Photos - 2nd Weather Recon Squadron
The AWA Weather Reconnaissance section contains photos from various Weather Recon units as shown at the links below. If you have a historical
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This page has three photos from the 2nd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (2 WRS) and one from the 514th Reconnaissance Squadron (Very Long Range, Weather) (514 RS-VLR) courtesy
of the AFWA History Office and Bernie Barris. The 2 WRS mission was to fly weather route reconnaissance over the Hump, from Barrackpore/Gushkara India to Kunming China
and synoptic flights over the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal. 2WRS was constituted, 20 Jan 1944, activated, 1 Feb 1944, redesignated 2 Weather Reconnaissance Squadron,
Medium, 20 Jul 1944, and inactivated, 28 Dec 1945. For details, see the
2WRS data sheet.
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