Aircraft Maintenance/Servicing Record Books?
Was it common practice for aircraft maintenence/servicing record books to be taken on operational flights?
TIA Joe Potter. |
Re: Aircraft Maintenance/Servicing Record Books?
Hi Joe,
I can't say for certain during WWII but I would have thought not. Certainly in the present day RAF (15 years ago anyway) maintenance documentation (F700 series) for a particular a/c is only carried on that a/c under special circumstances, ie a/c in transit to another base without any other means of transporting the documentation. The reason maintenance docs aren't carried on the a/c they pertain to under normal circumstances is that in the event of an accident where by the a/c is lost at least the maintenance procedures carried out can be scrutinised to help with accident investigation. Andy Fletcher |
Thanks for that Andy, this aircraft was from 3/Küstenfliegergruppe 106, 05.08.1942.
Cheers Joe |
Re: Aircraft Maintenance/Servicing Record Books?
RAF ac had a Travelling F700 which, in the case of Hurricanes, was kept in the cockpit emergency door
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Hi
Not sure on German aircraft though a record was located on a Fw190 wreck dug up in Russia. It was on a transit flight with new pilot (after Fw190 was repaired). Gave basic info on flying instructions, Stkz and others. (The name of this doc is at home - can't remember name). Documentation on pilot was also located, fitness/statistics etc to pass to his new unit. With US aircraft there was a maintenance book held on the ground by the maintenance unit, but also a smaller record book carried in the aircraft for the pilot to fill in if there was any comments. A P39 rcovered last year from Russia had its maintenance record book (filled in by Russian ground crew/pilots). 80% was readable even though it was recovered from a lake. Covered flying hours, undercarriage rotation, repairs/upgrades, maintenance intervals etc. This is the only book I have heard about surviving from a recovery/wreck. regards MS |
German Aircraft Maintenance/Servicing Record Books
German aircraft and engines had a "Lebenslaufakten". The British found several of these when they investigated the Auxerre repair facility in France. Unfortionatly the AIR40/1887 document only has extracts from these.
I don't know what a complete one looks like and where they were kept. Dennis |
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In Freiburg are 2 Lebenslaufakten available. One of a Fi 156 and one of a DFS 230. They were held by the unit, there the aircraft was used. After the loss of the aircraft, there were send to a LZA.
Dirk |
Re: Aircraft Maintenance/Servicing Record Books?
Thanks all,
So this must have been a one off, left on the aircraft by the black gang. Cheers All. Joe. |
Re: Aircraft Maintenance/Servicing Record Books?
Could it be something like this?
From an earlier post on the old TOCH forum. regards, Tormod Christiansen. http://home.no.net/~tormchri/web/reglwscheme.jpg |
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