Bf 109 part 1

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Me 109 G-4/trop of the 5/JG 27 based at Trapani, June 1943

Bf 109G-4/trop of the 5/JG 27 based at Trapani, June 1943

Bf109 canopy

Bf109 yellow 3 from JG54 9 staffel Grun Herz

Bf109 code "Yellow 3" of the 9/JG54 Grun Herz, Eastern Front

German fighter pilot in the cockpit of a Bf109

Bf109 fighter aircraft with pilot seated in the cockpit

Bf109 from JG2 in flight during World War II

Bf109 G

Bf109 Jabo with ground atttack triangle on fuselage

Bf109d

Messerschmitt bf109 and luftwaffe ground crewmen with ammo belts

Bf109E and luftwaffe ground crewmen with ammo belts

Bf109E from 5/JG27 Uffz Hans Niederrhofer Bitolj April 1941

Bf109E of 5/JG27 Uffz Hans Niederrhofer. Bitolj April 1941

Bf 109 E from 5/JG 27, pilot Uffz Hans Niederrhofer, Aapril 1941

Bf109E of the 5/JG 27, pilot Uffz Hans Niederrhofer, Aapril 1941

Bf109F engine

Captured Messerschmitt Bf109G of the Aufklarungsgruppe 14

Bf109G "Black 5F+12" of the Aufklarungsgruppe 14, color photo

Captured Bf109 G-6 "Yellow 7" of the JG 53, Italy, color photo

Crashed Messerschmitt Me109E "6"

Destroyed Me 109F of III/JG 51 based at Dugino in the Summer of 1942

Destroyed Bf109F of III/JG 51 based at Dugino in the Summer of 1942

Detail view of the engine and landing gear of a Me109 E

Detail view of the engine and landing gear of a fighter Me109E

Erich Hartmann in Messerschmitt Bf109, JG52

Ground-attack aircraft Me109 Jabo

Luftwaffe mechanics at work on a Messerschmitt Bf109F - Eastern Front, winter

Major Walter "Gulle" Oesau in cockpit of his Bf109

Me 109 e 5/JG 27 uffz hans niederrhofer bitolj april 1941 2

Me 109 E of the 5/JG 27 Magdeburg Ost Winter 1940

Me 109 E of the 8/JG 26 November 1939

Me 109 e white 2 4/JG 26 1939

Me 109 f 4 trop. 5/JG 27 1941 2

Me 109 f 4 trop. 5/JG 27 ernst dullberg rk april 1942

Me 109 f black 10 2/JG 52 von lt. ring 1941

Me 109 f black 5 der 2.JG 52 russia 1941 42

Me 109 f black 5 2/JG 52 russia 1941 42

Me 109 F-4 trop 5/JG 27 1941 – engine is removed during overhaul

Me 109 F-4 trop of the 5/JG 27 1941

Me 109 F-4/trop from 5/JG 27 pilot Fw Hans Niederrhofer, 1942

Me 109 F-4/trop of the 5/JG 27 during maintenance – 1942

Me 109 F-4/trop of the 5/JG 27 receiving maintenance before take off - 1942

Me 109 F-4/trop. from 4/JG 27 Derna 12.12.1941

Me 109 F-4/trop. of the 4/JG 27 Derna 12.12.1941 2

Me 109 F-4/trop. from 4/JG 27 Derna 12.12.1941 2

Me 109 G-4/trop of 5/JG 27 based at Trapani, June 1943 2

Me 109 JG2

Me 109 JG2 4

Me 109 JG2 5

Me 109 with typical winter camouflage scheme

Me 109D CF+SE of the Schule/FAR 13, Pilsen 1941

Me 109D CF+SE of the Schule/Flieger-Ausbildungs-Regiment 13, Pilsen 1941

Me 109E 5/JG 27 uffz hans niederrhofer bitolj april 1941

Me109E of 6/JG 27 after slight accident Balkans 1941 2

Me 109E of the 6/JG 27 after slight accident Balkans 1941 2

Me 109F of the 2/.JG 52 coded "black 7" and named "Olli" Rrussia

Me 109F from Stab I/JG 52, pilot Karl Heinz Leesmann

Me 109F of the Stab I/JG 52, pilot Karl Heinz Leesmann

Me 109F with MG 151/20 gun pods from 2/JG 52, based at Charkow in the Summer of 1942

Me 109G of 5/JG 27 DB 605 engine Trapani 1943

Me 109G of 5/JG 27 DB 605 engine Trapani 1943 2

Me 109HF with with gondola-mounted MG 151s

Me109 13

Me109 africa JG27

Me109 chief of staff plane

Me109 cockpit

Me109 E 4/JG 51 1940

Me109 f 2/JG 52 black 7 olli

Me109 F-4 trop. 5/JG 27 fw Hans Niederrhofer 1942

Me109 fighter planes being refueled on airfield

Me109 france

Me109 I gruppe JG52

Me109 in winter camo

Me109 JABO Eastern Front

Me109 jagdflieger hptm. kommandeur rk

Me109 JG51 Mölders

Me109 JG53 pik as

Me109 JG53 staffelabzeichen pik as

Me109 of the JG26 during maintenance

Me109 of the JG26, underwing oil cooler

Me109 rk trager oltn Hagena

Me109 white 1

Me109 white 11

Me109 white 6

Me109 winter 2

Me109 ww2 fighter

Me109D of the 2/JG 71 spater 4/JG 51 1939

Me109D of the JG 2 „Richthofen” on the ground

Me109D of the Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" on the ground

Me109E 5/JG27 uffz hans niederrhofer bitolj april 1941

Me109e 6/JG 27 bruch bei landung balkan 1941

Me109E coded 14 of the JG53 on the ground, 1939/1940

Me109E from 8/JG 26 "Adamson Staffel" in the Autumn of 1939

Me109E II/JG 27 300 liter tank balkan 1941

Me109E JG 107 Nancy Essay1943

Me109E of the 6/JG 27 belly landing Balkans 1941

Me109E of the 6/JG 27 after a belly landing Balkans 1941

Me109E of the I./JG 51

Me109E of the Stab I/JG 27 Edu Neuman Africa 1941

Me109F coded "yellow 5" after slight accident, 1941-42

Me109F of the JG27, North Africa

Me109G

Me109G

Me109G and pilot

Mechanics changing engine on Me 109 F-4/trop. from 5/JG 27 1941

Messerschmitt Bf 109 "White 9" North Africa, color photo 29

Messerschmitt Bf 109 assembly line color photo 3

Messerschmitt bf 109 color

Messerschmitt Bf 109 color 11

Messerschmitt bf 109 color 17

Messerschmitt bf 109 color 18

Messerschmitt bf 109 color 2

Messerschmitt bf 109 color 20

Messerschmitt bf 109 color 24

Messerschmitt bf 109 color 26

Messerschmitt bf 109 color 27

Messerschmitt bf 109 color 27a

Messerschmitt bf 109 color 30

Messerschmitt bf 109 color 33

Messerschmitt bf 109 color 37

Messerschmitt bf 109 color 4

Messerschmitt bf 109 color 40

Messerschmitt bf 109 color 5

Messerschmitt bf 109 color 6

Messerschmitt bf 109 color 7

Messerschmitt bf 109 color 8

Messerschmitt Bf 109 color Hungary

Messerschmitt Bf 109 color photo 28

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G fighters color photo 9

Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters color photo 9

Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters in flight during World War II

Messerschmitt Bf 109 III/JG54

Messerschmitt bf 109 in color JG27

Messerschmitt bf 109 JG27 black 8

Messerschmitt Bf 109 KD-VH color 15

Messerschmitt Bf 109 white 18 color

Messerschmitt bf 109 yellow 2 JG53 pik as

Messerschmitt bf 109e 7 trop color JG27 over desert

Messerschmitt Bf 109E/trop White 3 of the 1/JG27 in flight over desert

Messerschmitt Bf 109F

Messerschmitt Bf 109F, color photo 25

Messerschmitt bf 109g color 22

Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 on the ground

Messerschmitt Bf109

Messerschmitt bf109 destroyed

Messerschmitt Bf109 E

Messerschmitt Bf109 F

Messerschmitt Bf109 trop coded White 9, North Africa

Messerschmitt Bf109E "1" of the 2/JG52 on the ground, 1939/1940

Messerschmitt Bf109F

Messerschmitt Bf109F "3"

Messerschmitt Bf109 JG53 Pik As in Russia

Messerschmitt Bf109F from JG53 "Pik As" in winter camouflage, Russia

Messerschmitt Bf109F of the JG54 in the Winter of 1942, color photo

Messerschmitt Bf109G

Messerschmitt Me 109 D unit 1/JGr Ost Biarritz 1943

Messerschmitt Me 109 E 6/JG 27 Magdeburg Ost January 1940

Messerschmitt Me 109E 1/JGr Ost Biarritz 1944

Messerschmitt Me 109F from 5/JG 27, cockpit interior 1941

Messerschmitt Me109 D from 1/JGr Ost Biarritz 1943

Messerschmitt Me109 F-4 of the 9/JG 3 Ofw Georg Schentke RK Straubing 1942

Messerschmitt Me109 F-4 from 9/JG 3 Ofw Georg Schentke RK Straubing 1942

Messerschmitt Me109 Hungary

Messerschmitt Me109 in hangar Reichsverteidigung Holland

Messerschmitt Me109 JG 77

Messerschmitt Me109 JG77 Norwegen

Messerschmitt ME109 of the JG 53

Messerschmitt Me109B lined op on airfield, 1938/1939

Messerschmitt Me109E of the I/JG2 ready for take off

Messerschmitt me109f

Messerschmitt Me109F number 28 from 1 staffel Jagdgruppe Ost, Biarritz 1944

Messerschmitt Me109F of the 2/JG52, Russia 1941

Messerschmitt Me109F of the JG51 preparing to take off

Messerschmitt Me109G-4/trop 5/JG 27 Trapani (Italy) June 1943

Messerschmitt Me110 crash Russia Ju88 Me109

Messerschmitt Romanian Me109 G6

Oberleutnant Gottfried Hagena and his Bf109G-6 after completing his 300th operational mission, 1944

Oberleutnant Gottfried Hagena after completing his 300th operational mission, 1944

Oltn Gottfried Hagena in the cockpit of his Bf109G, 1944

Walter Oesau and his Me109

Werner Mölders in cockpit of his Messerschmitt Bf109

The first prototype Bf 109 (with Rolls-Royce Kestrel engine) flew in September 1935, followed in 1936 and 1937 by subsequent prototypes fitted with the 610 hp Junkers Jumo 210A. Bf 109B-1 (635 hp Junhkers Jumo 210 D) had entered production to equip the Condor Legion in the Spanish Civil War, being joined later by the Bf 109C. Experience in this campaign led to further variations, particularly in armament, and in 1939, discarding the Bf 109D after only a small production batch, the Bf 109E entered quantity production, powered by the 1100 hp DB 601A and armed with two 20 mm. cannon and two 7,9 mm. machine guns. Soon replacing all earlier Bf 109 in Luftwaffe service, the Messerschmitt Bf 109E remained the standard single seat fighter for the first three years of the war. Heavy losses in the Battle of Britain and elsewhere, however, forced the German authorities to consider the adaptation of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 as a defensive fighter rather than an offensive one. The result was the Bf 109F (1200 hp DB 601N engine), which featured a much refined and more streamlined airframe and reduced armament, one 20 mm. cannon and two 7,9 mm. machine guns. The next development, the Messerschmitt Bf 109G Gustav, first reported in the summer of 1942 in Russia and North Africa, was thereafter used extensively in all theatres until the capitulation, and was eventually produced in greater numbers than all the other Bf 109 versions put together. The Bf 109G-1 (1475 hp DB 605A engine) had a pressurised cockpit and an armament of one 20 mm. cannon and two 7.9 mm. machine guns. The Daimler-Benz DB 605D engine, giving 1800 hp with boost, was fitted to the Bf 109 G-5, which also introduced a modified fin and rudder.

The Bf109 G-6 was more heavily armed, with an engine- mounted 30 mm. MK 108 cannon, two 13 mm. nose machine guns and two 20 mm. cannon in underwing containers. Some Bf109 G-6 were used as rocket firing ground attack aircraft. The Bf 109G-8 was a photo-reconnaissance variant with reduced armament, and the designation Bf 109G-12 covered certain Bf109 G-1 airframes modified as trainers with two-seat cockpits. Later variants included the Bf 109H, a long-span high altitude project which did not enter service (being discarded in favour of the Ta 152H). The Messerschmitt Bf 109K, which was generally similar to the G except for minor structural changes, and which saw limited service. Total production: 33984 aircrafts