Have you ever worked on a Merlin engine? (The one in a Spitfire mk V)

Question: Have you ever worked on a Merlin engine? (The one in a Spitfire mk V)
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  engine,
  merlin,
  spitfire,
  work
Asked by samandgeorge to Ed on 9 Mar 2013.
- Edward Taylor answered on 9 Mar 2013:
  
  Hi Sam and George,
  
  I really wish I had, that is a beautiful piece of engineering and I love the sound it makes as it flies by.
  
  Weirdly enough though my grandfather did, he was involved in the development of the spitfires during the second world war. I guess it runs in the family!

Question: Have you ever worked on a Merlin engine? (The one in a Spitfire mk V)