Sortie Series SAV

Scope and Content

This series of photographs was taken during Strike Attack sorties. Each attack may have been photographed by many aircraft, all with separate sortie numbers.

Arrangement

In the case of USAAF sorties, the titling took the form of 'SAV/Group/x'. For example, the sortie following SAV/392/75 would be titled SAV/392/76, whether it was flown in the same operation by another aircraft of the same group, or by such an aircraft in the next operation.

The title format SAV/Group/x is on occasion transposed as SAV/x/Group, or even as O/x/Group, where O stands for Oblique. V for vertical was also used.