Hi guys,
I picked up what was supposed to be an original BMW801 Handbook/Reference Card. Everything on appears to be 100%....the 3 different types of handwriting, the writing styles, the age, the wear on the edges, and the paper.
However there are a few things that are bothering me.
It reads on the cover:
?? Gotz (owners name)
Flugzeugfuhrer
1. Jagdgruppe
I.53/I ?? 747
1943
Ausgabe Mai 1941
That all seems fine...but THEN, in another handwriting is reads:
I Jagdgeschwader 53
Pick Ass
Where my concerns are:
JG53 as far as I know never used the Fw190...so why would they have a fairly used handbook. "Pik As" is spelled "Pick Ass" (I supposed post-war someone could have written that)...
AND
If you look at the last photo, there is a publisher of "R. Oldenbourg" There is also what "appears" to be a date (?) of 2000/IV./III (March 4, 2000)???
My questions are this:
IS THAT IN-FACT a publishing date? or is it a stock number? R. Oldenbourg has been publishing for 150 years, and did so wartime.
Everything else as far as the materials, age, and condition indicate 100% original (I have many original handbooks and manuals).
Can anyone confirm??
Thanks!
Mike
