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P-23 Radar Reconnaissance Missions

P-38 radar reconnaissance missions provide scope photos for routes to and from targets, as well as series of target runs, made from the cardinal points of the compass and from logical axes of attack. Scope photos made by reconnaissance planes are plotted on maps and reproduced for reference by Pathfinder operators during actual bombing missions. In this photo, forest areas around Vienna, Austria, are resolved on scope in droopsnoot P-38. Returns are good enough to be used as check points in radar navigation. AN/APS-15.