Major Announcement! Today the UK CAA have issued AA810 with its new civilian registration: G-PRID. This was chosen by the project as it pays homage to the pedigree of the PR.IV; the production version of the PR.1D, & officially places AA810 on the UK Aircraft Register. #Spitfire

We would like to thank @helenemaguire for her support of our monument efforts as well as appealing for families of those airmen born in her constituency to come forwards. If you know any reconnaissance veterans please do get in contact.

probably due to icing, so turned for home. I had a really nasty time in cloud, with the engine cutting constantly for around half an hour. Made landfall at Fraserburgh and landed Wick at 14:05. Went to pictures in evening.”

MOSQUITO FOR THE MONUMENT The BBC have now picked up on our Mosquito story for the National Reconnaissance Monument, an article which has brought forward more families of those who served. Do please share far and wide and let’s find more! @deHavMuseum

MOSQUITO MONDAY Today we feature PR.IX LR435 of 540 Sqn which carried out an unexpected stop in Sweden on the 9th August 1944 after an engine fire in flight during a recon of Koeningsberg, Gdynia, & Danzig. F/Lt Richards & P/o Barents were interred but later returned to the UK.

LR412 is the subject matter of one of the most recognisable Mosquito images on the internet, coloured for us today on this anniversary by @ColourbyRJM @aohereng @ZeroWestWatches @HistoryOnz @LSRPlaid @authordlewis

work with Classic Collective, @EcoDryIceUK, and @aohereng was featured in the national press: @LSRPlaid @LukeTaylorLD @AndrewBowie_MP @deHavMuseum @whippletom @TalesoftheAir @PeterTFortune @penandpaper1989 @HistoryOnz @1940Andy @DrHelenFry

PRU MONUMENT & VE DAY COMMEMORATIONS We are delighted Julie Minns MP raised recognising the work of those who flew RAF recon in the national VE & VJ Day commemorations this year. We look forward to working more with the government on this.

in March 1944. LR411 would suffer more engine troubles in November that same year when a failure during take off led to a wheels up landing (pictured) which wrote off the 4 month old aircraft.

SPITFIRE SUNDAY Today’s aircraft is Spitfire PR.XI PM133 of 400 Squadron. Reputedly taken at RAF Benson, this aircraft would survive the war ultimately becoming an instructional airframe in 1947

Historian @HistoryOnz detailed his life as well as having a look into the Photographic Reconnaissance roll No.3 PRU played under Bomber Command.