AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1939-1945: SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE. - Spitfire PR Mark VII Type G, X4786, on the ground at Benson, Oxfordshire, at the conclusion of its operational service with No. 543 Squadron RAF. Originally a Mark I fighter, X4786 was converted as a Type G photographic-reconnaissance aircraft, retaining its armament and fitted with two vertical cameras in the rear fuselage. It entered service with No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit in March 1941, and was further converted to a PR VII the following September, also receiving a Rolls-Royce Merlin 45 engine. On 30 Septem
AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1939-1945: SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE. - Spitfire PR Mark VII Type G, X4786, on the ground at Benson, Oxfordshire, at the conclusion of its operational service with No. 543 Squadron RAF. Originally a Mark I fighter, X4786 was converted as a Type G photographic-reconnaissance aircraft, retaining its armament and fitted with two vertical cameras in the rear fuselage. It entered service with No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit in March 1941, and was further converted to a PR VII the following September, also receiving a Rolls-Royce Merlin 45 engine. On 30 September 1942, X4786 was transferred to No. 543 Squadron RAF, and by August 1943 was being operated by No. 8 Operational Training Unit, at Dyce, Aberdeen. , Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment, Sqdn, 2752, Royal Air Force, Wing, 553, Royal Air Force, Operational Training Unit, 83, Child's Ercall
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