It was a lady Aviator,,,and Aviatrix who solved the problem
The Messerschmidt had Bosh fuel injection
The Spitfire solution was an additional tube in the carburetor float chamber.
As a child, Beatrice "Tilly" Shilling played with building sets and spent her spare change on tools for tinkering with projects; at 16, she bought herself a motorcycle and started modifying it. She was a trailblazer practically from the day of her birth on March 8, 1909, so it's not surprising that this British aircraft engineer would go on to solve a dangerous flaw in the Supermarine Spitfire, an iconic World War II aircraft. She was a pioneer in military aviation technology and an early advocate for women in engineering
Beatrice on her Norton
