WW II German Aircraft – AS410 CYLINDER HEAD PART – OPERATION LUSTY – Fw189 Ar96

 You are bidding on a SUPERB relic example of a 100% ORIGINAL WW2 German Luftwaffe Argus As 410 Engine Cylinder Head!  This specific relic came from an engine that was scrapped at Freeman Field in 1945, and once belonged to “Operation Lusty”.  This type of engine was only used in the Fw189 and Ar96.
 

The Argus As 410 was a German air-cooled inverted V-12 light aircraft engine that was first produced by Argus Motoren in 1938. The engine marked a departure from earlier Argus engines in that it had new construction techniques which gave the engine greater operating speeds and power. The engine featured smaller 105 mm x 115 mm cylinders with deep finned steel cooling slots, aluminum heads, geared supercharger, a steel alloy crankshaft and a magnesium alloy crankcase. 

The engine weighed approximately 315 kg and produced 465 PS (459 hp, 342 kW) at 3,100 rpm. Approximately 28,700 engines were produced.

A distinctive feature is the finned spinner ahead of the propeller. This is driven by the airflow as a windmill, and used to power the actuator of the variable-pitch propeller.

The more powerful and refined Argus As 411 was developed from it.

Made of steel, this is a UNIQUE piece of history!  There is some slight dirt build-up, but it is still VERY solid, with almost NO corrosion!  I have shown its location on the As410 Cylinder Head in the last images.  Would make a FANTASTIC addition to any  collection or display!

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Operation LUSTY (LUftwaffe Secret TechnologY) was the United States Army Air Forces effort to capture and evaluate German aeronautical technology during and after World War II.

During World War II, the U.S. Army Air Forces Intelligence Service sent teams to Europe to gain access to enemy aircraft, technical and scientific reports, research facilities, and weapons for study in the United States. The Air Technical Intelligence (ATI) teams, trained at the Technical Intelligence School at Wright Field, Ohio, collected enemy equipment to learn about Germany’s technical developments. The ATI teams competed with 32 allied technical intelligence groups to gain information and equipment recovered from crash sites.

As the war concluded, the various intelligence teams, including the ATI, shifted from tactical intelligence to post hostilities investigations. Exploitation intelligence increased dramatically.

 In 1945, much of the equipment was transferred to Freeman Field for further testing.