Spitfire clothing7/11/2023 ![]() ![]() The entire conversion including connecting the engine’s systems with the rest of the aircraft proved rather difficult. A standard 3.0 m diameter VDM propeller from the Bf 109G was added, together with the carburettor scoop from the same fighter. ![]() A new engine support was designed, and a standard DB 605A-1 engine Werknummer 00701990 was mounted to the firewall. 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.
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