BOG SPITFIRE RECOVERED

he wreckage of a rare Supermarine Spitfire Mark I, disarmed and modified to extend its range to nearly 2,000 miles for its photoreconnaissance. But on March 5, 1942, Scottish Lieutenant Alistair Gunn was trying to find and photograph the “Lone Queen of the North” when he was shot down. “Sandy” Gunn survived to be sent to III, where he took part in the celebrated Great Escape two years later—and had the misfortune to be recaptured and among the 50 escapees executed by the Gestapo.