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Originally Posted by Dantilla View Post
Ah, the blue Spitfire with no armament.

These were camera ships, guns removed so they could carry more gas, fly deeper into enemy territory.
read the book called "last plane out of Berlin" by Sydney Cotton
It explains how the basis for all modern Aerial Recon was layed out

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Sidney-Cotton-Last-Plane-Berlin/dp/0733615163/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Sidney+Cotton%3A+The+Last+Plan e+Out+of+Berlin&qid=1588755752&sr=8-1


It's really a good read too, quite the character.
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