Fortunately, the engine unit of the German twin was very similar in cross-section at the firewall to the Spitfire. EN 830 was converted by removing the entire engine section, and then adopting a DB 605 unit from a Bf 110G twin-engine fighter. His aircraft, with only minor damage, was transported to Germany, eventually being sent to Echterdingen, where Daimler-Benz operated a flight testing division. Scheidhauer made a forced landing in a turnip field at Dielament Manor, Trinity, Jersey and was taken prisoner. On 18 November 1942, being flown by P/O Bernard Scheidhauer of the Free French Air Force, this aircraft was hit by flak on a Rhubarb mission over the coast of Normandy. 131 “County of Kent” Squadron RAF and was marked NX – X. Vb airframe captured in November 1942, this curious aircraft was used by Daimler Benz for comparative trials between the DB 605 German engine and the Rolls-Royce Merlin. In 1942 the germans put a DB 605 engine in the airframe of a captured Spitfire mk Vb.īuilt from a Spitfire Mk. The version in the video is v1.0.Ĭheck the images for the current version. NOTE: The mod has an updated version of the skin.

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