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New planes, new rules
Episode 7 of 10
Ramping up Spitfire production requires another new factory. Bigger, better, full of cutting-edge machinery and the best workers in the business. But it’s a catastrophe – one that nearly costs Britain dearly.
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Still image from the film We'll Finish the Job (Credit: Imperial War Museum)
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Spitfire: The People’s Plane
Before a plane could save a country, the people had to build it