1/72 DH Mosquito PR.I, July

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1/72 de Havilland Mosquito PR.Mk I, RAF No.1 PRU, July 1941, #AA32814

The first production examples of the Mosquito were photo-reconnaissance machines.

The first production examples of the Mosquito were photo-reconnaissance machines. The prototype for the "Mosquito Photo-Reconnaissance Mark I (PR.I)", with the tailcode "W4051", performed its first flight on June 10, 1941. The PR.I looked very much like a Mosquito bomber variant, as it retained the glass nose for camera targeting and the bombbay doors, but it included five camera ports. The cameras were fitted on steel mounts, but this was later switched to wooden mounts as they reduced vibration. The Mosquito was introduced into RAF service with the Number 1 Photo-Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) at RAF Benson, with a PR.I delivered by Geoffrey de Havilland JR on July 13, 1941.

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