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By Flieger: The thing was the wings fell off on the early protoypes due to bad glue.
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I remember a conversation I had many years ago with a WWII veteran RAF Spitfire pilot. He referred to the FW-190 as the
"Butcher Bird" and recalled the advice given to any pilot who had the bad luck to find one of those buggers on his tail. It was
"Don't climb, don't dive, just turn". The Spitfire could pull tighter & the Germans were very wary of their wings' tendency to fail in high rate turns. The same problem was faced by the pilots of the Me/Bf -109's. I am with you too Max, the Supermarine Spifire Mk. 5 & the P-51D Mustang are 2 of best looking warbirds of their day. Both are good airshow crowd favourites.
Cheers
JB