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Default Re: Master-Slave aero piston engines
The Germans also tried this, specifically in the Henschel HS 130E. This aircraft used the HZ-Anlage, which used two DB603B engines (wing-mounted) that were supercharged by a DB605T engine mounted in the center of the fuselage.

http://www.airwar.ru/image/i/spyww2/hs130e-i.jpg

My source is the book "Warplanes of the Third Reich (Green) and this web page:

Translated version of http://www.airwar.ru/enc/spyww2/hs130e.html

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