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Messerschmitt Bf-109 / Factory type – detailed general arrangement
drawing for the Bf-109. This is a real
blueprint; made directly from vellum masters - Measuring a generous 42"x 30".
Take a peak and you will see this is not a standard 3-view, but rather an
extremely detailed general arrangement drawing showing the amazing complexity of
this war machine.
Plus it’s not overly cluttered with annotations' etc. A must-have for your
collection! This one will provide you hours of study as you...
“Did you Know”...? the traditional scale for kit models: 1:144 1:100 1:72 1:48 1:32 1:24 (1/144 1/100 1/72 1/48 1/32 1/24)
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Continued from above... study as you explore and enjoy
the clean lines and construction details.
From its appearance in 1935, until the Battle of Britain in 1940, the Bf-109
was easily the best fighter in the world. The design was the result of Willy
Messerschmitt and Walter Rethel's endeavor to fit the most powerful engine in
the smallest possible frame.
The Messerschmitt Bf-109 began as an entry by the Bayerische
Flugzeugwerke in a Luftwaffe (German Air Force) fighter competition in the early
1930s. Willy Messerschmitt's creation incorporated one of the most advanced
aerodynamic designs at the time, with retractable landing gear, an enclosed
cockpit, automatic slats, cantilever wings and stressed skin construction.
During the trials, the Bf-109 clearly outperformed the larger and heavier
favorite, Heinkel's He 112. The first production model, the Bf-109B, began
coming off the lines in 1936. The redesignation of the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke
AG (Aktiengesellschaft or Corporation) to the Messerschmitt AG in 1938 led many
to call it the Me-109, although the official Luftwaffe designation of the
aircraft remained the Bf-109 throughout the war.
German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt in
the early 1930s. The first truly modern fighter of the era combining the
features of all-metal monocoque construction, a closed canopy and a
retractable landing gear.
The Bf-109 has basically the smallest airframe that Willy Messerschmitt
attached to the most powerful engine. The Bf-109 remained a formidable air
superiority fighter throughout World War II and was credited with more
aerial kills than any other aircraft.
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The standard fighter of the Luftwaffe for the duration of World War II,
although it began to be partially replaced by the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 starting in
1942. The Bf-109 scored more aircraft kills in World War II than any other
aircraft. At various times it served as an air superiority fighter, an escort
fighter, an interceptor, a ground-attack aircraft and a reconnaissance aircraft.
Although the Bf-109 had weaknesses, including a short range, and especially a
sometimes difficult to handle narrow, outward-retracting undercarriage, with
well trained pilots; it
stayed competitive with Allied fighter aircraft until the end of the war.
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Fact File:
Messerschmitt Bf-109
German World War II fighter aircraft
One of history's classic fighters, the Messerschmitt Bf-109 was to the
Luftwaffe what the Spitfire was to the Royal Air Force. Several Bf-109 versions
were successfully flown before twenty-four Bf-109B-2s were in 1937 sent to join
the Luftwaffe's Condor Legion in Spain. Willy Messerschmitt's combat aircraft
quickly out-fought the rival Soviet Polikarpov fighter. The Bf-109E series,
which first appeared in 1938, was mass-produced and in 1939-40 proved superior
in performance to virtually every fighter opposed to it during the Luftwaffe's
participation in the early period of German conquest.
Production of the Bf-109E series mounted so rapidly that the surplus to
German requirements was exported to other countries. The Bf-109E saw continual
action in the Battle of Britain but its range permitted only very little
operational time over southern England. The E series extended to the E-9 and
included models built as fighters, fighter-bombers and reconnaissance aircraft.
The most efficient production model of the Bf-109 was the Bf-109F, the first
version capable of out-maneuvering the Spitfire V. First appearing in 1941, the
Bf-109F was lined up for the Nazi invasion of Soviet Russia.
By the late summer of 1942, however, the F series had been superseded in
production and service by the Bf-109G, more familiarly known as the 'Gustav'.
The 'Gustav' accounted for over 70 per cent of total Bf-109 production and it
saw widespread service in Russia and from early-1943, against Allied
deep-penetration bomber raids over Germany. The escort-fighters, especially of
the United States Eighth Air Force, dealt a severe blow to the Bf-109s in the
declining circumstances of Goering's Air Force. Altogether, including
post-'Gustav' versions, a wartime aircraft construction record of 35,000 Bf-109
fighters were built.
Specifications:
Maximum speed: 357 mph (575 km/hr) at 12,305 ft (3,750 m).
Operational ceiling: 36,090 ft (11,000 m). Normal range: 413 miles (665 km).
Armament: two 7.9 mm MG machine-guns in upper front fuselage and one 20 mm MG FF
cannon in each wing (data refers to Bf-109E-4).
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