Stability and Control characteristics of the Early Mark Spitfires

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Originally Posted by Crumpp

Just going thru the list in Morgan and Shacklady, I have counted 13 structural failures so far and I am only halfway thru the Mark I list.

It was serious enough that X4228 went to Farnborough on 24-8-40 to be used in testing to discover the cause of wing structure failures.

Serial Numbers please, and please scan and post the relevant pages. How many of them were elderly airframes in OTUs?

There was no Spitfire I serialed X4228