Yes and I repeated the experiment and got the same results.blah. Heres how I got it working. Hope this helps someone.
DBW
GET THE BIRD WORKING BY>>>
1-Zip _Leo d/l into #DBW FOLDER.
2-OPEN LeO FOLDER AND LOP OFF "-" IN FRONT OF EFFECTS FOLDER.
3-DELETE FAE5FEA0B49E5C12 AND LEO451_FM AT BOTTOM OF FOLDER.
3-GO TO PAGE 1 OR PAGE 12 OF THREAD AND D/L 409_AND_410_LeO_3.7.(if l understood correctly,this file is meant to prevent A/I altitude loss and eventual crash over the original FM).
4-UnZIP THIS file and copy/paste FAE5FEA0B49E5C12 and LeO451_FM back in to original LEO folder to replace the files you deleted.
5-Complete routine.ini, weapons and plane_ru dutys.
6-FLY THIS COOL BIRD, DROP SOME BOMBS AND SHOOT AT GERMANS---NOT BRITS!
7-THANKS AGAIN RANWERS AND EPERVIER FOR THIS FINE MOD.
-only did it this way for DBW. Workt 4 me