![Dr Victoria Taylor 💛💙 on Twitter: "A Spitfire's clipped wings are like docking a dog's tail - it mutilates a beautiful specimen and doesn't look right !! 😢 #spitfirelove #mkXVI" / Twitter Dr Victoria Taylor 💛💙 on Twitter: "A Spitfire's clipped wings are like docking a dog's tail - it mutilates a beautiful specimen and doesn't look right !! 😢 #spitfirelove #mkXVI" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DsH_EP2W0AAIkQd.jpg)
Dr Victoria Taylor 💛💙 on Twitter: "A Spitfire's clipped wings are like docking a dog's tail - it mutilates a beautiful specimen and doesn't look right !! 😢 #spitfirelove #mkXVI" / Twitter
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Why did the 'clipped wing' modification of the Spitfire V, intended to match the FW-190's roll rate and low level speed, not work? What else, besides wing characteristics, did the Spitfires lack? -
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