De Schelde unknown bomber

[Pieter H]

Hi all, my few cents of wisdom on this:
- I think this was the Schelde contribution for the LVA request for the next Gen bomber in 1939. Fokker, De Schelde and Koolhoven all submitted proposals bu the Do215 was selected.
- Alternatively, it participated in the next Gen reconnaissance competition, against the Fokker Design 154, because to me it does not really look like a bomber; too thin, too small.

- At this time the LVA seems to have had a preference for the DB601A engine, that was also used by the Do215 and the Fokker Design 154/G-2/C-16/CG-2. The engine omn the picture very much looks like the DB601A.

[Pieter H]

Sorry, pushed send too quickly somehow.
Was saying that given its roots in the Pander Postjager a fast reconnaissance plane seems more fitting to this design.

The code 1086 seems to be purely artificial, no formal significance.

Cheers, Pieter

[hesham]

Hi Pieter H,

I think it was real design,1086.

[Pieter H]

Yes the internal project code was 1086, which was then used as a fictitious registration.
What I meant is that the code 1086 is not an official LVA code, and from that perspective has no meaning.

Cheers, Pieter

[hesham]

I meant 1068,and not 1086.