In Service:
First Flight:
Manufacturer: Messerschmitt
Number built: 1
Type: Prototype zwilling (twin)
Crew: 1 man
Length: 8.9 m
Wingspan: 13.27 m
Wing area: 23.2 m²
Height: 2.69 m
Empty: 6,000 kg
Loaded: 7,280 kg
Engine: 2 ×
Junkers
Jumo 213A 12 cylinder supercharged liquid cooled inverted
Vee piston engine producing 1,776 hp
Maximum speed: 743 km/h
Range: 1,995 km
Service ceiling: 11,700 m
Armament:
2 ×
30 mm MK
108 cannons mounted in engines
2 ×
30 mm MK
108 cannons mounted in underwing gondolas
1 ×
30 mm MK
103 cannon off centerline in wing center section
Bomb load up to 1,000 kg
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
Bf
109A
Bf
109B
Bf
109C
Bf
109D
Bf
109E
Bf
109F
Bf
109G
Bf
109H
Bf
109K
Bf
109S
Bf
109T
Bf
109TL
Bf 109Z
Bf 109 Z-1
Bf 109 Z-2
Bf 109 Z-3
Bf 109 Z-4
Other: Prototypes
Articles:
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