Flying Officer Corran Perry Ashworth
Dedicated to my great-uncle - after whom I was named - who fought and died in WWII
Messerschmitt Bf 109
Specifications / Technical Data / Description
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Nicknamed: ‘Messer’ - Knife (also an abbreviation of the manufacturer) |
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| 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) |
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| 2 × 20 mm MG 151/20 underwing cannon pods 750 rounds per minute velocity: 805 metres per sec (2,641 ft/sec) |
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| 2 × 21 cm Werfer-Granate 21 rockets
velocity: 320 metres per sec (1,049 ft/sec) |
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| 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 |