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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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The Shuttleworth Collection's clipped wing Supermarine Spitfire displays at the Military Pageant at Old Warden Stock Photo - Alamy
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