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Originally Posted by Matti Salonen
My friend Pentti Manninen is still unable to log in to this site and has therefore asked me to forward the following:
"Regarding the DB 605 AS Baureiche 0 there is one interesting original documentation in the Finnish Air Force Museum archive collection.
With the FinnAF served two DB 605 AS engines WNr 007 0 7759 and the WNr 708251. The last mentioned was lost as German property and transferred to the Soviet Union, but WNr 007 0 7759 served FinnAF also post war time.
The WNr 007 0 7759 was assebled by Genshagen and installed into Bf 109 G-6AS WNr 163974 (FinnAF MT-463). This DB 605 AS was marked with overhaul time 100/2 on date 25.4.1944. The Lebenslaufakte WNr writings states also the following different styles: WNr 845 (00707759) and 00707759 (845), DB 605 AS Baureiche 0.
This DB 605 AS WNr 007 0 7759 Lebenslaufakte survives still with some dozens of plain DB 605 A-1 original documents. Some rarities are included as KWM 006 FIAT RA 1050 RC.58I Tifone:
540 48420
708 48588
874 48754
888 48768
and two more Tifone WNr of which WNr I do not have readily available.
Link to museum site and contact e-mails:
https://ilmavoimamuseo.fi/yhteystiedot/
Pentti Manninen"
Matti |
Thank you very much Matti and also please thank Pentti!
The details of the AS engines are very good, and I thank you for the precise numbers. So, I think these two AS engines fit closely into the previous information. The first engine 00707759/845 fits both the production number sequence and the /AS number sequence. The other engine will undoubtedly have been 00708251 ( the /AS number would have been around 1050).
The date of 25.4.44 for the overhaul life recorded info seems slightly early on my engine build numbers (about a month) but, it depends when that was set down, I just don't know exactly how the administration of these details was done.
So, the overhaul life 100/2. The DB605A-0 (Zero series) had a similar life. This would mean "100 hours to major overhaul in two parts with part overhaul at 50 hours". This was an initial "life" for a zero series and would be further defined with experience.
So, good extra data to go with the previous AS info!
Now, the other Italian DB 605A data. Yes, very nice. It certainly looks like the Italian production is much greater than I have seen written before.
Many thanks!
Chris