Messerschmitt Bf 109E

Fighter

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Manufacturer: Messerschmitt
Number built: 33,000 All variants

Technical Data

Type: Fighter

Crew: 1 man
Length: 8.63 m
Wingspan: 9.85 m
Wing area: 16.17 m²
Height: 3.4 m
Empty: 2,005 kg
Loaded: 2,505 kg
Engine: 1 × Daimler-Benz DB 601Aa 12 cylinder liquid cooled supercharged 60° inverted Vee piston engine producing up to 1,150 hp
Maximum speed: 570 km/h
Range: 663 km
Service ceiling: 11,500 m
Armament:
2 × 7.92 mm MG 17 machine guns mounted above engine
2 × 20 mm MG FF cannons mounted in the wings
Bomb load up to
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Operators: Luftwaffe, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland
Variants:
Bf 109A
Bf 109B
Bf 109C
Bf 109D
Bf 109E
Bf 109 E-0
Bf 109 E-1
Bf 109 E-1/B
Bf 109 E-3
Bf 109 E-4
Bf 109 E-4 Trop
Bf 109 E-4/B
Bf 109 E-4/N
Bf 109 E-7/U2
Bf 109 E-7/Z
Bf 109 E-8
Bf 109 E-9
Bf 109F
Bf 109G
Bf 109H
Bf 109K
Bf 109S
Bf 109T
Bf 109TL
Bf 109Z

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Sources

The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822

German Aircraft of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242

Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X

For a complete list of sources