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https://plane-encyclopedia.com/ww2/spitfire-with-db-605a-messerspit/
Mind blown 🤯
Posted : 15/05/2023 11:47 am
I thought it was just that the Merlin was broken and they had a spare DB605?
Posted : 15/05/2023 12:14 pm
quite funny really....especially when you think of the Hispano Bouchon which is basically a licence built Me-109 was fitted with a merlin engine (the 109's used in the BoB film are Bouchons and can be spotted by the distinctive chin cowling)
a bit like this in reverse...
Posted : 15/05/2023 12:21 pm
Interesting read, ta. 🙂
Posted : 15/05/2023 12:25 pm
 Hispano Bouchon which is basically a licence built Me-109
And the Avia S109 fitted with a Jumo 211 (a different WW2 German engine) built by the Czechs between 1946 and 1948, most notably used by the emerging Israeli Air Force.
Posted : 15/05/2023 12:52 pm