The Brilliant British Fighter Killed by Its Own Propeller

The Westland Whirlwind should have been one of the greatest fighters of World War II. It was fast, heavily armed with four cannons, and ahead of its time — a plane that could have changed the course of the war. So why was it forgotten? For decades, everyone blamed its troubled engines. But the real culprit was something far smaller, far quieter, and almost invisible: a single change to its propellers. This is the tragic, fascinating story of Britain's lost wonder plane.

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