Me 163 Ersatzteil-Liste

[Richard T. Eger]

Dear All,

As part of the restoration of Me 163 B, W.Nr. 191660, Legend Flyers is in need of the Ersatzteil-Liste for this aircraft. For those unfamiliar with the term, the Ersatzteil-Liste is an illustrated parts list. On the left side of each page is an isometric drawing with a number of parts called out by identifying numbers. On the right side is a list of drawings using the identifying numbers as cross reference. With this, the location of most parts in the aircraft can be determined.

We do know where actual drawings can be obtained, but the Ersatzteil-Liste is needed to determine the proper location of the part illustrated in each drawing.

So far, searches for the Ersatzteil-Liste have had limited success. The NASM Garber archives has on microfilm a short Ersatzteil-Liste of about 53 pages covering changes. It is of poor quality. I will be at Garber the week of Oct. 15th with hopes of finding more via a careful examination of abstracts and microfilms.

If any of you have copies of the Ersatzteil-Liste, even just portions of it, we'd be very interested in obtaining copies.

Regards,
Richard