On Sun, 23 May 2004 05:21:00 GMT, Guy Alcala
wrote:

AFAIR it does, at least prior to the Spits getting metal ailerons (which boosted
their roll rate at high IAS). That came in starting as a retrofit on either Mk.
IIs or Mk. Vs, I forget which.

Officially, Mk Vs, but that didn't stop some unit commanders (e.g.
Bader at Tangmere) short-circuiting the procurement procedure to get
their Mk IIs fitted with them. They apparently weren't common on the
Mk V until late in 1941, as Neville Duke complained when his
metal-aileroned Mk V was lost on operations with another pilot that
summer. And that was when he was with 92 Squadron, the first to get
Spit Vs.

Gavin Bailey
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