concentrating on his task at hand which was the mission to photograph the tar pit5. it was a special which was the mission to photograph the tar pits. it was a special breed of men who did this job and the ones who did it on their own in the spitfire is isjust incredible. you spitfire is is ust incredible. you are not a spitfire is isjust incredible. you are not a taxidriver spitfire is isjust incredible. you are not a taxidriver taking a camera fora are not a taxidriver taking a camera fora ride, are not a taxidriver taking a camera for a ride, you are out a very secret for a ride, you are out a very secret clandestinely intelligence mission secret clandestinely intelligence mission and you have to do everything to obtain those images. the war everything to obtain those images. the war would not have been won without the war would not have been won without the role of aerial reconnaissance.- without the role of aerial reconnaissance. ~ ., , without the role of aerial reco
talking about a lick of paint because this plane was shot down and crashed during the second world war. that was rediscovered a few years ago and on top of that this is no ordinary spitfire. it is a story that begins in 1942. the iconic design of the spitfire was actually often upgraded. there were 24 variants during the course of the war but the plane we re talking about is a mark one, built in a factory inside a garage in reading and whereas most were fighters armed with machine guns, this one was fitted with long range fuel tanks and cameras because aa eight ten was destined for the photographic reconnaissance unit.- destined for the photographic reconnaissance unit. they were the e es in reconnaissance unit. they were the eyes in the reconnaissance unit. they were the eyes in the sky reconnaissance unit. they were the eyes in the sky of reconnaissance unit. they were the eyes in the sky of the reconnaissance unit. they were the eyes in the sky of the allied - reconnaissance
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