[41Sqn_Banks]

Originally Posted by Sutts

Does anyone know what maintenance/checks were required when a pilot returned an aircraft with the cutout wire broken? Was it just a check for metal in the oil perhaps....or a full tear down!?

http://www.spitfireperformance.com/dowding.pdf

5. It is in the interest of the pilots themselves, when operations with the enemy may have resulted in engine limitations being exceeded, to acquiant the fact the maintenance personnel with the facts, so that [the] oil filters may be inspected at the first convenient opportunity to investigate whether damage to the bearings has resulted.