File:VCS-7 pilots with Spitfire at Lee-on-Solent June 1944.jpg

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U.S. Navy pilots are briefed before flying a gunfire spotting mission over the Normandy beach heads, circa June-July 1944. Those present are (from left to right):
Wing Commander Robert J. Hardiman, RAF, Commanding Allied Spotter Pilots;
Ensign Robert J. Adams, USNR;
Major Noel East, British Army Intelligence;
Lieutenant Harris Hammersmith, Jr., USNR; and
Captain John Ruscoe, Royal Artillery, Gunnery Liaison Officer.

The U.S. Navy officers are pilots of U.S. Navy Cruiser Scouting Squadron Seven (VCS-7), which switched from their usual Curtiss SOC Seagull floatplanes to British Supermarine Spitfire fighters during the Normandy operation. VCS-7 was based at Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire (UK), and drew planes from a pool of Supermarine Spitfire or Seafire fighters. The squadron flew a total of 191 sorties between 6 and 25 June 1944, losing one aircraft to ground fire.
Date circa June 1944
date QS:P,+1944-06-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Source Official U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-302115.
Author USN

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