ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1944-1945. - A pilot, under training for tactical reconnaissance duties, leaves Supermarine Spitfire PR Mark IV, BR416 'X', of No. 74 Operational Training Unit at Petah Tikva, Palestine, after a training flight. A corporal can be seen removing, through a hatch on the port side, a magazine of exposed film from a Type camera positioned vertically behind the cockpit. BR416 was a veteran photographic-reconnaissance aircraft having served with both No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit in the United Kingdom, and also with No. 680 Squadron RAF in the Mediter
ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1944-1945. - A pilot, under training for tactical reconnaissance duties, leaves Supermarine Spitfire PR Mark IV, BR416 'X', of No. 74 Operational Training Unit at Petah Tikva, Palestine, after a training flight. A corporal can be seen removing, through a hatch on the port side, a magazine of exposed film from a Type camera positioned vertically behind the cockpit. BR416 was a veteran photographic-reconnaissance aircraft having served with both No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit in the United Kingdom, and also with No. 680 Squadron RAF in the Mediterranean theatre. , Royal Air Force, Anti-aircraft Co-operation Unit, 6, Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment, Sqdn, 2752, Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment, Sqdn, 68
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