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The Bf 109A was the first version of the Bf 109. Armament was initially planned to be just two cowl-mounted 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 17 machine guns.However, possibly due to the introduction of the Hurricane and Spitfire, each with eight 7.7 mm (.303 in) machine guns, experiments were carried out with a third machine gun firing through the propeller shaft. [2]
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a monoplane fighter aircraft that was designed and initially produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW).Together with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the Bf 109 formed the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force during the Second World War. [3]
Eugen Britz) - crashed 3 April 1943, Yellow 3 [39] Bf 109 G-2 13605 (G-JIMP), [40] Yellow 12 registered to Mark R. Oliver, Altrincham, UK. Bf 109 G-10 w/n unknown (D-FDME), Black 2 + - , EADS / Messerschmitt Foundation. This aircraft is widely regarded to be an HA-1112-M1L rebuilt as a Bf 109 G-10. It has since been repainted as Yellow 3 + -
A Bf 109 F-2 trop was captured at Maple Arch in 1942. The most famous one is the Bf 109 F-4/Trop of JG27 captured at Derna in December 1941, known as coded "Yellow 2". It was repaired and flown out just before the Germans recaptured the airfield in January 1942. In November 1942, a Bf 109 G-2(trop) was abandoned by JG27 and captured by the RAAF ...
A Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10 variant assembled postwar in Czechoslovakia, its Avia factory designation was C.10; 21 aircraft were completed. Avia CS-99 A training variant of Avia S-99 based on the Bf 109G-12 variant, its Avia factory designation was C.10: 23 aircraft were completed. Avia S-199
The Roland Me 109 Replica is a German ultralight and light-sport aircraft, under development by Roland Aircraft of Mendig. The aircraft is an 83% replica of the Second World War Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 fighter aircraft and will be supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft. [1] [2]
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The cannon saw widespread use as an anti-bomber weapon during the second half of the war, first seen in 1943 in the Bf 110G-2 bomber destroyers and Bf 109G-6/U4. [1] Four MK 108s formed the main armament of the Me 262 the next year. [2] It could be found on some versions or optional mountings on practically every other German fighter of the era.