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Good view of the gull wings. The image has lost the detail but this early version used an evaporative cooling system in the wing leading edges - using corrugated metal in this area of the wings. Development of this pre-Spitfire Spitfire took place in the mid 1930's.









Images from the book "Spitfire the History" Copyright © Eric B Morgan and Edward Shacklady (and others)

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