The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft.

• Role: Fighter
• National origin: Germany
• Manufacturer: Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW) Messerschmitt AG
• Designer: Willy Messerschmitt, Robert Lusser
• First flight: 29 May 1935
• Introduction: February 1937
• Retired: 9 May 1945 Luftwaffe, 27 December 1965 Spanish Air Force
• Number built: 33,984, +239 Spanish-built Hispano Aviación HA-1112, +603 Czechoslovak-built Avia S-199

Operators

• Bulgarian Air Force
• Zrakoplovstvo Nezavisne Države Hrvatske (Croatia)
• Czechoslovak Air Force
• Finnish Air Force
• Luftwaffe
• Royal Hungarian Air Force
• Israeli Air Force operated the Avia S-199
• Regia Aeronautica (Italy)
• Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana (Italy)
• Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
• Royal Romanian Air Force
• Slovenské vzdušné zbrane
• Slovak Insurgent Air Force
• Spanish Air Force
• Swiss Air Force
• Royal Yugoslav Air Force
• SFR Yugoslav Air Force

Specifications (Bf 109 G-6)

General characteristics

• Crew: One
• Length: 8.95 m (29 ft 7 in)
• Wingspan: 9.925 m (32 ft 6 in)
• Height: 2.60 m (8 ft 2 in)
• Wing area: 16.05 m² (173.3 ft²)
• Empty weight: 2,247 kg (5,893 lb)
• Loaded weight: 3,148 kg (6,940 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 3,400 kg (7,495 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Daimler-Benz DB 605A-1 liquid-cooled inverted V12, 1,475 PS (1,455 hp, 1,085 kW)
• Propellers: VDM 9-12087 three-bladed light-alloy propeller
  • Propeller diameter: 3 m (9 ft 10 in)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 640 km/h (398 mph) at 6,300 m (20,669 ft)
• Cruise speed: 590 km/h (365 mph) at 6,000 m (19,680 ft)
• Range: 850 km (528 mi) 1,000 km (621 mi) with droptank
• Service ceiling: 12,000 m (39,370 ft)
• Rate of climb: 17.0 m/s (3,345 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 196 kg/m² (40 lb/ft²)
• Power/mass: 344 W/kg (0.21 hp/lb)

Armament

• Guns:
  • 2 × 13 mm (.51 in) synchronized MG 131 machine guns with 300 rounds per gun
  • 1 × 20 mm (.78 in) MG 151/20 cannon as Motorkanone with 200 rpg.
  • 1 x 30 mm (1.18 in) MK 108 cannon as Motorkanone with 65 rpg (G-6/U4 variant)
  • 2 × 20 mm MG 151/20 underwing cannon pods with 135 rpg (optional kit—Rüstsatz VI)
• Rockets: 2 × 21 cm (8 in) Wfr. Gr. 21 rockets (G-6 with BR21)
• Bombs: 1 × 250 kg (551 lb) bomb or 4 × 50 kg (110 lb) bombs or 1 × 300-litre (79 US gal) drop tank

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