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How Beatrice Shilling’s Ingenious Fix Saved 93 Planes in a Single Week

Summary by World War Wings
A Problem at 27,000 Feet On April 8, 1943, high above the French town of Caen, the engines of a British Hawker Hurricane squadron roared as they chased a formation of German bombers. The air was thin, and the sky streaked with contrails and gunfire flashes. Lieutenant James Barlow, locked in pursuit, dived sharply—then silence. His Rolls-Royce Merlin engine suddenly died. It wasn’t a bullet or electrical failure. It was the same flaw that had ha…
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World War Wings broke the news in on Wednesday, October 29, 2025.
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