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

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Description	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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	22:21, 21 December 2011		740 × 502 (200 KB)	Cobatfor	== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information \|Description=U.S. Navy Lieutenant Robert F. Doyle, USNR, shakes hands with his wingman, Ensign John F. Mudge, USNR, after their return from a gunfire-spotting and strafing mission over the German lines, in which they b

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RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus)