A wartime anecdote concerns an objection to funding a Griffon-powered Spitfire while other Griffon fighters were being developed. The objection is attributed to one Treasury official. The account says that he was quickly removed, limiting the story to a brief individual intervention rather than a sustained Treasury position.
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A Treasury objection to the Griffon Spitfire
A brief anecdote attributes opposition to the Griffon Spitfire to one Treasury official whose objection was quickly removed.