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After his successful flight in the first Spitfire prototype, K5054, in March 1936, Summers declared, “I don’t want anything touched.” (Imperial War Museum MH 5213)
After his successful flight in the first Spitfire prototype, K5054, in March 1936, Summers declared, “I don’t want anything touched.” (Imperial War Museum MH 5213)