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I was also told (a long time ago) that pilots could visually check the position of the landing gear if the "Down and Locked" indicator light(s) were not working.

The Spitfire went through several internal fuel tank modifications, but all single seat marks retained the two tanks in front of the cockpit, one above the other, totalling 85 Imperial gallons. A rear fuselage tank was experimented with on some later marks, but the a/c was very unstable with...

Royzee617, The scene of which you speak with the Spitfire zooming around, etc., is actual footage of Alex Henshaw, Supermarines Chief Test Pilot putting on one of his displays which were usually for dignitaries, etc. during the war. He gives a good account of those displays in his book, "Sigh...