. This book is
comprised of over 500 photos - most of which have never been
published before - many from the archives of squadron veterans.
Many new facts are added to the annotated squadron diary that was
kept when the 8th operated almost singlehandedly during 1942 and
1943.
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