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Originally Posted by Crumpp
Why don't your read Morgan and Shacklady. They have a list of the serial numbers and known fates of many of the Spitfires.
They even have pictures of the remains of some of the aircraft that shed wings during high speed maneuvering.
Are you going to make me scan them or can you just pick up the book and read it?
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In fact it's much easier going through
http://www.spitfires.ukf.net/ which is better researched and better laid out, and more accessible, then M & S.
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Originally Posted by 6S.Manu
Infact it's the entire picture... they says those were the accidents reported to them... it's only a speculation that they were the only accidents during all the war as you said since:
1) Was the AAIB the only one actually called to investigate on accidents?
2) How many accidents were not reported?
3) We don't know the AAIB method of investigation: did they need the wreck?... or they could investigate by interviews with the witnesses of the accident?
4) As you says, I repeat, I can be that some accidents not reported as result of a past investigation. A plane is losing its wings during recovery from a dive? The first accident of this kind required an investigation, probably also the second one... but how many until it's clear that the plane can be pull so much and it become ?
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1) The body responsible for investigating air accidents before and during WW2 was the AIB (Accidents Investigation Branch) which was responsible for investigating all air accidents.
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/about_us/history.cfm
2) Why bother speculating on a question which can never be answered? It's like asking how long is a piece of string.
3) Presumably whatever was available - if a wreck was at the bottom of the sea AIB would not have gone chasing after it.
4)Again, unquantifiable speculation