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A Mark XI Spitfire (serial number MB950) nicknamed "Upstairs Maid", of the 14th Photographic Squadron, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group taxies past a Cletrac at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Handwritten on slide case:"Spitfire XI Mount Farm Astrella"
Photo has been reversed, note national insignia on wrong wing.
This contains information written on the back of the original print and some of it may be inaccurate.
A Mark XI Spitfire (serial number MB950) nicknamed "Upstairs Maid", of the 14th Photographic Squadron, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group taxies past a Cletrac at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Handwritten on slide case:"Spitfire XI Mount Farm Astrella"
Group
Based for the majority of their service at Mount Farm, Oxfordshire, the 7th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) took over three million intelligence photos during the course of 4,251 sorties over occupied Europe. The Group was awarded a Distinguished...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Photographic Supply
Staff Sergeant Robert Astrella was a keen photographer, he photographed the aircraft that visited Mount Farm, and like many airmen he used his leave to travel to historic sites around Britain. His colour photographs are a rich record of Britain at war ...
Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire MB950 PR Mk XIT, Built at Chattis Hill.
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Military site : airfield
Originally a grass airfield satellite for the RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Unit at nearby RAF Benson, Mount Farm was built in 1940-1941. It had three concrete runways, 49 dispersals (24 concrete pan type plus 25 PSP squares), and eight blister...
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 11 February 2016 02:13:56 | junkman9096 | Changes to caption |
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Photo is reversed |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 September 2014 15:28:56 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection |
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