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5th March 2009, 13:16

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Re: Malta Spitfire question

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Originally Posted by John Beaman

Graham, BTW, I thought the Merlin 46 was optimised for low level in an attempt to deal with the "tip and run" raiders?

Quite the opposite, I belive. Merlin 46 was the high-altitude optimised development of the Merlin 45.

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