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    Spitfire engine failure in dive?

    Hello A file in TNA, Kew, has a 1940 copy letter stating quite clearly that Inverted flying of the RAF fighter with the Merlin engine should be stopped, due to oil starvation to bearings. Mark
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    Manuals People are looking for

    Whitley V - General Orders and Modifications Leaflets 1940 to 1942 Hi All, does anyone have the Whitley V - General Orders and Modifications, or any individual modification leaflet sheets for the Whitley V aircraft especially around 1939 to 1942, please? jpeg 200-300 dpi Greyscale scans, or...
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    IFF

    I don't know what you have. But on a WW 2 aircraft IFF set, MAKE SURE the detonater has been expertly removed and the unit is safe. DON'T connect it to a power supply and GET PROPER ADVICE. I have just been reading a book by a WW 2 Wireless Op and if a WW 2 RAF bomber aircraft had to force...
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    Identification lights.. how were they used?

    Hello RCB and All, The rules in August 1940 did not allow British aircraft to fly over the UK displaying navigation or identification lights continuously above 2,000 feet and more than 5 miles from their aerodrome. There was also a height restriction anyway for RAF operational bombers of 5,000...
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