Shmittfire!

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Btw, the Spitfire that was modified with DB605 engine was originally Spitfire V EN830 OF 131 Squadron which was shot down over the isle of Guernsey in the Channel Islands on November 18,1942. The pilot was PO Bernard W. M.H. Scheidhauer who was later executed by the Gestapo in the Great Escape.

An account from the book "The German Occupation of Jersey" by L.P. Sipel

"November 18 1942...British plane (an old type Spitfire) receives damage in a flight over Guernsey and makes a forced landing here in the grounds of Dielament Manor,Trinity, The pilot, a young Frenchman, whose home is in Brest was eventually taken prisoner, but several people procured souvenirs from the plane before the Germans arrived."