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Eighth Air Force Scouting Forces : ウィキペディア英語版 | Eighth Air Force Scouting Forces
The Scouting Forces were several fighter flights formed by Eighth Air Force during World War II with a mission to check for Anti-Aircraft (flak) sites; weather conditions, and for Luftwaffe interceptor airfields and units in advance of heavy bomber missions over Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany. These flights were created by Colonel Bud J. Peaslee, commander of the 384th Bombardment Group. Colonel Peaslee suggested this to General James Doolittle in 1944 as a way to gather real-time intelligence prior to bombing missions by Eighth Air Force. During their 6 months of existence, the Eighth Air Force Scouting Forces lost 24 pilots: 9 in training and 15 in combat. ==1st Scouting Force== The 1st Scouting Force (experimental) (P-38 Lightning; P-51 Mustang) was organized at RAF Honington, and activated on 19 September 1944. It was assigned as a flight, attached to the 67th Fighter Wing, 364th Fighter Group. The group maintained its logistics, and detached pilots on a 15-day rotational basis. The unit flew 107 missions before being attached to the 857th Bombardment Squadron at RAF Bassingbourn, and logged another 24 missions.
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