More information from Spitfire AA810 – Restoring Sandy’s Spitfire‘s FB page:ĪA810 the earliest known example of a surviving PR.IV Spitfire and completed 14 long-range operational sorties during the 6 months it was in service. They will also be collecting for the Sandy Gunn Aerospace Careers Programme Charity – helping young people today into future careers in aerospace.Ĭlick on the various links below to find out the fascinating story of the team that has set up the project of restoring Flt Lt Alastair ‘Sandy’ Gunn’s spitfire and to find out more about The Men, The Machine, The Great Escape and most importantly their aim to remember the men of the PRU and specificly the men who flew Spitfire AA810. Spitfire Heritage GIN will be with the team along with a gin & tonic bar.
On Sunday between 10am-5pm the AA810’s fin unit will be on display in Henley Market Place along with other restored and display items together with information about the restoration. This Sunday marks 80 years since AA810 first flew from RAF Henley on Thames and to mark the occasion the Spitfire AA810 project, which is dedicated to the memory of all the men of the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit who risked, and gave, their lives during the Second World War, will be holding their first public event.
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