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Spitfire PR.IV AA810 will be restored to airworthy condition, a project dedicated to the memory of all the men of the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit.
United Kingdom
Joined October 2018
Major Announcement! Today the UK CAA have issued AA810 with its new civilian registration: G-PRID. This was chosen by the project as it pays homage to the pedigree of the PR.IV; the production version of the PR.1D, & officially places AA810 on the UK Aircraft Register. #Spitfire
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war & returned to Cambridge before retiring in 1952. She returned to field archeology but suffered a stroke in the summer of 1968, passing away in December that year aged 76.
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joined the WAAF. She arrived at Medmenham on the 5th May 1942, her 50th birthday. She worked in F section with responsibility for third phase interpretation of enemy transport & communications & the disruption caused to it by enemy attacks. She left the WAAF at the end of the…
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undertook a diploma in anthropology with Oxford University in 1921. She became a key individual in excavations around the Med & Middle East during the 1920s & 30s. She returned to Cambridge to lecture but with the declaration of war she had no students to teach & in 1942 she…
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WAAF WEDNESDAY. Dorothy Garrod CBE was born in London to a family of physicians in 1892. Educated at home she attended Newnham College Cambridge in 1913 but took a break from her studies to serve as a nurse in northern France from 1916. She was fanatical about Archaeology &…
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help from apprentices at both Classic Collective in Bicester, and at Airbus Helicopters at Kidlington. To help support the monument campaign, please visit .
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Including photographing the Heavy Water plant at Telemark as featured in the 1965 blockbuster film, The Heroes of Telemark. Recovered 40 years ago from the mountains where it had crashed, the engine has recently gone through conservation and preparation for display thanks to…
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which was lost with crew members F/o Marek Slonski-Ostoja (Poland) & Navigator F/Lt Paul Riches DFC during a test flight on the 9th Feb 1944. This Merlin was built at Rolls-Royce Derby & was released in May 1943. Fitted to LR412, the engine flew 20 ops all over Europe…
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MOSQUITO PR.IX LR412 MERLIN ENGINE. Our recent post on the return of the Mosquito engine to @RAFBenson stirred some considerable interest so we are delighted to share more details. The PRU Monument centrepiece is the Port Rolls-Royce Merlin 72 engine from Mosquito PR.IX LR412…
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MOSQUITO MONDAY. Today we see PR.IX LR432 return but this time with two more aircraft from 544 Sqn. This type carried over 1000 gallons of fuel which, with its twin 1,680Hp Merlin 72 engines, gave it a range of over 2,450 miles at 250mph. In total 90 PR.IXs were built.
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SPITFIRE SUNDAY. Spitfire PR.IV, BP888, at RAF Benson. First flew Feb 1942 & saw ops with 543 Sqn, then 4 months with the Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down in 1943 before going to 8(c) OTU at Dyce. Written-off in a landing accident in Oct 1944.
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have his photo taken with the Mossie Merlin. To support our monument campaign, please visit
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again to deliver STEM engagement for the children of visitors, and to tell all those interested about the Spitfire restoration and the PRU Monument campaign. We were also delighted to meet Zach and his father, Zach being perhaps the Mosquito’s biggest fan, and who just had…
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MOSQUITO RETURNS FOR FAMILIES DAY. This week, the port engine and propeller from Mosquito LR412 returned to @RAFBenson for the first time since it left the base for its final flight 81 years ago. As part of the annual families day, we were delighted to return with our stand…
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There’s nobody better placed than Bill to discuss VJ Day in his own words, a snippet of Bill talking about life in 681 Sqn on VJ Day:.
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all to return to their families, their work at last done. Today’s photo shows PR veteran the late Bill Williams (seated third from right) enjoying a VJ Day drink. His family still have the tankard that he holds in this image. #VJDay80 @almurray @AlistairCarns @CWGC @HistoryOnz.
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VJ DAY 80th ANNIVERSARY. Today marks the surrender of the Japanese Imperial forces which brought about the end of the Second World War. Six years of conflict that led to between 70 and 85 million deaths. For those far from home in the East, it would take many months for them…
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blueprints reimagined as silk jacquards. Crafted with purpose - worn with pride. More on this major collaboration in the coming weeks…. #AW25 #savilerow #menswear #eyesinthesky #newcollection.
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salute to resilience, sacrifice, and the human spirit. From the daring escape of S/Ldr Dick Churchill to the final flight of Sandy Gunn, each piece carries the weight of history - transformed through modern design. Military silhouettes, archival fabrics, and Spitfire….
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A TRIBUTE TO COURAGE, CRAFT, AND LEGACY. We’ve been busy since summer 2024 on this major project, and so we are delighted to now be introducing the @GievesLondon Autumn/Winter 2025 collection: Eyes In The Sky. Inspired by the untold stories of Second World War Pilots, AW25 is…
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operational sorties in total before passing to 8(C) OTU in January 1945 and was scrapped in September that same year. @deHavMuseum.
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