DB 605D

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The DB 605D was an improved, high-altitude optimized variant of the Daimler-Benz DB 605 aircraft engine used in late-war German fighters such as the Messerschmitt Bf 109.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
DB 605D canonical 2
DB 605DB 2
DB 605DC 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft engine
piston aircraft engine
aircraftEngineLayout inline engine
applicationRole fighter aircraft engine
category World War II German aircraft engine
configuration inverted V-12
conflict World War II
coolant water-glycol mixture
coolingSystem liquid-cooled
countryOfOrigin Germany
crankshaftConfiguration single crankshaft
cylinderCount 12
designBureau Daimler-Benz Aerospace
surface form: Daimler-Benz aircraft engine division
designedFor high-altitude performance in Bf 109 fighters
era late World War II
family Daimler-Benz DB 600
surface form: Daimler-Benz DB 600 series
feature high-altitude optimization
improved supercharger for high altitude
injection carburetion (fuel injection)
fuelDelivery mechanical fuel injection
fuelSystem direct fuel injection
fuelType aviation gasoline
historicalSignificance key powerplant for late-war Bf 109 variants
ignitionSystem dual ignition
manufacturer DaimlerChrysler
surface form: Daimler-Benz
mountingPosition nose-mounted inline engine
notableFeature optimized boost characteristics at altitude
operator Luftwaffe
powerType liquid-cooled piston engine
predecessor DB 605A
serviceEntryPeriod mid-1940s
successor DB 605D self-linksurface differs
surface form: DB 605DB

DB 605D self-linksurface differs
surface form: DB 605DC
supercharger mechanically driven single-stage supercharger
usedBy Nazi Germany
usedIn Messerschmitt Bf 109
Messerschmitt Bf 109
surface form: Messerschmitt Bf 109G

Messerschmitt Bf 109
surface form: Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10

Messerschmitt Bf 109
surface form: Messerschmitt Bf 109K

Messerschmitt Bf 109
surface form: Messerschmitt Bf 109K-4

late-war variants of the Messerschmitt Bf 109
usedInRole air superiority fighter
interceptor
valvetrain single overhead camshaft per bank
variantOf Daimler-Benz DB 605

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Daimler-Benz DB 605 notableVariant DB 605D
this entity surface form: DB 605DB
Daimler-Benz DB 605 notableVariant DB 605D
this entity surface form: DB 605DC
DB 605A successor DB 605D
DB 605D successor DB 605D self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: DB 605DB
DB 605D successor DB 605D self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: DB 605DC