During WWII, aerial reconnaissance advanced mainly through new tactics, procedures, and technology, rather than through specialized aircraft types.
Sources
- Aerial reconnaissance in World War II (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Aerial_reconnaissance_in_World_War_II (military-history.fandom.com)
- https://www.key.aero/article/raf-recce-spitfires-wwii (key.aero)
- https://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_spitfire_PR.html (historyofwar.org)
More in History
- The Annals of Thutmose III are inscribed on the inside walls of the chamber housing the 'holy of holies' at the Karnak Temple of Amun.
- Edwin Henry Barton lived from 1858 to 1925.
- During Apollo 8, Poppy Northcutt's team created the return trajectory and refined it in real time using relatively primitive computing tools.
- Recent archaeological evidence suggests that people may have been on the North American continent 14,700 years ago.
- The FDA began establishing food Standards of Identity in 1939 to promote honesty and fair dealing and to standardize the characteristics, ingredients, and production processes of specific foods.
- During the 1976 US swine flu vaccination program, prompted by the H1N1 outbreak at Fort Dix, nearly 43 million Americans were vaccinated in the first 10 weeks before the program was halted.