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[Kongo-Otto]

Originally Posted by SEE

The Luftwaffe fitted a FI engine (can't remember which model but one that was already in service in one of their bombers) to a captured early Spit and, from the accounts I read, Luftwafe pilots really enjoyed flying it. I am pretty sure It was sent to the USA at the end of the war but was written off in an accident.

Think you mean this one:


Spitfire Vb serial EN830 / NX-X fell into German hands late in 1942. It crash landed on November 18th 1942 while being flown by P/O (Sous Lt.) Bernard Scheidhauer of the Free French Air Force, attached to 131 "County of Kent" Sqn. RAF. He and his No.1, P/O Henri de Bordas, had been on a "rhubarb" to Normandy during the afternoon. EN830 was hit by light flak and made a forced landing in a turnip field at Dielament Manor, Trinity, Jersey.

After a brief period at Rechlin the modified Spitfire returned to Echterdingen to serve officially as a test bed. Its career ended on 14th August, 1944, when a formation of US bombers attacked Echterdingen.
The remains of the hybrid Spitfire were scrapped at the Klemm factory at Böblingen.

[SEE]

Thanks Kongo Otto, I couldn't remember the exact details of its demise. It was an interesting read as very few mods had to be carried out to the Spits airframe in order to fit the Daimler engine.

[robtek]

Afaik the cowling of a BF110 was used.