History:
(First Spitfire by Nuffield) AMDP AAEE 27-6-40 diving trls with 7lb inertia wt on elev controls. hand trls AST 25-10-40 DTD AAEE 29-10-40 403Sq 17-7-41 457Sq 4-10-41 61OTU 5-1-42 u/c collapsed Heston CA 8-3-42 P/O GB Blunn safe. Taxied into hole Montford Bridge CB 27-4-42 P/O RF Kennard (Fr) safe 5PAFU Taxied into Master W8705 Ternhill CA 22-12-42 2Lt A Oeytiuk (Turk) safe. Stalled on approach and crashed Rednal CB 17-5-43 Lt H Seckin (Turk) safe 61OTU 2-7-43 Belly landed Rednal CA 5-10-43 FSgt TZ Wojciechowski (Pol) safe. trls with blister hood 10-43 comparison trls with N3171. Spun into ground out of cloud Crickheath Farm nr Oswestry CE 15-9-44 FSgt GL Smith+
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Spitfire Production