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Restoring Sandy’s Spitfire - the Great Escape Spitfire - to flight.
Incorporating the Photographic Reconnaissance Charity, PRU Archive, National PRU Monument Campaign, and the Reconnaissance Heritage Flight.
www.spitfireaa810.co.uk
Incorporating the Photographic Reconnaissance Charity, PRU Archive, National PRU Monument Campaign, and the Reconnaissance Heritage Flight.
www.spitfireaa810.co.uk
probably due to icing, so turned for home. I had a really nasty time in cloud, with the engine cutting constantly for around half an hour. Made landfall at Fraserburgh and landed Wick at 14:05. Went to pictures in evening.”
February 12, 2026 at 8:26 AM
probably due to icing, so turned for home. I had a really nasty time in cloud, with the engine cutting constantly for around half an hour. Made landfall at Fraserburgh and landed Wick at 14:05. Went to pictures in evening.”
before Norwegian coast became 10/10 Alto Stratus up to 23,000 ft, tried to go over it but bad trails. Flew in for about half an hour and then came down. Broke cloud at 10,000 ft over high mountains south of Andalsnes. Still getting bad trails plus the engine started to cut,
February 12, 2026 at 8:26 AM
before Norwegian coast became 10/10 Alto Stratus up to 23,000 ft, tried to go over it but bad trails. Flew in for about half an hour and then came down. Broke cloud at 10,000 ft over high mountains south of Andalsnes. Still getting bad trails plus the engine started to cut,
Germany. It carried on with this task until the German advance forced evacuation on 14 June 1940.
Famously 212 Sqn Spitfire P9331 was captured intact after a glycol leak forced it down at Reims.
Famously 212 Sqn Spitfire P9331 was captured intact after a glycol leak forced it down at Reims.
February 10, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Germany. It carried on with this task until the German advance forced evacuation on 14 June 1940.
Famously 212 Sqn Spitfire P9331 was captured intact after a glycol leak forced it down at Reims.
Famously 212 Sqn Spitfire P9331 was captured intact after a glycol leak forced it down at Reims.
near Dolgellau in Merionethshire, Wales. Both men were killed instantly and are today buried next to each other in Surrey.
An engine and propeller unit of this aircraft will feature as the centrepiece of our National Photographic Reconnaissance Monument: www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2010...
An engine and propeller unit of this aircraft will feature as the centrepiece of our National Photographic Reconnaissance Monument: www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2010...
Doomed WW2 RAF Mosquito's engine restored for new memorial to our flying heroes
For years one of the engines of an RAF Mosquito reconnaissance spy plane has lain on the Welsh hillside where it crashed - now it's being restored to glory.
www.express.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 8:19 AM
near Dolgellau in Merionethshire, Wales. Both men were killed instantly and are today buried next to each other in Surrey.
An engine and propeller unit of this aircraft will feature as the centrepiece of our National Photographic Reconnaissance Monument: www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2010...
An engine and propeller unit of this aircraft will feature as the centrepiece of our National Photographic Reconnaissance Monument: www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2010...
carried out a successful forced landing only to be arrested before he got out of the cockpit. He was unaware that the large field was a German controlled airbase. Tomlinson would spend the rest of the war in POW camps, liberated in 1945 he passed away in 1998.
February 8, 2026 at 9:45 AM
carried out a successful forced landing only to be arrested before he got out of the cockpit. He was unaware that the large field was a German controlled airbase. Tomlinson would spend the rest of the war in POW camps, liberated in 1945 he passed away in 1998.
later became a sports journalist and passed away in 2010.
February 5, 2026 at 9:07 AM
later became a sports journalist and passed away in 2010.
operation to the northern Arctic on 22nd March 1945, to photograph Tirpitz lying capsized and partially submerged on the seabed in the bay of Håkøybotn near Tromso.
Post war Eric became a first-class Cricketer playing for Somerset between 1947 and 1951. He
Post war Eric became a first-class Cricketer playing for Somerset between 1947 and 1951. He
February 5, 2026 at 9:07 AM
operation to the northern Arctic on 22nd March 1945, to photograph Tirpitz lying capsized and partially submerged on the seabed in the bay of Håkøybotn near Tromso.
Post war Eric became a first-class Cricketer playing for Somerset between 1947 and 1951. He
Post war Eric became a first-class Cricketer playing for Somerset between 1947 and 1951. He
conferences in Moscow, Athens, and Yalta.
They made notable flights including to the Lofoten Islands, and also covering Tirpitz in Altenfjord with the emergency escape hatch of their mosquito detached, exposing the crew to freezing temperatures. The pair flew the RAF's last reconnaissance
They made notable flights including to the Lofoten Islands, and also covering Tirpitz in Altenfjord with the emergency escape hatch of their mosquito detached, exposing the crew to freezing temperatures. The pair flew the RAF's last reconnaissance
February 5, 2026 at 9:07 AM
conferences in Moscow, Athens, and Yalta.
They made notable flights including to the Lofoten Islands, and also covering Tirpitz in Altenfjord with the emergency escape hatch of their mosquito detached, exposing the crew to freezing temperatures. The pair flew the RAF's last reconnaissance
They made notable flights including to the Lofoten Islands, and also covering Tirpitz in Altenfjord with the emergency escape hatch of their mosquito detached, exposing the crew to freezing temperatures. The pair flew the RAF's last reconnaissance
between PR and the Yalta conference, can you guess what it is?
…and please don’t use AI to solve it - that just wouldn’t be cricket ;-)
Answer will be tomorrow at 0800GMT
…and please don’t use AI to solve it - that just wouldn’t be cricket ;-)
Answer will be tomorrow at 0800GMT
February 4, 2026 at 8:19 AM
between PR and the Yalta conference, can you guess what it is?
…and please don’t use AI to solve it - that just wouldn’t be cricket ;-)
Answer will be tomorrow at 0800GMT
…and please don’t use AI to solve it - that just wouldn’t be cricket ;-)
Answer will be tomorrow at 0800GMT
fitted with 5-inch, 8-inch, 14-inch, 20-inch, 36-inch, or 40-inch lenses. Weighing 78lbs, its long focal length was particularly suitable for high-altitude reconnaissance and it became the standard British camera for most of the remainder of the war.
February 3, 2026 at 8:32 AM
fitted with 5-inch, 8-inch, 14-inch, 20-inch, 36-inch, or 40-inch lenses. Weighing 78lbs, its long focal length was particularly suitable for high-altitude reconnaissance and it became the standard British camera for most of the remainder of the war.
retrained as a pilot. He was present at the capture of Rudolf Hess in May 1941, but sadly exactly a year to the day after his encounter with the deputy fuhrer, he was killed in a reconnaissance mission to Norway.
Our picture colourised by Colour by RJM
Our picture colourised by Colour by RJM
January 30, 2026 at 12:02 PM
retrained as a pilot. He was present at the capture of Rudolf Hess in May 1941, but sadly exactly a year to the day after his encounter with the deputy fuhrer, he was killed in a reconnaissance mission to Norway.
Our picture colourised by Colour by RJM
Our picture colourised by Colour by RJM
captured on camera. Our only photo of AA810 has been colourised for us by Colour by RJM
January 29, 2026 at 8:25 AM
captured on camera. Our only photo of AA810 has been colourised for us by Colour by RJM