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I would highly recommend that book. Far from being a a hagiography of the Spitfire, it is a ‘warts and all’ examination of their deployment in Australia and what went wrong. I was really surprised at the failure of constant speed units. But what surprised me the most was the blind adherence to the failed “big wing” tactics, especially after they had been shown to be a poor way to counter Japanese bombing. I was also surprised at the altitudes the Japanese bombed from. People seemed to think that once the Spitfires arrived, the problems would just go away but that isn’t what happened at all. Fascinating book and highly recommended.
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