Hawarden/Sealand kept a flight of Spitfires at readiness in case of attacks in the area; aircraft that were otherwise used for training. Not really trainers though. I believe that pilots under training were involved in local combats at some time. Will have to look at the books when I get home.
Need help jogging my memory with this one, seem to recall reading ” the dam busters” one of the aircraft being a mare to fly everyone said it was the pilot, but turn out after a service Somethink was upside down. Someone will know on here.
Was there not a story in one of the books on 617 Squadron, in which Major Nick Knilans was accused of always making rough landings, until it was eventually discovered that the elevators of his Lancaster had been installed upside down? … sounds unlikely …
Were Supermarine not the first company to disperse production in a big way? Could this have something to do with the apparent quality issues? Oddly enough you dont seem to hear many stories of Spitfires that didnt fly ‘right’.
Why don’t we take a P-38 and a P-51 150nm offshore and shut down an engine on each aircraft. Then the P-51 fans can tell me over the radio which is the better aircraft. Don’t believe I will have to put up with their bleating for too long
So does that make a BV222 the best aircraft of WWII then? 😀
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