The Last Spitfire
The Last Spitfire
PS915 (MK PRXiX). With the 5 blade prop, Built at Southampton in 1945, Spitfire PR Mk XIX PS915 entered service just too late to see service in World War Two, joining 541 Squadron at Benson in June 1945 before oving to the PR Development Unit to take part in tests of new cameras. In April 1947 she was assigned to No 2 Squadron at Wunstorf in Germany, flying ‘Cold War’ strategic reconnaissance sorties in connection with the East/West divide of Europe and during the Berlin Airlift of 1948/49.
Robert Lester
Image size: 3090 x 2060, 3.52Mb | Camera details: Canon EOS 500D | Date uploaded: 26/07/2018