`  Quote: ``The engine looked like a radial due to the arrangement, but the internal workings were more like a V engine`` From Janes Fighting Aircraft of WW2: ``Type: Tweny-four cylinder multi-bank radial`` ``Connecting Rods.-Split master rods and five articulated rods in each of the four banks of cylinders``  From wikipedia: ``In a radial engine, the pistons are connected to the crankshaft with a master-and-articulating-rod assembly.``  In summary, it is unlikely the Jumo 222 could have been anything other than a radial engine, the difficulty of connecting 6 planar cylinders around a single crank using any other method than the radial type master/articulated rods would have been immense`