Messerschmitt Bf 109

Specifications / Technical Data / Description
Junkers_88

 

Luftwaffe Nicknamed: ‘Messer’ - Knife (also an abbreviation of the manufacturer)
Manufacturer Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (later Messerschmitt)
Designed by Willy Messerschmitt, Robert Lusser(1936)
Type Fighter/Bomber
Crew 1
Propulsion 1 × V-12 inverted liquid-cooled piston engine
Engine Model Daimler-Benz DB 605A-1
Engine Power 1,085 kW (1,455 hp)
Max level speed 642 km/hr at 6,300 m (399 mph at 20,669 ft)
Cruising speed 590 km/hr at 6,000 m (370 mph at 19,685 ft)
Initial climb rate 1,206 metres per minute (3,960 feet per minute)
Service Ceiling 12,000 metre (39,000 feet)
Range 880–1,144 kilometres (475–618 miles)
Empty Weight 2,247 kg (4,954 lbs)
Max. Takeoff Weight 3,400 kg (7,496 lbs)
Wing Span 9.925 m (32 ft 7 in)
Wing Area 16.05 m2 (172.8 sq ft)
Length 8.95 m (29 ft 4 in)
Height 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Armament 2 × 13 mm synchronized MG 131 machine guns (in cowling)
520 rounds per minute velocity: 600 metres per sec (1,968 ft/sec)
1 × 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon as centerline Motorkanone
750 rounds per minute velocity: 805 metres per sec (2,641 ft/sec)
  2 × 20 mm MG 151/20 underwing cannon pods
750 rounds per minute velocity: 805 metres per sec (2,641 ft/sec)
  2 × 21 cm Werfer-Granate 21 rockets
velocity: 320 metres per sec (1,049 ft/sec)
  1 × 250 kg (551 lb) bomb or 4 × 50 kg (110 lb) bombs or 1 × 300-litre (79 US gal) drop tank
Data for version Bf 109G-6
First combat mission 1937 during the Spanish Civil War
Final delivery (all variants) May 1945 (Germany)
Total production 34,248
ICAO Code ME09
Production Variants Bf 109A, 109B, 109C, 109D, 109E, 109F, Bf 109G