Manual experts needed - BMW801 Handbook

[harrison987]

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