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Originally Posted by Crumpp

JtD,

It was not because it was normal, or good, or super maneuverable. It was because it had some dangerous characteristics and made the aircraft more difficult to precisely control for the average pilot.

End of story.

It was not dangerous, most of fighter command at the time were average to below average in terms of skills, thankfully the Spit was eay to fly in combat due to its high manouverability and controllability.....end of story