HE-219 and DB 603G Engines

[George Hopp]

NO, NO, NO, the He 219 was never powered by the DB 603G because the DB 603G never went into production! In fact, development of that engine had been stopped by August 1944. The DB 603E went into production in late 1944, but there is no verification of any of these engines finding their way into the He 219.

The highest verified mark of the He 219 was the A-5/R2 which was still powered by the DB 603A engine. That was W.Nr. 310 189, G9+CL, which was taken to the UK at war`s end and scrapped in 1948. It was a prototype for that mark. The last actual production version was the A-2. The last C-Amts listing I have is for Nov 44. In it the listing for the He 219 shows that in that month, 19 He 219A-2s were producted and another 15 He 219s were upgraded to A-2 standard. Artie may have figures on He 219 production into 1945.

And, yes, I do have Roland Remp`s excellent book on the He 219; but, about the A-7 he is wrong.