Surely not just me?

[Jon Skagfeld]

Originally posted by Richard Notton
In fact his comment "don't touch anything" was a statement that evaluation was in progress and he didn't want any variables; good it was but far from perfect even in the developed last production marks with 10 litre bigger engines. Indeed some experienced pilots say the Griffon Spitfire is a bit of an axe compared to the Merlin powered scalpel versions.

Wasn't there a quote somewhere about it being GOOD to have the Spitfire, but we HAD to have the Hurricane., during BoB?

The ratio of Hurries to Spits was something like 5 to 3, or so, IIRC.

So, history tells us that the Hurricane did the job, but the Spitfire got the glory.