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Old 16th Nov 2020, 18:30
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Originally Posted by boris
As far as I recollect, the Brits were obliged to give information to the Americans as part of repayment due to the Americans for all their input into the war effort here. Having got the flying tail info, I understand that we were then frozen out by the brothers and Miles were obliged to scrap their aircraft.

If true - great!
The most ridiculous conspiracy theory ever. Have to admit it's very amusing. Bed time story for 3 year old..
The same British government has handed over the jet engine technology to Stalin.. Did they ask the Americans when they did it? Russians have copied and reverse engineered it to power the MİG 15.
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