Ju 88s and night reconnaissance mission

[Stig Jarlevik]

Originally Posted by Andy Mitchell

Stig,

Looks like a typo on the web site - my master document has 0649 as per Ed North – posting to TOCH 21 Apr 2008.

I will get a correction made.

Excellent Andy
Cheers
Stig

[Jaap Woortman]

Originally Posted by Chris Goss

Reconnaissance missions are invariably flown in daylight

Not always.
BArch. RL 10/680 2. (F) Staffel.- Flugbuch 26. Nov. 1939 - 13. Mai 1940
May 10th 1940 start at 21.35, emergency landing at 02.45 at May 11th 1940 near Mill/Holland.
The Do 17 was from 2.(F)/11 at Düsseldorf.

Jaap

[Adriano Baumgartner]

If memory does not fail me (the book is not at hand now), Roman Gastager also flew some night-reconaissance sorties as mentioned on his memories.

https://www.amazon.com.br/Easter-Bun.../dp/1412095247

[edwest2]

I am puzzled by this. I know the Americans used timed photo-flash bombs for night aerial photography.

[Larry deZeng]

Ed - during the war, the Luftwaffe flew tens of thousands of night aerial recce missions using specially developed NRb30 and NRB40 cameras with target illumination by 40-million and 60-million candlepower flash bombs.

See:
Wadman, David, John Bradley and Barry Ketley. Aufklärer: Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Aircraft & Units 1935-1945. Aldershot (Hants): Hikoki Publications, 1997. ISBN: 0 9519899 8 7. Hb (oversize). Dj. 272p. Pictorial with accompanying text. Dwgs. (incl. color profiles). Map(s). Tables. Charts. Glossary. Bibliography. See: pages 17-19 and p.258 (Aufkl.Gr. (F) Nacht).

L. deZ.

[Nick Beale]

Add to that “security reconnaissance” flown overwater at night, often with radar. The object was to locate enemy shipping, especially landing forces.

[edwest2]

Thank you Larry.