Yep, it had a Jumo 210 in the nose for the first flight and no other engines. At a later date a pair of BMW 003’s were fitted in the usual positions, but the Jumo was retained in case of problems. The 003’s promptly flamed out on take-off and it struggled round a circuit and landed on just the Jumo- it was wise to keep it! The Junkers 004 engines were finally fitted on the 3rd prototype, which was the first to fly on jet power alone.

The change to tricycle undercarriage was due to the lack of prop-wash over the tailplanes, which made it difficult to raise the tail on the take-off run. The test pilots developed a technique of tapping the brakes when they reached around 40mph, which was a rather crude way of getting the tail up!

Difficult to pin down with only the first two code letters, although S9 means it was from EprobungsGruppe 210.

It does, thanks!

The fund is about to break the £350k mark…

The Appeal homepage on the vulcantothesky website states the current total as £200,625. Where are you getting the “£350k” from?

Besides which, the RAF already had another Bf110C under airworthy rebuild at the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Me_110C-4_RAF_NAN15Jun43.jpg

Is there only one Hurricane on display at Duxford and is that the Memphis Belle or just a Memphis Belle?

As Denis has said, she’s “Sally B”, one of several B17’s used in the making of the 1989 movie, hence the paintjob.

Currently there are two Hurricanes at Duxford, the airworthy one pictured above, and a static example that belongs to the museum.