Aircraft Art Gallery
WW2 Messerschmitt Me-109 / Bf-109 Aircraft Art Gallery and Aviation Art Prints.
Messerschmitt Me-109 Specifications.
Some more info from Colonel James
Harris
BFW does indeed stand for Bayerische Flugzeugwerke literally Bavarian
Flying Works.
The Me-109 was the best known and most produced German fighter of WW2. It was the backbone of the German fighter command and ruled
the skies over Europe from 1939 to 1941, as Hitler spread his empire over
the continent. The Me-109s earned the respect of Germany's enemies in every
theater of conflict and were greatly feared by Allied bomber crews during
the later half of the war. Designed by Willie Messerschmitt in 1934, the
Bf 109 was first flown in September 1935. This prototype was powered by
a Rolls-Royce Kestrel in-line engine because the engine that the Bf 109
was designed for, the Junkers Jumo 210, was not yet available. In July
1938, the firm that initiated the design (Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG),
was re-designated Messerschmitt AG, so later Messerschmitt designs often
carried the prefix "Me" instead of "Bf."
The Me 109D,
which had the Jumo engine and a two-blade propeller, was the first true
mass-produced model for the German Luftwafe; several hundred were built.
Although it was soon obsolete, some D models saw action during the
German invasion of Poland in September 1939, after which they were
"retired" to fighter-pilot schools
There's a lot of ways
to search the web for the 109 here are some search phrases that can help
German airplanes, German aircraft, Bf-109, Me-109, Messerschmitt.
