2100), of 1./Nahaufklärungsgruppe 10, with V7 originally the Geschwaderkennung'' code for Heeres-Aufklärungsgruppe 32 based at Pontsalenjoki (due east of Kuusamo, and within the south-central area of modern Russia's Republic of Karelia) took off on a mission to photograph the Loukhi-3 airbase from an altitude of 6000 meters , then to continue north along the Murmansk-Leningrad railway.