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When Spits were flown off carriers for Op Pedastel, they did however 'chock' the flaps with wedges of wood to generate that extra lift required for a deck take-off..

I read in an autobiography that one of the Malta bound units took off and formed up with the chocks still in place, then flew back over the deck of the carrier and cycled the flaps so as to bomb the deck with the chocks!! :lol: