AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1939-1945: SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE. - Spitfire PR Mark VII (Mark I PR Type G), R7059, of 'B' Flight, No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit Detachment at St Eval, Cornwall, in flight over a calm sea with Pilot Officer J T Morgan at the controls. R7059 was converted from a Mark I fighter by Heston Aircraft Ltd in February 1941, retaining its armament of eight .303-inch machine-guns mounted in the wings for self-defence while operating in the low-altitude photo-reconnaissance role Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment, Sqdn, 2752

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