This is a repaint for the Flight Replicas Spitfire Mk.Ia as Pr.1 Type G R7059. 'LY' were the codes of No.1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit and were not unique to this aircraft.
The Type G was a fighter-reconnaissance adaptation of the Spitfire Ia. Fitted with one oblique and two ventral cameras, it was intended for low-level operation and retained the laminated windscreen and 8 x Browning .303 machine guns. Later PR Spitfires sacrificed wing armament for fuel tanks and relied on altitude and speed to evade interception. The Type G carried an extra 29 gallon fuel tank behind the pilot's seat.
The pink (really off-white) camouflage was effective at low level against gun crews on the ground but must have made the Spitfire easy to spot from above.
The cameras in this skin are just textures but hopefully shiny enough to show up and give an impression. The position of the ventral cameras is guesswork - one in the flare chute and the other diagonally opposite.
R7059 first flew on 1st February 1941 and had a service life of just over two years. She crashed and was written off on 25th June 1943.
Repaint by Steve Mercer based on the paint kit and textures by Flight Replicas.