In an obscure and perhaps less glorious role, Britain's well-known World War 2 fighter excelled at important photo-reconnaissance missions while donning some unusual paint schemes. Sometime in 1939, a ...
Sgt Mervyn Anthony Jones rode Bogskar in the Grand National trials, which went on to win the final of the world famous horse race It was arguably the most dangerous job it was possible to have in the ...
It was painted sky-blue, spent most of its time at altitudes of around 25,000-30,000 feet and belonged to No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) stationed at RAF Benson near Wallingford in ...
A WWII pilot whose plane was shot down over Norway later died at the hands of the Nazis but efforts are being made to rebuild his wrecked Spitfire aircraft. Sandy Gunn came from Auchterarder and in ...
It was arguably the most dangerous job it was possible to have in the RAF during World War Two. Flying unarmed and unarmoured, pilots of the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) weren't expected to ...
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