Stability and Control characteristics of the Early Mark Spitfires

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121 Spitfire crash investigations

That does not even scratch the surface on the number of pilots who damaged the aircraft but managed to make it home.

There were stories of Spit wings in huge piles at maintenance units as fractured wings were replaced after sharp pullouts at low levels - something that the more solid Hawker products were not affected by.

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