Wes wrote:
"I`ve got it: Rolls-Royce! Nope, that`s a German car (BMW)."

Germans respect British motors. The Messerschmitt Bf 109 resulted from a
competition spurred by a request for proposal to build a new German
fighter aircraft. The Messerschmitt was one of 3 designs from competing
manufacturers who built prototypes for the competition. All 3 featured
British Merlin engines! The production Bf 109 had a 1475 hp Daimler-Benz
engine, but a Merlin powered it to victory in competition.

Hermann Goering declared in Berlin, "If the enemy bombs this place my
name is Mud." Later, as he arrived in a bomb shelter, he said,"Let me
introduce myself. My name is Mud."

A famous German fighter leaded once asked his commander for a squadron
of Spitfires!

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI